
Silvia Rosi – Protektorat
PROJECTC/O Berlin Talent Award 24 DESIGN Concept / Book / Exhibition / Communication Media CLIENT C/O Berlin Foundation
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The Italian-Togolese artist Silvia Rosi (*1992) explores post-colonial themes such as migration, identity and collective memory from a diasporic perspective in an interplay of staged photography, video, performative elements and edited archive material. Her works, which often have autobiographical references, question the constructions of identity and belonging and create a dialog between past and present.
In Protectorate (2022-2024), Rosi sheds light on the complex history of language under colonial occupation in Togo. Based on archive material from the Togolese National Archives in Lomé, she addresses the mechanisms of power and resistance that are anchored in colonial language policies.





