Una Storia Italiana, Eva Rivas Bao

Una Storia Italiana, by Eva Rivas Bao, revisits the figure of Imane Fadil, an Italian-Moroccan model and key witness in the trial against former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Fadil spoke out about the abuses of power and the exploitation of women that took place at the politician’s private residence during the notorious “Bunga Bunga” parties. In 2019, shortly after announcing the publication of her book, she died at the age of thirty-four under suspicious circumstances. To construct the project, Rivas Bao combines archival materials with personal photographs taken at Fadil’s home in Milan. She also uses artificial intelligence to recreate the “absent images” that Fadil had described during the trial—that is, scenes for which no visual evidence exists.

The title of the work comes from a propaganda magazine published by Berlusconi. Rivas Bao draws on this material and that period to construct an alternative history around a collective memory shaped by Italy’s inability to confront its own #MeToo moment.

EVA RIVAS BAO

Eva Rivas Bao (Milan, 2001) is an Italian-Argentine photographer who explores the relationship between image and power, as well as questions of identity shaped by the media. Her practice begins with a classical documentary approach, which she subsequently transforms through post-production processes. Images are dismantled and reconstructed, combining amateur gestures with the visual codes of popular culture. This engagement with so-called poor images expands the conceptual and emotional possibilities of her work. Her work has been presented at venues and events including Swiss Photo Month (ECAL), the Kassel Dummy Award 2025, and Fotodoks Munich 2025. She also participated in Fotografia Europea as part of the Luigi Ghirri Award 2026. She recently published Una Storia Italiana with Skinnerboox.

Type: Exhibition
Dates: 16 October – 22 November 2026
Location: Granollers · Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts · Dents de Serra · Carrer d’Enric Prat de la Riba, 77
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