Erstmals 2014 im Mannheimer ZEPHYR – Raum für Fotografie gezeigt, der zu den Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen gehört, war die Fotografie-Ausstellung „TAT/ORT. (Un)heimliche Spuren der Mafia“ von Mitte Juli bis Anfang Oktober 2015 im Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren zu sehen.
Das ungewöhnliche Projekt ist Ergebnis der Arbeit der italienischen Fotografen Tommaso Bonaventura und Alessandro Imbriaco sowie des Kurators Fabio Severo, die sich drei Jahre lang auf die Suche nach den Spuren der Mafia in Italien gemacht haben. Auf den ersten Blick ist den Landschafts- und Stadtaufnahmen, Bildern von Innenräumen oder Gedenkorten nichts Außergewöhnliches anzusehen. Erst die begleitenden Texte und (wahren) Geschichten offenbaren dem Betrachter, welche Verbrechen und mafiösen Machenschaften sich an den gezeigten Orten abgespielt haben und setzen so eine eigene Assoziationskette in Gang. Die Fotografien sind damit auch Sinnbilder der Mafia: selbst wenn man sie nicht sieht, so ist sie doch immer noch anwesend.
„Pass auf, Gehörnter! Schweine leben nicht lang“, Drohbrief, Lazzaro, Provinz Reggio Calabria, 2012
Fiat Croma, Rom, 2012
Sitzungssaal des Gemeinderats von Marcianise, Provinz Caserta, 2008 Over 200 town councils in Italy have been put under the administration of an external commissioner for Mafia infiltration since 1991, the year in which regulations against Mafia presence in councils were approved. The dissolution of eighteen councils was deliberated during the first half of 2012 alone, three times as many as the six in 2011 and 2010. 2012 also saw the appearance of the Mafia in several northern Italian councils, namely Ventimiglia and Bordighera in Liguria and Leinì in Piedmont. Previously only one case had occurred in northern Italy, in Bardonecchia in the province of Turin, in 1995.
Cafè de Paris, Via Veneto, Rome, 2013 Founded in 1956 and considered the symbol of Rome’s “Dolce Vita,” the venue was impounded in 2009 after investigation by the “Guardia di Finanza” [financial police] and “Ros carabinieri” (a special operations group) which unearthed involvement in the property by the Alvaro 'Ndrangheta group. The venue was then reopened in 2011, put under the management of the national agency for the administration and running of confiscated property.
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„Pass auf, Gehörnter! Schweine leben nicht lang“, Drohbrief, Lazzaro, Provinz Reggio Calabria, 2012
Fiat Croma, Rom, 2012
Sitzungssaal des Gemeinderats von Marcianise, Provinz Caserta, 2008 Over 200 town councils in Italy have been put under the administration of an external commissioner for Mafia infiltration since 1991, the year in which regulations against Mafia presence in councils were approved. The dissolution of eighteen councils was deliberated during the first half of 2012 alone, three times as many as the six in 2011 and 2010. 2012 also saw the appearance of the Mafia in several northern Italian councils, namely Ventimiglia and Bordighera in Liguria and Leinì in Piedmont. Previously only one case had occurred in northern Italy, in Bardonecchia in the province of Turin, in 1995.
Cafè de Paris, Via Veneto, Rome, 2013 Founded in 1956 and considered the symbol of Rome’s “Dolce Vita,” the venue was impounded in 2009 after investigation by the “Guardia di Finanza” [financial police] and “Ros carabinieri” (a special operations group) which unearthed involvement in the property by the Alvaro 'Ndrangheta group. The venue was then reopened in 2011, put under the management of the national agency for the administration and running of confiscated property.
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