Rossella Biscotti

With The Journey Migrant Map, Rossella Biscotti investigates the legal and military structures and the geological and nautical information of the central part of the Mediterranean Sea. After dropping a twenty-ton block of marble awarded to her by the iconic Michelangelo quarry into the waters between Italy, Malta, Libya and Tunisia Carrara, the artist focuses on exploring the maritime context of the area, starting from the bottom, upwards. By analyzing trade and migratory routes, probing military remains, and questioning how exploration and exploitation overlap, the artist alludes to the politics of invisibility and implicitly refers to the dramatic experience of contemporary migration.

Biscotti’s work has always been marked by an active relationship with history. Indeed, the artist moves by combining archival research concerning crucial historical events of modernity with field research.

Her projects stem from extended research processes, conceptual excavations, personal encounters and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Biscotti’s works in many cases encapsulate meticulous stratifications of materials and meanings.

With The Journey Migrant Map Rossella Biscotti won the 16^th Quadrennial of Rome.