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Ronald Pizzoferrato

Camino de los Objetos (Path of the Objects)

Nome(i)

Ronald Pizzoferrato (1988)

Website(s)

malandrophotos.org

Instagram

malandrophotos

Impiego

100%

Formazione

Master, Design Trends & Identity

Titolo

Camino de los Objetos (Path of the Objects)

Anno di creazione

2017–2022

Luogo di creazione

Cúcuta (COL)

Contesto di creazione

Assignnment and research

Collaboratore(i)

Canton of Bern for fine arts, photography and architecture

Oggetto(i) mostrato(i)

12 photographs

Dimensioni

Formati / Durata

Materiale(i)

Matte photograpy paper, carpet, posters

Fornitore(i) di materiale

Humans have always used objects to describe and identify social events, phenomena and behaviours. While objects themselves can transmit certain types of information on their own, different types of meanings are generated when humans interact with them.

Objects and their meanings are relevant today for scientists in fields as diverse as anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, art and design. Using a visual, participative, ethnographic approach, my work is focused on understanding how people construct and project new meaning onto objects in the midst of migration.

How do objects reflect, carry, and narrate the stories of life in the midst of the largest migration crisis in modern world history? In migration, life is distilled, and the objects that define our lives are whittled down to those we can physically carry with us. Why do we use certain objects, and for what? Where and when do we use certain objects? What do we want to express through the use of these objects? How do objects influence our identity? 

The answers to these questions can be found along the borders of Venezuela and Colombia, an area through which more than four million Venezuelans have passed in recent years.