The exhibition shows a selection of works from the Concrete Island and Rischiano pene molto severe [They risk very severe punishments] series, created by Paola Di Bello between the second half of the 1990s and 2001. In both, the artist chooses an unusual perspective when photographing objects and people. Di Bello rotates the lens 90 degrees and the subjects move from a horizontal to a vertical position, generating a change in the perception of reality. In Concrete Island (1996/2001), in particular, the artist photographs and proposes life-size discarded objects - chairs, tables, sofas, washbasins, etc. - lying abandoned on the grass or on the side of the road; through rotation, the objects return to the position they had before being thrown away. 

Di Bello also resorts to a similar solution in the series Rischiano pene molto severe [They risk very severe punishments] (1998/2001), in which the artist portrays homeless people sleeping in Milan's railway and underground stations for several months: through the change of angle and the large format print (on a 1:1 scale) the subjects take on a monumental appearance.