@childhood.void, My childhood from the void

Luca Marini, Liminal Spaces, Childhood Memories, and Voids – This image series explores the cultural significance of the nostalgia-driven aesthetic phenomenon and its emotional impact on Generation Z. It investigates why platforms like TikTok are experiencing a resurgence of content that evokes childhood memories through uncanny, often unsettling visual trends such as #liminalspaces, #weirdcore, and #dreamcore. Drawing from my own liminalized childhood memories—captured on video by my father—the project mirrors what happens on social media: personal recordings are stripped of context and re-shared by strangers. In this process, private memories are transformed into collective memory containers, absorbing feelings of loss, longing, and disorientation. The work reflects how, in a chaotic and crisis-ridden postmodern world, many in Gen Z turn to digital spaces to process hidden anxieties—using aesthetics not only as a form of escape but also as a powerful emotional language.

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'Cagna Rauca' is an artistic collective born from the idea of reclaiming physical and online spaces through a queer and transfeminist lens. The collective brings together designers who engage with themes of resistance using innovative and radical approaches. Founded in Urbino in 2023, the project emerged from a shared desire to experiment and collaborate. Today, the aim is to continue collaborating and creating new connections despite the current fragmented locations of the members. The project keeps evolving, as it is conceived as transitional, ideas find their habitat when they are shared, and they produce meaning only through interaction. One example is Interferenza, a temporary curatorial project initiated by 'Cagna rauca' in 2023. Through an open call, artists were selected and invited into a horizontal exchange, engaging in weekly meetings where everyone simultaneously acted as both artist and curator. The designers involved mainly work through editorial design, moving between different languages such as illustration, photography, and media art. The projects are self-initiated and self-financed. Books, zines, posters, and cards are mostly digitally printed, though some works are produced using risograph and silkscreen printing.

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