WHEN THE WATER BREAKS:

Mythologies, gender and rituals of transition in Napoli

 MA Thesis Research Social Design
Design Academy of Eindhoven 

2025 - 2026

Tears become rivers become sea. In porous Naples (IT), myth meets reality: from Parthenope to the sacred blood of Santa Patrizia, to the Femminielli, historic queer community reimagined as modern mermaids, nurturing other genders. Exploring genders, fluidity, and hybrids, the Neapolitan neighborhood becomes a womb beyond the biological body, where new mothers and meanings are conceived.


Printed at Design Academy of Eindhoven and Onomatopee, Eindhoven (NL)
11,5 x 21 cm




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