Nicolò Degiorgis
Hidden Islam – Islamic makeshift places of worship in north – east Italy, photograph (2009-11). Courtesy of the artist
La Mia Scuola di Architettura

Hidden Islam / Sacred interiors in profane buildings(La Mia Scuola di Architettura*5)

March 1, 2016 at 7:00 PM

A conversation between Matilde Cassani and Nicolò Degiorgis about their respective research on the relationship between migrant communities’ practices of worship and informal processes that transform the urban landscape. Using photography as tool of investigation, Cassani and Degiorgis document the interiors of buildings (shops, warehouses, apartments, garages, etc.) whose function has been reinvented to host expressions of communal life derived from religious rites.

On the occasion of the book launch Hidden Islam by Nicolò Degiorgis and as part of the cycle La Mia Scuola di Architettura*

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