Breaking the Circuit of Control is a project by Francesco Bertocco dedicated to the cultural legacy of Franco Basaglia, a key figure in the transformation of modern psychiatry and a champion of a radical critique of total institutions. At the heart of the research lies Basaglia’s 1979 trip to Brazil, with particular focus on the former Juquery psychiatric hospital, one of the largest asylums in the world. By retracing the [...]
Breaking the Circuit of Control is a project by Francesco Bertocco dedicated to the cultural legacy of Franco Basaglia, a key figure in the transformation of modern psychiatry and a champion of a radical critique of total institutions. At the heart of the research lies Basaglia’s 1979 trip to Brazil, with particular focus on the former Juquery psychiatric hospital, one of the largest asylums in the world. By retracing the [...]
An account of a pilgrimage amid the sacred and the profane through the cemeteries of the Swiss Confederation, to pay tribute to the memory of illustrious figures from the worlds of poetry, literature, religion, painting, fashion, sport, philanthropy, cinema and psychoanalysis. From the grave of Rainer M. Rilke in Raron to Zurich, where Carl G. Jung is buried, all while tracking down the delightful Migrolinos. Against this backdrop lies a [...]
An account of a pilgrimage amid the sacred and the profane through the cemeteries of the Swiss Confederation, to pay tribute to the memory of illustrious figures from the worlds of poetry, literature, religion, painting, fashion, sport, philanthropy, cinema and psychoanalysis. From the grave of Rainer M. Rilke in Raron to Zurich, where Carl G. Jung is buried, all while tracking down the delightful Migrolinos. Against this backdrop lies a [...]
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