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Mercoledì 22 aprile Pietro Paolini da Officine Fotografiche Roma!

Our latest project “Dayton’s legacy”, that we produced in Bosnia last year will be on display in CAGLIARI at MUACC with a public talk by Rocco Rorandelli TOMORROW, March 5th at 6pm. This new project continues TerraProject’s long-term investigation into forms of directed democracy: those political systems shaped and sustained by external powers, where sovereignty often remains partial and unresolved. Following the collective’s previous work in Kosovo, this project turns its attention to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country whose constitutional framework and political identity were not the result of an internal reconciliation, but of an international agreement imposed to end a war.

The work observes how external governance shapes daily life, identity, and expectation, while internal divisions continue to pull the country in opposing directions: between the Eurocentric aspirations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the political and cultural attraction toward Serbia and Russia within Republika Srpska, driven by the increasingly authoritarian and destabilising leadership of Milorad Dodik.

The work was made possible with the support of the Department of Law at the University of Siena and funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU - Mission 4, Component 1, CUP B61I24000450006.

Full gallery at https://www.terraproject.net/works/daytons-legacy/

1. Documents burned in the State Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina after thousands of protesters set fire to government buildings. In 2014, mass demonstrations erupted against a system that lacks transparent decision-making processes and enables corruption and the entrenchment of political elites.
2. Belma Lepir-Cviko, member of the polling station in Novo Sarajevo municipality, during the voting operations in absence for the early presidential elections of Republic of Srpska. Here, 66 people were registered, only one voted.
3. The polling station in Laktaši, the hometown and constituency of Bosnian Serb secessionist leader Milorad Dodik. In over twenty years in power, Dodik has built a vast personal empire. Much of this wealth has been converted into villas and assets abroad, including on the Slovenian coast, as revealed by journalists from an investigative agency.
4.Signboard of a restaurant with an image of Vladimir Putin near Banja Luka, reflecting the strong pro-Russian sentiment common in parts of Republika Srpska.

From dawn to night, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Corriere della Sera.
Our story about work, rhythm, and the frenetic lives inside the newsrooms of Milan and Rome is out today on Sette.

Many thanks to Anna C***o, Barbara Stefanelli, and Michele Lovison for the trust.

https://www.corriere.it/sette/cultura-societa/giornata-al-corriere-150-anni-dopo/index.shtml

See you next Wednesday Dec. the 3rd at Gallerie d'Italia in Torino for the presentation of "Cronache d'acqua".

https://gallerieditalia.com/it/torino/mostre-e-iniziative/in-evidenza/2025/12/03/cronache-d-acqua-2025-torino/