Andrea Bagnato: 'Terra Infecta' [Book launch & talk]

Join us for a launch and conversation with Andrea Bagnato to celebrate the release of his latest book Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape.

Terra Infecta is a counterhistory of the urban and rural landscapes of Italy. It charts the disappearance of the Venetian wetlands, urban renewal and displacement in Naples and Matera, and protocols of containment in Milan. It is at once a critique of modern hygiene, and a collection of revelatory moments of community, healing, and resistance.

Free RSVP.

Thursday 26 March 
18:00

Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920 Baile St
Montreal
Quebec H3H 1R4
Canada

More about Terra Infecta

In Terra Infecta, Andrea Bagnato tells an unfamiliar story about a well-known place. Since the early days of tourism, the cities and landscapes of Italy have been bywords for beauty and grandeur. But, at home and abroad, the same places have also been haunted by associations with disease and uncleanliness, often more to do with politics than conditions on the ground. Ranging from Italian unification to the aftershocks of Covid-19, and drawing on architectural records, medical history, and the author’s own travels, Terra Infecta reveals the lived realities of grand schemes, traces of vanished communities, and forgotten histories of collective organisation and resistance.

Can't make it? Order a copy here.