Tua sorella

The 1980s, reflux, armed struggle and heroin. The three elements that characterised that period. Telling an increasingly popular subject, social unease, rebellion, drugs and freedom. This story is that of my sister. At the age of 23, she committed suicide after a period as a drug addict. I am giving her a second life, using the language and dimension of street art, making her travel the world, as she did not have the chance to do. I launched a poster campaign to make her an icon. Witnessing the fundamental role of art in defining perception. A photographic exhibition on the move, 'on the road'. In the photographs I include bright colours to represent hallucinations, phrases taken from her secret diaries, glitter describes the false illusion of drugs. The colours, a celebration of his life. This project was born from a letter received five years after her death. The same words, the same way of expressing herself through another person, who acted as an intermediary, this letter saved me. The project is the result of social redemption, bringing Mary into a new life. I wanted to make a dream possible, giving her the magic she never believed she possessed but which I saw, she was a different person in a world made only of rules, I broke the rules with courage, including love and pride for my sister and with the same pride I told her story giving her dignity, now Mary is no longer a nobody, but the sister of many. With her my childhood never lost its magic, with her it never lost its drama. Love does not end, love always wins.