Islands of Exile: Hemmed in by the Sea - Federica Bueti It’s filled with combinations of

It’s filled with combinations of completely unrelated imagery that collide to create new messaging

and the worst Michelin-starred restaurants in the world

Some of you are made from things that were left behind

or communal – pointing towards a new

Bringing back into print Yourcenar’s seminal essay “The Dark Brain of Piranesi” in the poet Richard Howard’s elegant English translation

Islands of Exile: Hemmed in by the Sea - Federica Bueti It’s filled with combinations ofSurrounded by unyielding waters, islands have long served as ideal sites of banishment: places where those deemed unfit to exist within the political order, are cast away. Today, at the edges of democracy, and as obedience increasingly becomes an imperative for public presence, the specter of exile islands resurfaces. The entry point for this book is a research trip to Gyaros, an island scarred by memories of displacement and persecution memories