Bar ORIONE in Straborgo

Fifth edition of Straborgo and fifth edition of the exhibition. This year the project will be expanded with three new locations at 45, 55 and 176 where 26 new photographs will be placed.

The collection of numerous images led me to conceive from the beginning a setup directly on the walls of the buildings, approximately corresponding to the original photographs, along a stretch of Borgo dei Cappuccini and neighboring streets.

Overall, there are about 226 photographs on display at 32 locations, accompanied by captions in Italian and English. The photographs chosen depict people and well-known characters in the neighborhood who have succeeded each other in various eras, especially in the last century. There are portraits from the Twenties and Thirties, photos of groups of friends from the Fifties, artisans and merchants who have populated a neighborhood that, even if not as in the Twentieth century, continues to live through its new inhabitants and its new activities. The exhibition is designed to remain permanently set up and expanded over time.

Stefano Pilato