Kidnapping runs through history like a dark constant, a moment when economics and violence merge into a single, brutal logic. Corpo dopo corpo explores what happens when this act ceases to be a tactical tool and becomes a political language, a spectacle of domination.

The project begins with a paradox: how could a local phenomenon such as post-unification brigandage in Italy anticipate the global dynamics of organised violence that shape capitalism today?

Through documentary and staged photography, archival images and symbolic reconstruction, the work traces a visual genealogy of kidnapping as a hybrid technology. It anchors itself in the discourse of “blood capitalism” (a term coined by Mexican theorist Sayak Valencia), where violence becomes both a currency of exchange and a means of communication.

I consider kidnapping not only a social fact, but an image, a device that circulates and reproduces fear, fascination and control. The series questions how the spectacle of violence can survive its own physical event, transforming pain into a shared visual language.

Ultimately, Corpo dopo corpo reflects on the possibility of a bodily politics that recognises our mutual vulnerability and interconnectedness, seeking to transform trauma into a collective act of awareness and resistance.