The Fiat Mirafiori Toilets: Actions and Photographies
The Fiat Mirafiori Toilets: Actions and Photographies
| Author | Pietro Perotti |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Viaindustriae |
| ISBN | 9791281790292 |
| Idea Code | 250616 |
This book presents a collection of photographs by Pietro Perotti, a worker at the Fiat Mirafiori plant in Turin. After a decade of active involvement in strikes and class struggles, in 1985 Perotti began protesting the oppressive labour policies of the automotive brand’s owner, Gianni Agnelli, through writings and drawings on the factory’s bathroom walls and toilet cubicles. This intimate, secretive form of dissent was directly documented on film: Perotti timed his shots with the toilets’ automatic flushes to muffle the camera’s shutter click. For the first time, the subversive cartoons, scribbles, and messages are assembled in a single volume, preserving a unique working-class narrative.
| 144 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 18 cm, pb, Italian/English |
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