2/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Researcher Marcella 2/99, 2012, assemblage: kraft bubble envelope, paper, in-ear headphones, socks, rubber band, 27x13x12 cm.

Marcella is one of the many academics forming part of the so called “brain drain”. A young Italian researcher that despite a double MA couldn't find a payed position in Italy. After a number of unpaid internships she decided to move abroad.

on e-bay

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Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Bellissima 2/99, 2012, assemblage: egg box, paper, woolen cloth, rubber band, 16x12x13 cm.

The Survival Kit Bellissima is dedicated to Luchino Visconti's film (with the same title, 1951) and in particular to the aspirations and desperation, expectation and projections, of the mother Maddalena (Anna Magnani) towards her daughter and the dream of making her become a young actress in Cinecittà.

on e-bay

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Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Kostas 2/99, 2012, assemblage: ethernet cable, comb, plastic shaker cup, paper, 17x11x14 cm.

Kostas was an employee at the greek TV station Alter Channel. The company was occupied by its workers, who are striking because they didn't receive their salaries for over a year. In the meantime, Kostas has lost his house and moved in at the TV station.

on e-bay 

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Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - The person who kept functioning 2/99, 2012, assemblage: book,egg box, wooden brush handle, paper, belt, 22x14x12 cm.

This survival kit is inspired by the story of Elaine. Despite she would hold things carefully they would break. 

 on e-bay

Survival Kit | Bellissima

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Bellissima, 2012, bronze, 19x12x9 cm.

The Survival Kit Bellissima is dedicated to Luchino Visconti's film (with the same title, 1951) and in particular to the aspirations and desperation, expectation and projections, of the mother Maddalena (Anna Magnani) towards her daughter and the dream of making her become a young actress in Cinecittà.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions: How did you started to work on “Survival Kits”? 

Deborah Ligorio: In a poetic or ironic mood I imagined survival kits for situations that may result from the economic crisis, like the loss of job or the house loss together with consequences like having to move in the office space or back to the parents' house. Situations that can be connected to mass phenomena like brain drain or foreclosure. Natural catastrophes like earthquakes and floods may also inspire some of the survival kits, but not as apocalyptic scenarios, rather in the way they shape everyday life. 



FAQ: How do they deal with the slogan “we are the 99 %”? Why the assemblage and the bronze? 
DL: The way I make editions of the Survival Kits refers to the idea of the 1% and the 99 %. Even though I think that the slogan “we are the 99%” is imprecise, I find it interesting to elaborate on it. The kits made for the 99 are assemblages of objects - for instance an ethernet cable, a toothbrush, and a plastic cup. I also insert a “collaged part” that is meant to work as visual instruction. Almost like an etiquette, it becomes the most allusive element, for example when I place the image of a superhero on the plastic cup. The kit for the “ones” is a bronze, a cast of the very same assemblage. 





FAQ: Are the kits editions or unique pieces?
DL: The “ninety-nine's” kits come as an edition of 99, while the bronze is always one unique piece. This way, the technical relations are put upside down. Normally one would assume that the bronze is a reproduced item and whereas the manual assemblage is unique. But in fact, it is easier

Survival Kit | Bellissima 1/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Bellissima 1/99, 2012, assemblage: egg box, paper, woolen cloth, string, 19x12x9 cm.

The Survival Kit Bellissima is dedicated to Luchino Visconti's film (with the same title, 1951) and in particular to the aspirations and desperation, expectation and projections, of the mother Maddalena (Anna Magnani) towards her daughter and the dream of making her become a young actress in Cinecittà.

link eBay : http://bit.ly/LcPRX4

Survival Kit | Researcher Marcella 1/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Researcher Marcella 1/99, 2012, assemblage: kraft bubble envelope, paper, in-ear headphones, socks, rubber band, 27x13x12 cm.

Marcella is one of the many academics forming part of the so called “brain drain”. A young Italian researcher that despite a double MA couldn't find a payed position in Italy. After a number of unpaid internships she decided to move abroad.

link eBay: http://bit.ly/KgjDiX

Survival Kit | Kostas

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Kostas, 2012, bronze, 29x13x12 cm.

Survival Kit | Kostas 1/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Kostas 1/99, 2012, assemblage: ethernet cable, toothbrush, plastic shaker cup, paper, rubber band, 29x13x12 cm.

Kostas was an employee at the greek TV station Alter Channel. The company was occupied by its workers, who are striking because they didn't receive their salaries for over a year. In the meantime, Kostas has lost his house and moved in at the TV station.

link eBay: http://bit.ly/LBx86a

Survival Kit | The person who continued to function 1/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - The person who kept functioning 1/99, 2012, assemblage: egg box, paper, book, wooden meter, belt, 22x10x12 cm.

This survival kit is inspired by the story of Elaine. Despite she would hold things carefully they would break. 

link eBay: http://bit.ly/LrDzhK

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on Survival Kits - 2012 Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

when terms enter common vocabulary

between the lines

back to survival...

one sec...

indispensable

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Deborah Ligorio - Study for Survival Kit (11)

Deborah Ligorio, study for Survival Kit (11), paper, plastic box, toothbrush, credit card, ethernet cable, rubber band, 22x9x11 cm

Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street

Deborah Ligorio - Study for Survival Kit (7)

Deborah Ligorio, study for Survival Kit (7), paper, cardboard box, toothbrush, belt 18x9x11 cm

Ettore Sottsass - Home Environment

Ettore Sottsass, Home Environment, for the "The New Domestic Landscape" exhibition at MoMA (1972)

Deborah Ligorio - Study for Survival Kit (7)

Deborah Ligorio, study for Survival Kit (7), montage, 2012, cardboard box, paper, CD player, belt, 17x8x15 cm

Deborah Ligorio - Study for Survival Kit (6)

Deborah Ligorio, study for Survival Kit (6), paper bag, paper, tape, polystyrene sheet, cables ties, Yves Saint Laurent Touch Eclat, bike light, 34x9x26 cm

Deborah Ligorio - Study for Survival Kit (4)

Deborah Ligorio, study for Survival Kit (4), montage, 2012, paper, bubble envelope, in-ear headphones, fabric, button, cables ties, 27x13x12 cm

- Study for Survival Kit (3)

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Incredible One
12-Month-Food-Storage-Family-of-4
I have the impression that with this diet you may not survive very long though!

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Study for Survival Kit (2)

study for Survival Kit

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit, 2011, montage, cardboard, wool, cord,