Fabio Sgroi
TRI-NA-KRIA
Curated by Tina Schelhorn
TRI-NA-KRIA, represents the symbol of Sicily. It’s a personal on going project since 1986, along research onthe different aspects of my country. The island on this side of the light-house, the continent on the other side. This is a selection of photos from different years. They evoke an athmosphere that you can feel when youcross the Sicilian hinterland. They present a slight contrast with the present time. In a very theatrical manner, the photography describe the characters, gestures and faces of Sicilian people.You can sense it in the pictures of the daily routine, like the ‘passegio’ (the walk), as well as in the scenes of highly significant events, the religious rituals, in which everybody wants to participate. “The movement of the sea water washed part of the caost away. It formed a bridge, shaken by volcanos and turned upside down by the waves. This is how Sicily became an island” (‘Travel to Sicily’ by F.Munter)
Fabio Sgroi, born in Palermo, approached photography in 1984 taking photographs of his friends, young people close to punk and underground music; in 1986 for two years he joined the agency of Letizia Battaglia and Franco Zecchin, “Informazione Fotografica”, on behalf of the newspaper "L’Ora" of Palermo. Fabio has been focusing his research mainly on his island Sicily and different Mediterranean countries, Eastern Europe and around the Balkans. In 2000 Sgroi starts to photograph with the panoramic format exploring urban landscape in many different cities in Europe with focus on archeological and industrial sites. He took part in international projects and residence. His work has been exhibited in collective and solo exhibitions in Italy, Europe and America and showed in several photography festivals such: Diaframma- Kodak, Milano; Artget Gallery, Museo Etnografico, Belgrad; Padiglione Italia/ 54, Biennale di Venezia Istituti Italiani di Cultura nel mondo 2011; Leica gallery, Solms; Rencontres d’Arles; PhotoBiennale Moscow, Russia; Biennale Photographique, Bonifacio;Centre Mediterraneeen de la Photographie, Bastia; Saba gallery, New York; 6.Internationae Fototage Herten; Visa pour L’Image", Perpignan. In 2017 he published “Past Euphoria Post Europa” with Crowdbooks edition, in 2018 Palermo 84-86 "Early works" with Yardpress edition.
www.fabiosgroiphoto.com