DESTINAZIONE
SCONOSCIUTA
By Nicoletta Corbella e
Andrea Filigheddu

They were ashamed to ask about my origins.
They addressed the questions to other people believing I could not understand.

They asked me if I was Venezuelan, Afghan, Spanish, Kyrgyz, Japanese, Indian, Chinese, Nepalese, Argentinean, Filipino, Tajik, Korean, Russian, Colombian, Kazhaka, Taiwanese, Thai.

I have visited Albania, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, England, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Peru, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Hungary, Venezuela and lived in 3 of these countries.

They spoke to me in Turkish, Afghan, Chinese, Taiwanese, Indian, Spanish, Castilian and Russian without any doubt that I would answer.

This is not a quiz. I always found it funny how my features always confused people. Thanks to my appearance many people have told me about their travels around the world and I think it’s curious that a person’s facial features can take the mind to far away places. Many other people have had the same thing happen to them, in fact I think it’s quite common and that’s why I started this project. The shots remind you of people from different countries, people you see when you travel, people who stick in your head and then when you see someone similar you immediately associate them with that country.

Wind has no appearance and comes from all over the world, it mixes with different currents, it is unexpected, it is hot and cold, it goes far away, it goes away and it comes back.