My (m)other

The project “my (m)other” was born as a personal reflection about the internal relationships among family members. My family was the core of my research: the aim was to summon up from my (or, better, our) personal experience certain interesting dynamics that I consider typical among family members. The most important result has been to find out how much hiding is relevant in family’s relationships: we hide each others uncertainty, suffering, characterial problems and, of course, love. I have a father, his name is Pier Paolo. He’s 56 years old and is almost deaf. As much as we love each other, we don’t understand each other at all. My feelings about him are always contradictory: when I look at his actions I admire his willingness, I suffer for his loneliness, I hate his outbursts of anger. But mainly, I wish I could save him from his willing to carry upon his shoulders every load of people around him, although I know that this trait represents him the most. Sofia is my elder sister.