{"title":"Rebecca Moccia, 'Nostalgism'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Moccia\u003c\/strong\u003e’s \u003cem\u003eNostalgism\u003c\/em\u003e is a new multidisciplinary project exploring nostalgia as a characteristic of contemporary anxiety, and its instrumentalisation through neoliberal socio-economic systems. This research continues from Moccia’s long-term work, \u003cem\u003eMinistry of Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e, which similarly investigates the political context of psychological and emotional states of being. The origins of nostalgia mirror the emergence of Western modernisation and the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Its connection to feelings of homesickness began to also represent a longing across physical and temporal spaces for those separated from their homelands through migration, labour and military service. Setting aside sentimentality, Moccia exposes how nostalgia is exploited to govern and direct emotions by evoking an idealised past and driving nationalistic and ideological interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca Moccia\u003c\/strong\u003e’s recent exhibitions include Panorama, Pozzuoli (2025); Italian Pavilion, 15th Gwangju Biennale (2024); Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon (2024); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Guarene (2023); Mazzoleni, Turin (2023); ICA Milano (2023); Jupiter Woods, London (2022). Rebecca Moccia is an inaugural PhD Researcher in Visual Arts and Creative Practices at Naples Academy of Fine Arts, and Co-founder of Art Workers Italia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhibition is in partnership with Careof, Milan. Moccia’s new moving image work is produced by Careof, in collaboration with Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Collezione Agovino, WHITESPACE Projects Napoli, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca Moccia's exhibition \u003cem\u003eNostalgism\u003c\/em\u003e takes place at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios 15 May -28 June 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rebecca-moccia-ministry-of-loneliness","title":"Rebecca Moccia, 'Ministry of 'Loneliness'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Humboldt Books and Fondazione ICA Milano, \u003cem\u003eMinistry of Loneliness\u003c\/em\u003e reproduces and expands on the research that Rebecca Moccia presented on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name. Departing from the exploration of the Ministry of Loneliness – established in 2018 in the United Kingdom and replicated in 2021 in other countries such as Canada and Japan – the artist’s work develops a reflection on the political and social structures that shape the emotional state of loneliness and its perception in contemporary society. In the project, which stems from a research trip unfolding between Italy, the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, the phantasmal and pervasive shadow of isolation that permeates Western societies takes shape in a layered investigation extending to the very roots that trigger it: from the advancement of the techno-scientific order of modern life to the rise of liberal capitalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe volume reproduces the collection of notes that formed the basis of Moccia’s project in its entirety – a digital collage with diary-like traits, consisting of texts, images, reports and reflections on various kinds of documents. The critical texts by Chiara Nuzzi – curator of the exhibition – and Vincenzo Estremo broaden Rebecca Moccia’s work on a theoretical level, highlighting how between loneliness and individualisation there lies a dialectical relationship inextricably bound up in the modes of late-capitalist production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"und\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVincenzo Estremo \/ Chiara Nuzzi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"und\"\u003eCredits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Humboldt Books and Fondazione ICA Milano, realized with the support of Outset Contemporary Art Fund and Mazzoleni, London – Torino \/ Design: SMV – Studio Moretti Visan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher Humboldt Books, 2023\u003cbr\u003e170 × 240 mm\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e168pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Bar Gallery + Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57221502304587,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0407\/5080\/9253\/files\/MinistryofLonelinessImage1.jpg?v=1777997853"},{"product_id":"rebecca-moccia-loneliness-rebecca-moccias-ministry-of-loneliness-and-timely-convesations","title":"Rebecca Moccia, 'Loneliness: Rebecca Moccia's Ministry of Loneliness and Timely Conversations'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by the Italian Institute of Culture in Seoul in collaboration with Propaganda, the publication \u003cem\u003eLoneliness: Rebecca Moccia's Ministries of Loneliness and Timely Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e, recounts the work carried out for the I\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etalian Pavilion of the 15th Gwangju Biennale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e exhibition and forum. The Pavilion, curated by Soik Jung, presented Rebecca Moccia's research on contemporary loneliness with a body of work that narrates the physical and speculative journey through its Ministries undertaken by the artist across Italy, South Korea, the UK, the USA, and Japan, focusing on its materiality. This includes the words we use to describe this emotional state, the architecture and sound of the solitary spaces we inhabit, the relationship between bodies and the social structures that shape loneliness, and the connections with the capitalist economic system in which this emotion has developed historically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book includes a report on the artist's filming and research workshop with students at the Seoul Institute of the Arts, held in preparation for the exhibition. It also features installation views and an overview of the show at the Dong-guk Museum of Art in Gwangju.\u003cbr\u003eIt also explores the forum organised as part of the pavilion's public programme, featuring social science and practical discussions with academic and other experts on the origins and manifestations of loneliness in South Korea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"und\"\u003eAuthors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Moccia\/ Soik Jung\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"und\"\u003eEditor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoik Jung\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"und\"\u003eContributors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichela Linda Magrì\/ Valentina Buzzi\/ Seunggyu You\/ Young Seok Seo\/ Eunsoo Choi\/ Heejung Paik\/ Hyo\u003cspan\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003ejin Kim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish, Korean\u003cbr\u003ePublisher Propaganda, 2025\u003cbr\u003e110 × 175 mm\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Bar Gallery + Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57221611487563,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0407\/5080\/9253\/files\/RebeccaMoccia_sMinistryofLonelinessandTimelyConversationsImage1_f3e73c4b-d874-41fe-8731-54a2e360b760.jpg?v=1777999252"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.templebargallery.com\/collections\/rebecca-moccia-nostalgism.oembed","provider":"Temple Bar Gallery + Studios","version":"1.0","type":"link"}