Porta d'accesso
To enter the stadium vendors have to show their residence permit. Only those that have their document in order receive an entrance pass and can enter the premises.
Fans
During sports matches, the sections of the stadium reserved to host supporters of visiting teams are usually more profitable for vendors, but at the same time work in those sections is riskier.
Chi sei?
The vendors try to be as invisible as possible in order to not disturb the public enjoying the show. In this photo, this vendor is kneeling and one of the numbers on his vest came off.
Up & down
Vendors move up and down the aisles with a weight that is around 20kg. For this reason the cold does not affect them as much as it does the audience.
Giochi di prospettiva
The location of the bars offers a view of parallel experiences occurring at the same time.
Ghost
There is always someone who goes for last minute sales while the audience quickly exits the stadium.
Seller and selfie
Nowadays before the game, the majority of people in the audience spend their time on phones and social networks. This makes it difficult for vendors to be noticed, and requires them to get a lot closer to them to get their attention.
Così lontani così vicini
A vendor watches the show while his stock is refilled: for a moment he seems to have the attention of the audience.
Boxeur
Once the show has ended the only thing that remains to be done is to clean the bars. Usually this task is undertaken by a former vendor who was moved to a position with more responsibilities.
The precariat
This project portrays a particular category of these individuals: these are migrants that are making an attempt to integrate into the Italian labour market, having received their residence permit after challenging journeys from their homelands. Unstable social and political structures, causing widespread insecurity in labour markets worldwide - Italy’s not excluded- makes this attempt a particularly challenging task. Unpredictability, however, seems to affect every one of us today, giving many a taste of the uncertainty of the Precariat.
The setting of the project is the Olympic Stadium of Rome and the work of its vendors. Where in the past Italian students or – as in my case - those looking for some economic independence took on this job, today, vendors are African or Afghan migrants.
These vendors move in an enormous and highly crowded setting, symbol of the entertainment traditions rooted in our culture, like sports matches or concerts. While the paying audience live their spectacles, alongside, above and below them, move these new workers and members of our society, almost without being noticed. This state of alienation, solitude and incommunicability occurring so paradoxically close to other people’s moments of enjoyment, spotlights a situation not yet seen by society.
This project is therefore a story of contrasts, of black and white, between realities that are failing to communicate. It not only aims to give a face to those that are invisible, but also aims to give the opportunity to reflect on these contrasts, in a time when everyone shares a similar predicament: among the uncertainty of The Precariat.
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Their own people do not want to make their hands dirty.
One must not be proud - one should be ashamed - what the SPD wants us to hammer is going too far.
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