Memoria Esterna is a partial and unpredictable archive of the geography, perception, and history of Milan. Constructed through flashes of memory, it reveals fragments of intimacy bound to streets, squares, and suburbs. It does not aim to return a truthful image of the city, as the question of authenticity arises on a different level—one that concerns the declaration of a point of view.

Born from fragments of stories gathered by ZimmerFrei, the collective author of the project, the work uses storytelling as a bridge between personal and collective history, exploring the proximity or distance between oral evocation and the visualization of places, between sound and image.
Memoria Esterna initiates a potentially infinite process, built through the continuous alternation of fullness and voids—almost like a mosaic missing some tiles—capable of creating a mechanism of expectation and betrayal of that very expectation.

Memoria Esterna (2007) is the first installment of Ritratti. Percorsi video a Milano, a series of video productions by Careof, curated by Chiara Agnello, dedicated to the city of Milan and commissioned to Italian and international artists.
The project was realized in collaboration with the Province of Milan and premiered at La Triennale di Milano during inCONTEMPORANEA la rete dell'arte – Numero Uno (11–13 May 2007).

solo exhibition:
october 30th – november 23rd, 2007

Memoria Esterna
C/O careof
Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
curated by Chiara Agnello

group exhibition:
May 11-12-13, 2007
In contemporanea
Triennale, Milano
curated by C/O careof

14 november – 8 dicember 2008
VideoReport Italia 2006-2007
curated by Andrea Bruciati
Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone

festival screenings:
5 november 2009
Videopolis
Cinema Mpx, Padova

19 october 2008
Doc under30
Sala Truffaut, Modena

6 june 2008
Bellaria Film Festival
Cinema Astra, Bellaria

28 january 2008
Reality Addiction
Cinema Lumière, Bologna

19- 30 november 2008
Festival Filmaker
Spazio Oberdan – Milano

20 february 2009
“Festival Visioni Italiane. Visioni Doc”
Cinema Lumière, Bologna

7 may 2009
TekFestival
Nuovo Cinema Aquila – Roma

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