Survival Kit | Fabio

 Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Fabio, 2013, bronze, 11x12x19 cm.

Fabio works at Taranto's ILVA steel plant, one of the biggest facilities of metallurgical industry in Europe and of the most polluting. He has three kids. When interviewed on TV about the measures to be taken against the factory he says “it's better to die of pollution than of starvation”.

Researcher Marcella 3/99

 
Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Researcher Marcella 3/99, 2013, assemblage: collaged parcel, collants, lemon, headphones, 4x 17x 32cm

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.

Survival Kit | Panicos Poutziouri 1/99

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Panicos Poutziouri 1/99, 2013, assemblage: bottle, tennis ball, passion fruit peel, rag, 15x16x9cm.

This Survival Kit is dedicated to Mr.Panicos Poutziouri. On July 12, 2012 he became a member of the Board of Directors at Laiki Bank. On March 18, 2013 the Plan A for the Cyprus bailout included a levy on all bank deposits. The Plan B sealed on the early morning of the 25th the end to Laiki Bank.

Annabelle the Dressmaker

Annabelle the Dressmaker from on survival kits on Vimeo.

Students in Lüneburg

Students in Lüneburg from on survival kits on Vimeo.

from a series of interviews about Survival Kits

Ministerialrätin from on survival kits on Vimeo.

Students in Lecce

Two girls in Lecce from on survival kits on Vimeo.

a series of interviews about Survival Kits

pensioners from on survival kits on Vimeo.

the optician | interview

the optician from on survival kits on Vimeo.

ROMANIAN CAREGIVERS from on survival kits on Vimeo.

POZZATO

POZZATO for Survival Kits from on survival kits on Vimeo.

interview on Survival Kits - 2013 in Berlin Mitte from on survival kits on Vimeo.

ELENA

ELENA - interview on Survival Kits from on survival kits on Vimeo.

Survival Kit - Fabio

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Fabio 1/99, 2012, hammer, paper, baby Nike Jordan shoe, bread, rubber band, 25x11x12cm.

Fabio works at Taranto's ILVA steel plant, one of the biggest facilities of metallurgical industry in Europe and of the most polluting. He has three kids. When interviewed on TV about the measures to be taken against the factory he says “it's better to die of pollution than of starvation”.

Survival Kit | The person who kept functioning + Survival Kit | Nuccio

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - The person who kept functioning, 2012, bronze, 22x10x12 cm.

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

Deborah Ligorio, Survival Kit - Nuccio 1/99, 2012, glass container, absorbent material, tin can, paper, rope, 20x16x9cm.

Nuccio always grew his own chicory, his eggplants, his olives, his vineyard on his own piece of land. At 65 he was diagnosed lung cancer. He never smoked. His piece of land lies few kilometers east of Taranto's ILVA steel plant that emitted 92% of Italy's dioxins.  

interview Chair

Deborah Ligorio, Names Unknown (The woman from the second-hand designer clothes Shop and the girl selling the street newspaper in front of the post office), interview Chair 1: Notes for an interview, 2012, collage on folding chair, 58x53x6 cm

interview Chair

Deborah Ligoio, Antonio, interview Chair 2: Notes from an interview, 2012, collage on folding chair, 88x43x7 cm

an interview on Survival Kits - spring 2012 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY from on survival kits on Vimeo.

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