Chiara Dazi: Moldova

© Chiara Dazi

About The Exhibition

Exhibition Curator: Igor Manko

This VASA Exhibition presents four portfolios of Chiara Dazi. Chiara Dazi is an Italian photographer based in Berlin. Chiara was born in the Italian Povalley, studied languages and received a degree in communication sciences at the University of Bologna with a thesis on German Ostalgie (nostalgia for the former GDR).

Chiara Dazi's work with its ethnographic quality ("an almost anthropological immersion", as the artist says) is a perfect illustration of the country's identity crisis. Dazi documents the archaic customs and traditions of the people, their squalid living conditions and pathetic attempts at "normal life".

This exhibition on VASA shows four series of the artist’s work: "The Moldovan Derby"; "The Shepherd's Lift"; "Skački" (Horse Races), "and Stained".

On VASA Exhibitions:

VASA Exhibitions over the years have provided a platform for individual and group exhibitions, collaborative exhibitions with various organizations and galleries and exhibitions that follow a particular theme or inquiry such as “Where Do We Go Now” curated by Rui Cepeda and the “Kharkiv School of Photography: Soviet Censorship to New Aesthetics” curated by Igor Manko.

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