TELEVISIVA by Stefano De Luigi
A silent critique of television culture—now in book form
TELEVISIVA is the latest acclaimed photobook by Stefano De Luigi, published by L’Artiere. Drawing from years of work during the height of Italian television’s shift into spectacle (1994–2008), this meticulously crafted book offers a powerful, black‑and‑white meditation on media, identity, and the politics of image.
Recorded across game shows, studio sets, reality TV, and public performances, De Luigi’s photos strip away the familiar veneer of broadcast color and design. The result is an unnerving yet captivating visual anatomy—not of television’s surface, but of its deep influence on collective identity, political narratives, and social behavior.
Like a photojournalistic x‑ray, TELEVISIVA exposes how spectacle reshapes reality and awareness. The book is not just a retrospective, but a warning. It demands we consider how entertainment, power, and ideology intersect—and how those intersections still influence the media-saturated world we inhabit today.
Now available at lartiere.com this edition brings De Luigi’s bold visual analysis to your collection—and into the ongoing conversation about media, image, and democracy.
