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ANTS ARE SOCIAL INSECTS THAT HAVE EVOLVED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS TO LIVE IN COMPLEX SOCIETIES WHERE THE COMMON GOOD IS PRIORITIZED OVER INDIVIDUAL DESIRES. IN AN ANT COLONY, EACH ANT HAS A SPECIFIC ROLE TO PLAY, SUCH AS FORAGING FOR FOOD, CARING FOR THE YOUNG, OR DEFENDING THE COLONY. SIMILARLY, IN PLATO'S IDEAL SOCIETY, EACH INDIVIDUAL IS ASSIGNED A ROLE BASED ON THEIR NATURAL ABILITIES AND TRAINED TO FULFILL THAT ROLE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE SOCIETY.
BOTH THE KALLIPOLIS AND THE ANT COLONY RELY ON A STRONG SENSE OF DISCIPLINE AND A WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE INDIVIDUAL DESIRES FOR THE GREATER GOOD. IN AN ANT COLONY, INDIVIDUAL ANTS ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES TO PROTECT THE COLONY, WHILE IN PLATO'S IDEAL SOCIETY, INDIVIDUALS MUST BE WILLING TO SUPPRESS THEIR DESIRING PART TO PURSUE THE COMMON GOOD.
BUT WHAT IF EVEN FOR A MOMENT ONE OF THE ANTS QUESTIONS ITS ROLE?
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DAVIDE CERRETINI
Collective Exhibitions
FOTOHOF, SALZBURG 2022
GASHOUDER, AMSTERDAM 2020
BRICK LANE GALLERY, LONDON 2020
IMAGENATION, PARIS 2019
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(B.1995)
BASED IN ITALY
HE STUDIED PHILOSOPHY AT PISA UNIVERSITY BUT SPENT MOST OF THE TIME FOCUSING ON HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC GROWTH AND EXPERIMENTING WITH FILM CAMERAS. ALONG THE YEARS HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED ON MANY INDEPENDENT MAGAZINES. HE’S WORKING ON TWO LONG TERM PROJECTS BETWEEN ITALY AND UNITES STATES AND HE’S ALSO MANAGING A SOCIAL DARKROOM IN TUSCANY.
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PELLICOLA MAGAZINE
FRESH EYES
PERIMETRO
C41.EU
SOLSTICE MAGAZINE
MINDLY JOURNAL
SALYSE MAGAZINE
LOMOGRAPHY
ATMAN JOURNAL
GUP MAGAZINE
Collective Exhibitions:
IMAGENATION, PARIS 2019
BRICK LANE GALLERY, LONDON 2020
GASHOUDER, AMSTERDAM 2020
FOTOHOF, SALZBURG 2022
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