The Dice Man
Máté Bartha
20x30 cm
52 pages
Unbound with elastic
Edit and art direction by Tommaso Parrillo
Graphic design by Ilaria Miotto
Published in April 2026
ISBN 979-12-80177-64-3
Witty #109
The publication was produced in limited edition of 100 copies on the occasion of the exhibition “Metamorphosis” by FUTURES at EXPOSED, Torino Foto Festival, as a working fragment of the ongoing project titled The Dice Man.
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The Dice Man is not simply an urban inquiry, but an act of existential reclamation. At the heart of Máté Bartha’s research lies the desire to return to the abandoned family home in the center of Budapest, to look once more through the large windows overlooking the Danube. That view—a silent city swallowed by a blinding light—is the fixed point in a life marked by early and absolute loss.
At the age of seven, Bartha lost his father; a year later, his mother died in a car accident while carrying his birthday presents. Since then, Budapest ceased to be just a city and became a "mythology" of interrupted paths, a labyrinth of "what ifs" haunting the artist's dreams.
After years spent searching for a sacred order behind the chaos or a divine explanation for the injustice of fate, Bartha chose to embrace uncertainty. In 2023, he embarked on a pilgrimage through Budapest’s 23 districts, entrusting his path to an algorithm of chance:
A pair of eight-sided dice determined direction and distance, transforming the metropolis into an oracle.
Guided by recorded dreams, old photographs, and his own nightmares, the artist walked to shake "the curse of loss" from his shoulders. In this game of passages, wandering becomes a way to inhabit the present—searching among empty alleys and spiral staircases not just for the ghosts of his parents, but for a new form of security to offer the future.
xxx
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12x19 cm
136 pages
Soft cover
Art direction by Tommaso Parrillo
Design by Ilaria Miotto
Published in January 2026
ISBN 979-12-80177-62-9
Witty #107
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Authors:
Valentina Avanzini, Sandra Cane and Auro Saita, Gaia Ginevra Giorgi, Wissal Houbabi, Rac Montoro, Nuvola Ravera, Davide Sgambaro and Viola Mancini, Transhumanza, and Two Hours Ago I Fell in Love.
Curated by:
Stefano Cavaliero, Martina Cazzola, Alberto Dapporto, Francesca De Chiara, Gianmichele De Sario, Potito Forte, Rebecca Morando, Aurora Piedigrossi, Francesca Schinzani, Olivia Teglia
xxx began as a project that aims to explore affectivity as a force capable of generating contact, alteration and proximity. Ideally, the project would like to resemble an affective, imaginative and necessarily non-exhaustive cartography, similar to the Carte de Tendre, published as an accompaniment to Madeleine de Scudéry's novel Clélie, histoire romaine (1654). Looking at the map, we discover that the names of cities, rivers and seas have been replaced by those of emotions, moods and feelings.
Thus, in order to create xxx and a stratification of affections, artists and authors whose research could embody, problematise or expand the curators' questions were involved. The invitation to contributors, in the form of a letter, did not respond to a desire to codify affections as a category of artistic and philosophical research, but to the methodological need to introduce embodied points of view, sensory experiences and forms of imagination into the process.
xxx is the final project of the CAMPO25 curatorial practices course organised by the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, and is the editorial outcome of a dialogue on the theme of affectivity between the ten curators of CAMPO25 and the practices of the artists.
“Mazu,”
Lin Wei-Lun
10x15 cm
46 pages
Hand made binding
Design by Louis Montes
Published in Novemebr 2025
Winner of Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2024
ISBN 979-12-80177-49-0
Witty #106
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Mazu, the sea goddess who arrived in Taiwan from the Chinese mainland three centuries ago, is seen today not only as the protector of the island’s fishermen and sailors, but as the guardian deity of Taiwan as a whole. Over a period of geopolitical
instability in the region, heightened by U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in 2022, Wei-Lun made this series ofpostcards to ask for Mazu’s protection.
The photographs printed on the postcards document Wei-Lun’s personal journey and his investigation into the impact of Pelosi’svisit on himself and other Taiwanese people around him. In line with the Taoist tradition of burning offerings to gods, Wei-Lun attached stamps made of gold joss paper to the postcards and set themalight, thus delivering them to Mazu.
As Mazu is an important religious figure in both China and Taiwan, Chinese state media has been using this shared connection as an opportunity for propaganda since the late 1990s, emphasising common cultural roots in order to promote the idea of unity between China and the Taiwanese people.
The Grey Catalogue
Barbara Rossi
16x23 cm
48 pages
Leporello on hard cover
Editing and art direction by Tommaso Parrillo
Design by Ilaria Miotto
Text by Costanza Nizzi
Published in Novemebr 2025
ISBN 979-12-80177-53-7
Witty #105
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The Grey Catalogue is a photographic project by Barbara Rossi that explores the architecture of Shanghai's neighborhoods in the process of demolition, focusing on the old Lilong residential areas and traditional Shikumen architecture. Through a visual investigation of the grey shades that characterize these spaces, Rossi documents the erosion of collective memory and the rapid urbanization that is wiping out vital traces of the city's history.
The project unfolds as an act of archiving, an attempt to freeze time and preserve the identity of these areas before they are erased by the unchecked growth of the metropolis. Grey, chosen as the central color, becomes a symbol of melancholy, absence, and indifference toward historical memory. The photographs are accompanied by descriptive notes that tell the story and architectural features of the buildings, turning archiving into an act of remembrance and reflection on contemporary life.
With The Grey Catalogue, Rossi does more than just document; she raises broader questions about the meaning of preservation, loss, and the relationship between the past and future of modern cities.
Something Was Missing Within
Elliott Kreyenberg
23x28 cm
104 pages
Soft cover
Editing and art direction by Tommaso Parrillo
Design by Ilaria Miotto
Text by Dirk Gieselmann
Published in Novemebr 2025
ISBN 979-12-80177-60-5
Witty #104
Winner of the APhF:24 Dummy Award feat. Witty Books within the Athens Photo Festival Book Program curated by Sylvia Sachini and with the support of Future Format.
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“Patriarch demands of men to become and remain emotional cripples.“
- bell hooks
Something Was Missing Within explores the emotional detachment at the heart of traditional stereotypes of masculinity. From an early age, boys are taught to be strong - to suppress vulnerability and sensitivity. Over time, this denial of emotional depth becomes a missing part within. It seems that the test of manhood lies in the willingness to accept this loss and remain silent about it. The work reflects on how this absence shapes identity, intimacy, and connection of men.
