Avanti, su, io guardo, tu fiorisci

Podbielski Contemporary inaugurates its new venue at Via Maroncelli 11 in Milan with a group exhibition that explores geographies, memories, and identities. Giulio Di Sturco recounts Botswana and the lives tied to diamond mining. Nicola Lo Calzo documents the "Nego Fugido" in Acupe, Brazil, a ritual commemorating the end of slavery. Rania Matar portrays the intimacy of twins Wafaa and Sanaa in the Bourj El Barajneh camp in Beirut. Silvia Camporesi, with "Atlas Italiae," maps abandoned places in Italy. Massimiliano Gatti narrates the stones of the Jerwan Bridge, an ancient Assyrian hydraulic work. Florence Di Benedetto wanders through hotel rooms, where objects hold traces of past lives. These are all silent memories that transform absence into a story.