Weekend Portfolio: Chiara Benzi

Father in the Canary Islands, Spain, 1992.

Mother in Silvi Marina, Italy, 1990.

Father in Monopoli, Italy, late 1980’s.

Mother in the Riviera Romagnola, Italy, early 1990’s.

Mother in Rhodes, Greece, 1993.

Father photographing mother in the Riviera Romagnola, Italy, early 1990’s.

Father in Rhodes, Greece, 1993.

Mother in the Canary Islands, Spain, 1992.

Images and text by Chiara Benzi

Chiara Benzi in È stato. Non sarà mai più. Ricorda. opens her family photo album and creates a personal archive project that reflects on the interaction and interpretation of the imaginary, encountered in a personal manner to rediscover a lost and unknown intimacy. As Sylvia Plath wrote in her journals: “Suddenly, I realize how much life is barricaded and sewn in the tongue of those we underestimate and take for granted”.

È stato. Non sarà mai più. Ricorda. curated by Kublaiklan Collective exhibited at Fotografia Europea 2019, Reggio Emilia, Italy 

Chiara Benzi (b. 1994, Italy) is an Italian artist and photographer based in Bologna. She graduated in Drama, Art and Music Studies at the University of Bologna. Alongside she attended the Photography Centre Spazio Labo’. Her practice is realized through physical and digital manipulation of her own photographs and archival images, reflecting on the interaction and interpretation of the imaginary encountered in a personal manner, and oscillating between familiarity and alienation. Her work has been exhibited in several group exhibitions around Italy and The Netherlands, and in 2021 she was selected as a FRESH EYES Talent by GUP Magazine. She currently works with platforms active in the field of music and performing arts.