Bon-Bon

  • Rebecca Mistrali

I have started this project when I have found my father belongings inside a box. He died when I was young, I have always wondered which kind of person he was. I went through three different stages. Firstly, I looked at his belongings; the few things that survived these 20 years. Then I reached out to people that used to know him and were willing to take part in this project, and interviewed them. As a last step it was fundamental for me to go and visit his grave. The one place where I got to know him. I thought that by having a better understanding of him I could have a better understanding of myself. This project has to be looked at as a path that I undertook in order to get answers. Nothing can replace the presence of a father, however, I believe that this has helped me in collecting as many stories of him as possible in order to not let his memory die.