SHIFTLESS

Project statement

Closed for maintenance in 1982, the plant doesn't show on the maps as it turned out to be "unauthorized" since raised on agricultural land. Nowadays it contains 3000 cubic meters of nuclear wastes inside concrete blocks, part of them stocked underground in plastic bags. The nuclear presence is in everything, in the empty houses, in the vegetation, in the carcasses lying in the fields, in the waters and in those barely visible human life efforts. The atmosphere is of a nuclearized, deserted place, witness of a past which, as invisible as the plant, lingers in the present. Staring at the broken caravans windows, the withered palms, the swinging neon lights from the knocked down walls, gives you a sense of inertia, of shiftlessness. A beautiful land full of potential, victim of man's carelessness. The river gets into the sea, the waves retracting show on the shore an impressive mass of wastes of any kind. They are symbols that "nature always gives back what received".

Shiftless is the opening work of Dead Porcupine

Artist Statement

"Photography, for us, is sharing a vision, express ourselves not only as photographers but primarily as individuals. To show our reactions to the subjects which capture our attention, with care and honesty, in a slow and contemplative process. Together with telling a story, photographs sometimes have the power to evoke feelings, trigger deep sensations, convey moods and atmospheres which get different to every viewer. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We like photography to give us a breathing space. Dead Porcupine is a friend of everyone who loves the process of taking pictures and talk about them."

Dead Porcupine also run a Mag 

Dead Porcupine Mag, founded and curated by Raffaele Capasso and Francesco Claudio Cipolletta is a free online blog/magazine which aims to showcase talented photographers from around the world together with reporting hot topics and articles about contemporary photography.

"We strongly believe photography is about sharing ideas, emotions and experiences: that's why we encourage fellow photographers and artists to contribute with their works".