“In Cusano Mutri, I sought to explore nostalgia in its critical and affective potential: as a tool for rereading what has been lost, reactivating collective memories and imagining non-aligned futures.”
Anche noi (Nostalgia Radicale), inspired by the saying from Cusano Mutri — “If all goes well, we too will grow old” — is a site-specific project by Rebecca Moccia that investigates the hidden or unexpressed potential of nostalgia. The exhibition takes place between the new Town Hall and the Library, key sites in the civic and social organization of Cusano Mutri. By exploring this widespread emotional state — often instrumentalized or stigmatized — Moccia engages local residents through the collection and display of biographical and collective materials, evoking these reflections in sculptural and installation-based forms. The works activate processes that foreground nostalgia as a means to imagine non-aligned futures, alternative spaces of encounter, and new forms of community. Rebecca Moccia’s radical nostalgia offers opportunities for resistance against the model of modern progress, which drives the depopulation of small villages and fuels the everyday fear of losing one’s job, home, or even the ecosystem itself.
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