“The memory of objects”, the photographic exhibition that commemorates the first Lampedusa massacre

A terrible massacre in the Mediterranean: the testimony and memory of the Lampedusa shipwreck of 3 October 2013, in which 368 people of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin lost their lives, is the theme of an exhibition of photographs and objects at the Shoah Memorial in Milan, from 26 September to 31 October. A project curated by "Zona" and "Carta di Roma", by Paola Barretta, Imma Carpiniello, Valerio Cataldi, Adal Neguse and Giulia Tornari with photographs by Karim El Maktafi, “The memory of objects” recounts the terrible massacre that took place offshore of Lampedusa through testimonies and objects of the victims, to give dignity and value to life and build a shared memory on the topic of migration.