DESERTMED A project about the deserted islands of the

DESERTMED
A project about the deserted islands of the Mediterranean
The islands, and all the more so the deserted island, is an extremely poor
or weak notion from the point of view of geography. This is to it’s credit. The
range of islands has no objective unity, and deserted islands have even less.
The deserted island may indeed have extremely poor soil. Deserted, the island may be a desert, but not necessarily. The real desert is uninhabited only
insofar as it presents no conditions that by rights would make life possible,
weather vegetable, animal, or human. On the contrary, the lack of inhabitants
on the deserted island is a pure fact due to the circumstance, in other words,
the island’s surroundings. The island is what the sea surrounds. What is deserted is the ocean around it. It is by virtue of circumstance, for other reasons
that the principle on which the island depends, that the ships pass in the
distance and never come ashore.“
(from: Gilles Deleuze, Desert Island and Other Texts, Semiotext(e),Los Angeles, 2004)
DESERTMED
A project about the deserted islands of the Mediterranean
Desertmed is an ongoing interdisciplinary research project. The “blind spots” on
the European map serve as its subject
matter: approximately 300 uninhabited islands in the Mediterranean Sea. A group
of artists, architects, writers and theoreticians traveled to forty of these often hard
to reach islands in search of clues, impartially cataloguing information that can be
interpreted in multiple ways.
A pool of photographs, drawings, and audio and video recordings was the result.
It is an inquiry into or an attempt to create
something akin to maps through sound
recordings and images. Such maps examine the myriad ways in which the individual islands are used and, accordingly,
their significant political, economic and
historical interrelationships. The notion of
the deserted island as a place of retreat
still functions today as the quintessential vacation dream and myth for those
seeking refuge from society—a place
of yearning, of the production of desire,
which has little to do with reality. Desertmed attempts to confront this mythos with
an unsentimental cataloguing and factual
description of the mostly unknown islands
of the Mediterranean.
As it turns out, the reality of the islands is
much more a reflection of the forms and
concepts of state- and non-state-based
land use, according to which the islands
can be divided into various groups or
typologies —although the distinctions are
fluid.
Italian deserted islands charted on
Google Maps
International Bathymetric Chart of the
Mediterranean (IBCM) 1987
Historical map, Arab-Byzantine trade
relations in the Mediterranean, 12th
century, Bodleian Library, Oxford
DESERTMED
Deserted islands in the Mediterranean
Through research, we have identified
approximately 300 islands where the
natural development of a social fabric
is not viable. At present, human settlement is impossible for a variety of
reasons.
Alboran ES
Chafarinas ES
Rechgoun DZ
Habibas DZ
Ile Plane DZ
Cabrera ES
na Conillera ES
Illes Medes ES
Fort de Brescou FR
Ile du Planier FR
Ile d‘If FR
Ile Riou FR
Port Cros FR
Saint Honorat FR
Isola di Mal di Ventre IT
Asinara IT
Archipel des Sanguinaires FR
Galiton TN
La Galite TN
Iles Lavezzi FR
Spargiotto IT
Spargi IT
Razzoli IT
Budelli IT
Iles Cerbicale FR
Corcelli IT
Barrettini IT
Giraglia FR
Isola delle Bisce IT
Isola dei Cavoli IT
Soffi IT
Isole Le Camere IT
Mortorio IT
Serpentara IT
Isola dell‘Ogliastra IT
Tavolara IT
Molara IT
Gorgona IT
Pianosa IT
Ile Cani TN
Ile Pilau TN
Montecristo IT
Ile Plane TN
Zembra TN
Zembretta TN
Gremdi, Kerkennah TN
Lampione IT
Palmarola IT
Zannone IT
Santo Stefano IT
Vele Skrakane HR
Zeca HR
Male Skrakane HR
Plavnik HR
Vele Orjule HR
Grujica HR
Lutrosnjak HR
Trstenik HR
Oruda HR
Veli Laganj HR
Veli Dolfin HR
Otocici Grebeni HR
Vodenjak HR
Morovnik HR
Duzac HR
Maslinjak HR
Sveti Grgur HR
Tramerka HR
Obljak HR
Tramercica HR
Prvic HR
Lagan HR
Goli Otok HR
Golac HR
Brscak HR
Skrda HR
Planik HR
Tun Mali HR
Mezanj HR
Tun Veli HR
Maun HR
Magarcic HR
Silo HR
Veli Planatak HR
Sparusnjak HR
Utra HR
Otocici Tri Sestrice HR
Mrtovnjak HR
Veli Otok HR
Idula HR
Srednji otok HR
Glurovic HR
Luskj Otok HR
Maslinovac HR
Fulija HR
Knezak HR
Krknata HR
Tomesniak HR
Lavdara HR
Aba Vela HR
Velo Silo HR
Gornja Aba HR
Veli Buc HR
Borovnik HR
Kurba Mala HR
Mana HR
Vela Balabra HR
Bisaga HR
Brusnjak HR
Rasip Mali HR
Maslinjak HR
Veli Rasip HR
Sitsko-zutska Otocna Skupina HR
Šćitna HR
Piskera HR
Gustac HR
Mala Dajna HR
Klobucar HR
Kasela HR
Vodenjak HR
Veli Pnsjak HR
Gominjak HR
Lunga HR
Jancar HR
Kameni Zakan HR
Prdusa HR
Skulj HR
Garmeniak HR
Okljuc HR
Lucmarinjak HR
Kurba Vela HR
Capraia IT
Sknzanj HR
Mrtovnjak HR
Cavlin HR
Tetoviusnjak HR
Kukuljar HR
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Deserted islands in the Mediterranean
Jabuka HR
Borovniak HR
Drazemanski HR
Kakan HR
Bavljenac HR
Misjak HR
Mazirina HR
Svetac HR
Pianosa,Tremiti IT
Logorun HR
Zmajan HR
Tijat HR
Brusnik HR
Maslinovik HR
Biševo HR
Orud HR
Stipanska HR
Otocic Stipanska HR
Palagruža HR
Susac HR
Pod Kopište HR
Mrčara HR
Sazan AL
Vardiani GR
Arkoudi GR
Madouri GR
Sparti GR
Skorpionidi GR
Skorpios GR
Kythros GR
Atokos GR
Formikoula GR
Marathonisi GR
Pelouzo GR
Vromonas, Echinadi GR
Sofia, Echinadi GR
Strofades GR
Drakonera, Echinadi GR
Modio, Echinadi GR
Makri, Echinadi GR
Karlonisi, Echinadi GR
Provatio, Echinadi GR
Pontikos, Echinadi GR
Oxia GR
Sapientza GR
Agia Mariani GR
Schiza GR
Venetiko GR
Platia GR
Psili GR
Evraios GR
Spetsoupola GR
[NO NAME] LY
Prasonisi GR
Agios Ioannis GR
Kyra GR
Trikeri GR
[Isola di sabbia] LY
Dokos GR
Ypsili GR
Stachtorroi GR
Platonisi GR
Platia Nisida GR
Stavronisi GR
Velopoula GR
Lagousaki GR
Modi GR
Falkonera GR
Agios Georgios GR
Peristera GR
Adelfoi GR
Kira Panagia GR
Skantzoura GR
Makronisos GR
Grammeza GR
Gioura GR
Psathoura GR
Antimilos GR
Piperi GR
Skyropoula GR
Erinia GR
Piperi, Cicladi GR
Serifopoula GR
Gyaros GR
Kardiotissa GR
Panteronisi GR
Christiana GR
Dia GR
Rinia GR
Delos GR
Tragonisi GR
Antipsara GR
Ktapodia GR
Kato Koufonisi GR
Keros GR
Kato Antikeri GR
Ano Antikeri GR
Anidros GR
Macheres GR
Chrisi GR
Pachia GR
Makra GR
Tavsan TK
Koufonisi GR
Ofidoussa GR
Megalo Livadi GR
Gianisada GR
Pontikousa GR
Chamili GR
Kinaros GR
Glaros GR
Elasa GR
Kara Ada TK
Mavra GR
Zaforas GR
Levitha GR
Divounia GR
Kounoupi GR
Anidro GR
Buyuk Ilyosta TK
Buyuk Maden TK
Ciplak TK
Khelia GR
Syma GR
Grillousa GR
Balik TK
Fragkos GR
Buyukada TK
Plakida GR
Hekim TK
Archaggelos GR
Pirnali TK
Kizkulesi Adasi TK
Astakida GR
Tavsan Adasi TK
Kandelioussa GR
Pergoussa GR
Pachia GR
Kalolimnos GR
Yali GR
Cavus TK
Büyükkiremit Adası TK
Catal TK
Gaidaros GR
Çelebi TK
Kara TK
Antitilos GR
Orak Adasi TK
Alimia GR
Yilancik TK
Imrali TK
Sivriada TK
Yassiada TK
Kizil Adasi TK
Ramkine LB
Ile du Palmier LB
Sanani Island LB
DESERTMED
visited islands
The aim of Desertmed is to investigate the
essence of the deserted condition of islands
of the Mediterranean.
natural islands
Khelia GR
Grillousa GR
Archaggelos GR
Tragonisi GR
Levitha GR
Kythros GR
Atokos GR
Formikoula GR
Arkoudi GR
Echinades GR
private islands
Sparti GR
Madouri GR
Skorpionidi GR
NATURAL PARK ISLANDS
Pelouzo GR
Capraia, Tremiti IT
Pianosa, Tremiti IT
Montecristo IT
Gremdi, Kerkennah TN
Ile Pilau TN
Ile Plane TN
Ile Cani TN
La Galite TN
Habibas, DZ
Rechgoun DZ
Ile Plane DZ
prison islands
Pianosa IT
Goli Otok HR
Gorgona IT
Asinara IT
Santo Stefano IT
Ile d‘If FR
Makronisos GR
Gyaros GR
military islands
Galiton TN
Zembra TN
Zembretta TN
Mrčara HR
Sušac HR
Sazan AL
Svetac HR
industrial islands
Yali GR
Natural Islands
Natural Islands are situated off the routes
of trade and tourism, and are usually either difficult to access or lacking in potable
water. Often they are used for grazing livestock, beekeeping or fish farming. Many of
them are minor constellations of the larger
Greek and Croatian archipelagos, left
deserted due to their rugged topography
or lack of resources. The size varies from
little more than a rocky outcropping to
mountains emerging from the sea. Some
of them were inhabited before the wave of
emigration in the early 20th century.
Natural Park Islands
Natural Park Islands are islands designated for wildlife conservation, where human presence is monitored scientifically.
On these islands the condition of desertion is desired and monitored by man. Only
park guards live on such islands, defending their artificial “emptiness”. Their wild
state is planned and protected.
Private Islands
Islands privately owned by individuals
or social entities. Access and stays are
subject to the same constraints and privileges as any other private property.
Prison Islands
Prison Islands are islands whose features
make them ideal for penitentiaries or correctional institutions.
Prison-like structures strictly regulate life
on these islands. The different reasons
for confinement have generated various
architectural and urban typologies. With
its specific geography, the island naturally
imposes a border, preventing escape.
Today certain prison islands have been
abandoned entirely and only the penitentiary structures remain. On other islands,
though the facilities have been shut
down, they are still inhabited by the last
remaining prisoners, awaiting the end of
their sentences. Sometimes prisoners are
“rehabilitated” through ecological education programs, conducted in partially
self-organized communities.
Military Islands
Military Islands function as strategic
outposts due to their location and the
complex provisions concerning territorial
waters and rights. As restricted military
zones that are removed from public control, these islands not only serve strategic and geopolitical purposes, but are
also sites for military testing and various
exercises. In the Mediterranean these
strategically situated islands are sometimes disputed by different countries. The
military structures were often created in
colonial times and reinforced during the
.years of the Cold War.
Industrial Islands
Industrial Islands are islands that are economically interesting due to the presence
of minerals or other commercial reasons.
The respective exploration company in
charge has the right to manage access
to the island. Workers are admitted to
the industrial island by day, but after dark
it becomes deserted. Thus human presence is not stable.
DESERTMED COLLECTIVE
Artist‘s statements
Amedeo Martegani: Desertmed’s
research is horizontal. The forms of
movement design the space that divides
occupied from empty, civil from natural, identity from anonymity. Desertmed
gathers and measures this gap, tries to
bridge it, to organize without being an
informer. It looks for anomalies in the
predictable edification of social structure. It is research that does not rely on
sociologisms or ethnic behavioral codes.
Instead, it records the state of a permanent, almost meteorological flux, of the
appearance of the void, the desert, the
social gap, the ungoverned zone, as a
place of the soul, where the games are
interrupted for a while. For Desertmed, I
imagine the distance, I calculate the trajectories, I draw what I like, I walk in one
direction, I sleep, I follow the animals, I
try to belong to this suspension through
all the time required for my interference.
Armin Linke: Desertmed comes from the
desire to observe places that are considered useless, non-existent and boring
because nothing happens there. Places
— deserted islands — that are somehow
connected to our romantic imaginary of
distance, or the nostalgia for vacations of
bygone days. Their “emptiness”, almost
impossible to document and grasp,
always has specific geographical, geopolitical or social reasons behind it. With
photography and video I try to record this
non-spectacular emptiness, where it only
seems as if nothing ever happens. These
deserted or abandoned places represent
an indicator of major transformations
taking place in the Mediterranean Sea
that connects Europe, Africa and Asia. As
you gradually approach the theme of the
deserted island, the romantic vision shifts
into a geosocial outlook. Desertmed’s
research is also work on the theme of
contemporary geographical representation, in an era in which new technologies
are redefining our perception of space,
and identity is constructed through this
perception.
Giovanna Silva: Desertmed began as
a collective in 2008. Its objective was to
study, research and catalogue the deserted islands of the Mediterranean. The
islands have different levels of “desertification” that have been identified and divided by degree. At times the islands have
specific uses for human beings, but no
regular residents. There are islands that
are deserted in keeping with a romantic
sense of the term, namely uninhabited
or abandoned; these are found mostly in
Greece and Croatia. There are islands
that are deserted for strategic and military
reasons, in Tunisia and Spain, for example. Others cannot be accessed by visitors
because they are used as prisons, due
to their remote location. Others are still
conserved in a natural state, as nature
reserves, like museums. There are also
“exclusive” islands that are private property, and industrial islands inhabited only
during labor shifts, by the workers. From
time to time exceptions arise that make
Desertmed’s cataloguing less systematic
but perhaps more interesting. A private but abandoned island, for example,
or the island where a failed attempt at
settlement on the part of a tourist village
has left only bungalows that have been
swallowed back up by the desert.
Giulia Di Lenarda: I work on research.
Geographical research, first of all, to
identify topographical amnesias: deserted
islands are zones overlooked by navigation routes, half-forgotten by geopolitics,
lacking in interest for history, considered
voids in the middle of the sea that require
no coverage, no reporting. Desertion
seen as absence of the human species
is joined by the “disciplined” desert where
the human race is only admitted on a
temporary basis: the prisoner of an island
penitentiary leaves when his sentence
has been served, rangers leave island
reserves at the end of a day’s work, and
lighthouse keepers will soon be replaced by automated devices... To visit the
controlled, disciplined desert you need a
pass, issued by ministries, environmental
protection agencies or local administrations. Often there is confusion regarding
the authorities involved, even for the
same island. Deciphering the politics of
the inaccessible and obtaining authorization to visit islands is the second part
of the research. Another aspect I have
investigated is that of geopolitics. In 2008
representatives of 43 countries of the
Mediterranean area met for the Mediterranean Summit in Paris, to attempt to
launch a process of regulation for this
sea, including future projects such as
the creation of maritime highways to shift
freight traffic from land to water. This pro-
cess will inevitably create new navigation
routes for shipping, and will progressively increase the number of ships in the
Mediterranean. As a result, the deserted
islands, perhaps, will no longer be so
deserted.
Giuseppe Ielasi / Renato Rinaldi:
The deserted island is the stereotypic
place of every utopia, the cradle of every
(im)possible new beginning. It is not
structured by any social organization,
there is no culture, and therefore there
can be no misunderstandings. It is the
ideal tabula rasa on which to set up new
social theories; the imaginary of the
deserted island is a heavy burden with
which to come to grips. The true utopia,
for our imagination, is the desert as
such. The sounds we have gathered on
deserted islands sound and feel differently than the sounds of other places.
This is not just for technical or aesthetic reasons, but is rather because the
sounds of the islands do not produce any
kind of narrative. In the desert narration
becomes pure superstructure. The force
of the sounds lies in their independence,
their way of being splendidly useless,
and their clarity.
DESERTMED
At Villa Romana, Italy
A first installation was shown in 2009 at
Villa Romana, Florence, Italy. The media
used in the presentation included photography, stitching, sound installation
and video. It was also accompanied by a
publication. An expanded video installation was presented in 2011 at the Istanbul
Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Siakos-Hanappe Gallery, Athens, Greece
Video installation
May 2010
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Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
Video installation
March 2011
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At NGBK, Berlin
In 2012 an exhibition was held at NGBK,
Berlin, with a mixed-media installation
and a video installation, together with additional contributions from external artists.
The Deserted Islands of the
Mediterranean Map Installation, 2012
Mixed-media installation
Developing lengthwise, the installation
shows an abstract map of the over 300
deserted islands of the Mediterranean
aligned according to their longitude. This
“table-map” displays books about the 39
islands visited so far. Conceived as a
single catalogue, the books show photographs and video stills of the islands,
compiled without editing and without any
precise narration. The islands are portrayed both on the micro level of geological
matter as well as from the macro perspective that indicates which “types” they
belong to.
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At NGBK, Berlin
Deserted Typologies, 2012
7-channel video installation
The video material shot during the field
research was first catalogued according
to the categories in which we subdivided
the visited deserted islands. For each
type, a narrative was then created to reconnect it to the idea of a “macro-island”.
In each video, despite being a collage
from different islands, the resulting landscape conveys the illusion of one unified
place. The videos are part of a catalogue
of materials that expands further as the
Desertmed research proceeds.
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NGBK, Berlino
Desertmed, 2012
Multi-Channel sound installation
The installation is not about deserted islands
in terms of sound topography: sound doesn‘t
recognize the wide spaces of geography,
but resonates within narrower borders. In
the organization of the sounds there‘s no
hierarchy because there is no function,
everything refers to a mechanism similar
to the one of a bachelor machine, cavities
that filter frequencies, resonate, reverberate
and vibrate, because the sea pumps water
that pumps air into them. Air as a resonant
element, an aural utopia where sounds
become abstract and freed from geography.
A black box in which sound remains as
mysterious and useless as a deserted island.
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At NGBK, Berlin
A section of the exhibition is devoted
to the research results of an expanded
group of artists and practitioners from
other fields, who have been cooperating
with the Desertmed Collective over the
past few years. The exhibited publications
form a growing archive based on ongoing
research projects.
Aristide Antonas
Finds from Yaros and Makronisos, 2012
Giulia Bruno, Laura Fiorio
Imrali 1935–2012, 2012
Remapping Cartography, 2012
Antonia Dika, Daniele Ansidei
Perlen der Adria, 2007–2012
The exhibition at NGBK was an occasion
to enlarge the research, inviting more
artists working on connected themes:
Fabian Bechtle, Bik van der Pol, Leon
Kahane, Deborah Ligorio, Stefanos
Tsivopoulos, Luca Vitone
DESERTMED MATERIAL
Book edition
We printed in one copy a book series
containing all the images collected in our
trip to the Tremiti Islands in Italy and the
Tunisian islands.
Deserted Islands of the Mediterranean,
Exhibition catalogue, Villa Romana, Italy
DESERTMED
Mapping and 3D scanning
An essential aspect to the work of Desertmed is the use of a wide range of
media forms to represent island regions.
On the one hand, they serve for research
on the history of particular islands. On
the other, every found image makes a
statement about the multifaceted uses
and complex political, economic, and
societal conditions of the Mediterranean
region. We include historical images as
well as material produced with the latest
technologies. The visualization of the
locations visited plays an important role.
Imaging methods are often the only way
to access remote regions. Our collection
ranges from greatly simplified antiquarian
images to complex GPS real-time maps,
which, for example, depict the movement
of ships around the Mediterranean; these
serve both scientific as well as military
purposes.
For the security of external EU borders,
the EU border control agency Frontex
uses highly advanced imaging systems.
We also use modern technologies in our
research. For example, 3D scans were
used to form images of the prison on
Santo Stefano. The use of various technologies allows for a complex narration
to develop in the presentation of Desertmed. Digital technologies are linked with
analogue experiences in the exhibition
space.
Historical map of Venice,
15th century
Historical maps juxtaposed
with satellite images
Google Earth, satellite
images
Maritime traffic realtime
map
www.marinetraffic.com
DESERTMED
mapping and 3D scanning
SENSEable City Lab MIT provided the equipment to map the electromagnetic density of
GSM telephone networks during the journey
through this section of the Ionian Islands. This
map shows an initial depiction of the coverage. The logs captured the identifiers of 58
different cell phone towers in the area.
We are working with 3D laser scans to produce sculptural documents of architectural
structures and geological forms.
3D animation, Santo Stefano, video stills
Map of the electromagnetic density of GSM
telephone networks during our trip
3D laser scan made during our visit to Santo
Stefano prison, one of the first architectural
prison structures based on the panopticon
DESERTMED
mapping and 3D scanning
Our way to Khelia Island
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Geopolitical representation of the Mediterranean
Paris Summit for the Mediterranean,
July 2008
Coast Guard, Rome
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Geopolitical representation of the Mediterranean
NATO brochure
The integration of satellite-based surveillance and monitoring for enhanced
operational maritime border control and
maritime domain awareness (European
Maritime Security Service)
Refugee routes in the Mediterranean
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Collective
Giulia Di Lenarda, lives in Milan, photographer
and researcher.
Giuseppe Ielasi, lives in Vimercate, musician.
Co-curator of Senufo Editions.
www.senufoeditions.com
Armin Linke, lives in Berlin, artist, works with
photography, video, and various media; professor
for photography at the HfG Karlsruhe.
Amedeo Martegani, lives in Milano, artist, works
with various media.
Giovanna Silva, lives in Milano, architect, photographer, artist. Co-founder of the magazine San
Rocco. http://www.giovannasilva.com
Renato Rinaldi, lives in Cividale, musician, works
with soundtracks for theatre and radio dramas.
Collaborations:
Aristide Antonas, lives in Athens, architect and
writer with PhD in Philosophy, associate professor
of architecture, co-curator for the Greek Pavilion
at the Venice Architecture Biennial, and co-founder of Built Event, spatial practices for architecture,
art, curating and urbanism.
Daniele Ansidei, lives and works in Berlin. His
research focuses on the anthropological role of
contemporary photography, seen as a means for
investigating emerging social and cultural dynamics.
Fabian Bechtle, lives in Berlin, artist, works with
performance and video art, Meisterschüler at
HGB Leipzig.
Damien Bright, lives in Paris, researcher, member of SPEAP.
Giulia Bruno, lives in Milan and Berlin, photogra-
pher.
Antonia Dika, lives in Vienna, works on the
interface between architecture, art, urbanism
and research. Currently working on a research
project revolving around the Cold War legacy
on the Adriatic islands.
Laura Fiorio, lives in Venice and Berlin, works
with photography and educational projects.
Wilfred Kühn and Simona Malvezzi, live in
Berlin, architects working in the field of curatorial design and installation architecture, whose
projects include documenta 11 and the expansion of the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für
Gegenwart. Wilfried Kühn is professor at HfG
Karlsruhe.
Franck Leibovici, lives in Paris, works with
writing, visual poetry, performance and of the
notion of the collaborative “poetic document”,
whose meaning he redefines with every new
publication and action in public space. Also part
of a research group at the SPEAP program
of the Sciences Po Ecole des Arts Politiques,
directed by Bruno Latour.
Carlo Ratti, lives in Boston, Massachusetts,
director of the SENSEable City Media Lab at
MIT.
Stella Sophie Serogiou, lives in Thessaloniki
and Karlsruhe, student at Hfg Karlsruhe.
Francesco Siddi, lives in Trento, specialist in
3D rendering and film special effects.
Stefano Tamburini, lives in Turin, geological
expert in 3D laser scanning and mapping technology.
www.desertmed.org
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Desertmed would like to thank in particular
Flavio Albanese, Fabian Bechtle, Paolo Berto, Milena Brambilla, Nina Brambilla, Roberto
Badoglio, Damien Bright, Giulia Bruno, Alice Bulgari, Pierluigi Cacioppo, Renato Cafiero,
Giuseppe Calabrese, Gennaro Carducci, Aurora Ciardelli, Massimiliano Cipriano, Paolo
Colombo, Sandro Cortis, Lieven De Cauter, Diego Domenico, Luca Fais, Laura Fiorio,
Carlo Forteleoni, Kurt W. Forster, Els Hanappe, Rebecca Harms, Iginio Marson, Mauro
Martino, Romina Mastellone, Salah Matmati, Francesco Mattuzzi, Carlo Alberto Mazzerbo,
Daniele Milani, Giulia Nomis, Raja Noomane, Viviana Panaccia, Francesca Pennone, Franco Pennone, Alessandro Petti, Valerie Pihet, Giulia Pireddu, Simona Pompilio, Carlo Ratti,
Valerio Rosano, Annalisa Rosso, Luca Rotondo, Tassos Sakellaropoulos, Alessio Satta,
Salvatore Schiano di Colella, Stella-Sophie Seroglou, Atman Shanoun, Lazarus Siakos,
Francesco Siddi, Alessandro Silva, Laura Silva, Paolo Soravia, Martina Sorbello, Benedetta
Spalletti, Angelika Stepken, Onofrio Storniolo, Andrea Tamburini, Elisabetta Terragni, Mario
Tozzi, Silvio Vetrano, Antje Weitzel, Edmond Zhupani
Desertmed would like to thank for their support
Albanian Ministry of Defense / Albanian Ministry of Tourism / Benaki Museum, Athens /
Commissariat National du Littoral d’Algérie / Commissariat Regional au Tourisme, Bizerte
/ Comando Generale Capitanerie di Porto - Guardia Costiera, Roma / Conservatoria delle
Coste della Sardegna, Cagliari / Corpo Forestale dello Stato, Roma / Direzione e Amministrazione Penitenziaria del carcere di Pianosa e Gorgona / Ente Parco Nazionale Arcipelago
Toscano / Ente Nazionale Tunisino per il Turismo, Milano / Galleria Vistamare, Pescara /
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art / Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste / IUAV. Università di Arte e Design, Venezia / MAXXI. Museo Nazionale delle
arti contemporanee, Roma / NGBK, Berlin / Science Po Media Lab, Paris / Ministère de la
Communication d’Algérie / Ministère de l’Environnement d’Algérie / MIT. Senseable City
Lab, Boston / Navionics™ / Parco Nazionale dell’Asinara / Stavros Niarchos Foundation,
Athens / Telespazio, Roma / University of Thessaly, Department of Architecture, Volos /
Villa Romana, Firenze / ZKM. Museum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe