Seveso
Seveso, 2015-2018
Set of photographs, variable dimensions
In 1976, an explosion at the ICMESA chemical factory in Meda, a suburb of Milan, caused a dioxin cloud that contaminated four surrounding municipalities, including the city of Seveso. The population of Seveso was evacuated and a part of the city demolished. The resulting toxic waste was buried on site and the area replanted as a forest park. More than forty years later, under the foliage in the forest, an observer can notice three large mounds corresponding to the different landfill sites. Subsequently, a European classification of this type of high-risk factory was created.
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