The work of Giampaolo Parrilla (born 1997) explores the themes of violence, and the ambiguity of image and language; the relationship between collective narratives, power structures and catastrophe, and the connection between the fragility of the body and the sovereignty of images, through geopolitical tools.

 

The work reworks global news, conflict images, infographic maps, propaganda, data models, photos of military weapon systems, NGO reports, which become investigation tools on the topic of vision, on display, and on how we are used to think about reality and representation.

 

His research studies the artistic processes and objects used to create images, and their power relationship over bodies. He also studies symbolic and social inferences, the legacies of historical crises and the revolutionary and sabotage potential of the collective imagination.