3rd place
bronze star award
Vincenzo Pagliuca
italy
title
bunker
A section of this system was located in South Tyrol where, with an incalculable waste of resources, was completed the construction of about 350 bunkers. A huge architectural heritage that remained covered by military secrecy until 1993, year in which the structures were definitively decommissioned. At that time some of the bunkers were bought by private citizens and converted into agricultural deposits, others were demolished or abandoned.
Despite the present state of oblivion these visionary structures, wrecks of a dramatic historical period, continue to generate interest for their architectural characteristics, for the ingenious systems of camouflage and for the relationship they have established with the natural and social context in which they are situated.
A difficult heritage worth to preserve to keep the collective memory alive of a dramatic historical period marked by nationalistic ideology and by the inability to resolve conflicts through peaceful means.
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entry description
In the years leading up to the World War II the whole Alpine area was involved in the building of a complex system of fortifications wanted by the fascist regime to protect the Italian border against the neighboring countries.A section of this system was located in South Tyrol where, with an incalculable waste of resources, was completed the construction of about 350 bunkers. A huge architectural heritage that remained covered by military secrecy until 1993, year in which the structures were definitively decommissioned. At that time some of the bunkers were bought by private citizens and converted into agricultural deposits, others were demolished or abandoned.
Despite the present state of oblivion these visionary structures, wrecks of a dramatic historical period, continue to generate interest for their architectural characteristics, for the ingenious systems of camouflage and for the relationship they have established with the natural and social context in which they are situated.
A difficult heritage worth to preserve to keep the collective memory alive of a dramatic historical period marked by nationalistic ideology and by the inability to resolve conflicts through peaceful means.
about the photographer
Vincenzo Pagliuca was born in Italy in 1980. His artistic practice focuses on the landscape and man intervention on the land, especially bringing the attention to rural and suburban Italian locations. His work has been featured in museums and festivals such as: Copenhagen Photo Festival, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Centro Italiano della Fotografia d’Autore (Bibbiena), Arcos Museum (Benevento), Galleria del Cembalo (Rome), Villa Pignatelli – Casa della Fotografia and MADRE Museum (Naples), Ulster Museum (Belfast). From 2015 to 2017 he has been member of the Lab \ per un laboratiorio irregolare created by Antonio Biasiucci. In 2020 he has published the photobook Napoli Nord • Case Rom.back to gallery