Alessandro Mallamaci

Un’ora immobile

2015 – ongoing

How does imagination shape our interpretation of the present?
Is this sequence a representation of common places or a search for non-sense?
How easy is it to take beautiful pictures?
Are these photos metaphors of the contemporary condition with a nostalgic gaze at the fascinating authenticity of decadence?
Or are they simply daily notes?
Is it really important to label photography?

Exhibition project

Exhibition design for Un’ora immobile: prints, texts and circular diagrams set along a wall

The book

Un’ora immobile

The cover of Un’ora immobile: on a light blue ground, a photograph of a white panel in an open yard
Years
2015 – ongoing
Place
France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and the United States
Origin
Self-initiated
Outcomes
  • 2026 · Longlisted · FORMAT27 Open Call: PLAY, FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby, UK — 948 projects submitted by 837 artists from 69 countries
  • 2024 · Winner · The Beauty in Decay Open Call by The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • 2024 · Winner · alfabèto call F is for Fake
Book
Self-published as a dummy — submitted to Art Paper Editions · May 2026
Format
15 × 20.5 cm
Pages
82
Binding
Thread-sewn
Cover
Fedrigoni Sirio Turchese 140 gsm
Interior
Fedrigoni Arena White Smooth 140 gsm
Endpapers
Fedrigoni Sirio Lampone 140 gsm
Typefaces
Cooper Black
Printer
LaLegatoria, Rome
Photographs
2015–2023
Design
Alessandro Mallamaci
Rabat, Malta
Rabat, Malta
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Ragusa Ibla, Italy
Ragusa Ibla, Italy
Arles, France
Arles, France
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Marrakech, Morocco
Marrakech, Morocco
Isola del Cantone, Italy
Isola del Cantone, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Blank white panel standing upright on an empty concrete forecourt, trees behind
Arles, France