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May/June 2020 ~ Calabria, Italy
Since 9 march 2020, the start of the italian lockdown, a circus is locked in a little town positioned on the jonian coast of South Calabria due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All the artists, operators and circus workers have spent the lockdown into a fenced area where the caravan was placed and fortunately neither of them have shown syntoms of the virus.
Never is changed for them after the end of lockdown. The professionals with VAT have received a 600€ monthly bonus, but all employes are still waiting for the refundancy fund. The expenses necessary to make a circus move are unsustainable without a work plane and the entire sector of circus will be operating from June 15 with the necessary restrictions.
From May 4, I’m documenting the daily life of this community who is looking forward to restart.
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![Mister David, from The Family Dem, is a juggler, magician and excapist. Here he’s gaming with one of his child.]()
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![The inside of a truck. Who knows when will light up the banner of the circus.]()
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![In the evening, they are used to do a walk in the surrounding countryside in small groups.]()
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![Manuel e Danny, from “The Family Dem”, in the camper during distance teaching. For them is nothing new.In the months of the year in which they are in tour, they follow the lessons on their mobile devices.]()
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![Mr. Zorzan in his roulotte. He’s the oldest man of this community (1930). He has been an aerialist and has finished his career as a clown. He toured Europe with circuses, he met the Marx Brothers, he trained as an amateur with the italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, he has appeared in the movie “Il maestro di Vigevano” by Elio Petri and much more. “But I’d never experienced a pandemic”, he said.]()
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![Tayler, the Martini Circus director, dives into a selfmade pool. He cheers up the community, even in this difficult historical moment.]()
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![Adamo shows to Manuel his last performance in Palermo before the italian lockdown.]()
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Circus Lockdown
May/June 2020 ~ Calabria, Italy
Since 9 march 2020, the start of the italian lockdown, a circus is locked in a little town positioned on the jonian coast of South Calabria due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All the artists, operators and circus workers have spent the lockdown into a fenced area where the caravan was placed and fortunately neither of them have shown syntoms of the virus.
Never is changed for them after the end of lockdown. The professionals with VAT have received a 600€ monthly bonus, but all employes are still waiting for the refundancy fund. The expenses necessary to make a circus move are unsustainable without a work plane and the entire sector of circus will be operating from June 15 with the necessary restrictions.
From May 4, I’m documenting the daily life of this community who is looking forward to restart.
Manteinance work to the circus tent. That took a whole day just to open and close it.
Manuel from “The Family Dem” is playing with juggling balls among the trucks.
Alex in his roulotte. He works as clown for the “Paranormal Circus”. His partner and the child are locked in Sardinia due to the ban of displacement from one region to another.
Mister David, from The Family Dem, is a juggler, magician and excapist. Here he’s gaming with one of his child.
The inside of a truck. Who knows when will light up the banner of the circus.
In the evening, they are used to do a walk in the surrounding countryside in small groups.
Manuel e Danny, from “The Family Dem”, in the camper during distance teaching. For them is nothing new.In the months of the year in which they are in tour, they follow the lessons on their mobile devices.
Mr. Zorzan in his roulotte. He’s the oldest man of this community (1930). He has been an aerialist and has finished his career as a clown. He toured Europe with circuses, he met the Marx Brothers, he trained as an amateur with the italian cycling champion Gino Bartali, he has appeared in the movie “Il maestro di Vigevano” by Elio Petri and much more. “But I’d never experienced a pandemic”, he said.
Tayler, the Martini Circus director, dives into a selfmade pool. He cheers up the community, even in this difficult historical moment.
Adamo shows to Manuel his last performance in Palermo before the italian lockdown.
