Flusso

The departure point for the graphic work Flusso is immigration, a topic that has been controversial for decades. For immigrants who have made it over the borders of the European Union, the steep path through a bureaucratic labyrinth then begins. In the form of a complexly branching diagram, functioning according to the binary system of a programming language, Caloro visualizes the steps of bureaucratic and social naturalization. Within the graphic system, constructed like a questionnaire in terms of content, there are always only two possible answers: A or B, yes or no. Thus, the one or the other answer leads to the respective corresponding next step or even to a dead end. The system does not allow for any compromises, nor are there any gray zones. It is not able to judge upon or distinguish the individual situation of the person concerned on the basis of experience, intuition or emotion. With the graphic complexity of the diagram, in a certain way Caloro makes an irony of the bureaucratic apparatus and system, since he makes clear their insufficiency by using their own means.