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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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on Survival Kits - 2012 Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

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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,

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