In the past thirty years the word Padania has become part of everyday life in Italy. It refers to an area in Northern Italy that extends from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. A territory that exists in the ideas of many, but that geographically, culturally and juridically remains undefined. A region perceived in the collective narrative as a compact, coherent whole, but which turned out to be a set of fragments that have nothing to do with one another. Padanistan is a visual investigation into the identity of this area, a personal view developed as a long road trip along the main national road that connects Torino to Venezia. The sense of disorientation is perhaps the main emotion we feel when passing through those places, as if history had withdrawn, leaving behind a collection of rubble. Padanistan is a journey in which outer space and inner space are confused, a sort of "emotional geography" of disorientation, creating a new conceptual space in order to question the existence of Padania. The title Padanistan deliberately hijacks the nationalistic rhetoric found within Padanian politics. It questions the notion of place, of boundaries and of defined identities, directly confronting the singular and divisive vision of Italian culture. Co-published by Guest Editions (UK) and studiofaganel (Italy). Edited by Peter Bialobrzeski with afterword by Italian writer Gianluca Didino.

PUBLISHED BY

GuestEditions/studiofaganel

PHOTOGRAPHS

Tomaso Clavarino

EDITING

Peter Bialobrzeski

TEXT

Gianluca Didino

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Thomas Coombs

PAPERS

Fedrigoni Arena Natural Smooth

Fedrigoni Sirio Color Celeste

Manifattura del Seveso Cialux

TYPESET

Montefiore by Colophon

Reckless by Displaay

PRINT RUN

500 copies + 50 limited edition with a signed and numbered fine art print

DETAILS

- Hardcover casebound in linen cloth
- Foil blocked title to cover and spine
- Image inlay onto back cover
- Essay by Gianluca Didino
- 27 x 23.5 cm, 160 pages
- First Printing 2022, 450 copies
- Printed by Poligrafiche San Marco, Italy
- Fedrigoni Arena Natural Smooth

- Special edition of 50 limited copies with a signed and numbered original fine art print

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