NO GUNS FOR DILLINGER
35mm handprinted lith prints
35mm handprinted lith prints
NO GUNS FOR DILLINGER is an experimental photo and video art project exploring mental health and the thin line between reality and how we see it.
It started from my own struggles — panic attacks, mood swings, addiction — and a weird healing path that included working with a South American shaman. The photos mix text and image, like pages from a visual diary. They feel dark, intimate, dreamlike. The words come from philosophy and mysticism — Seneca, the Qumran, the Kybalion, Plato, and others — a mash-up of ancient voices I turned to while trying to make sense of things. I went deep: ayahuasca trips, facing fears, decoding my past, and watching pre-pandemic, pre-Brexit London crumble into chaos. As Dr. Rolin McCratey said, “Feelings of sadness and negativity can create chaos in the nervous system.” Depression affects around 400 million people worldwide, yet it’s still taboo — especially in Southern Europe. NO GUNS FOR DILLINGER questions what’s real. Is reality what we see — or what we remember, dream, or fear?
It’s about perception, memory, and the blurred edges between inner and outer worlds. The video was fully shot, edited, and post-produced by me — a total DIY move compared to my usual film work. The photos are 35mm lith prints and negatives, all hand-printed and scanned. A personal nod to Marco Ferreri’s Dillinger è morto (1969).
It started from my own struggles — panic attacks, mood swings, addiction — and a weird healing path that included working with a South American shaman. The photos mix text and image, like pages from a visual diary. They feel dark, intimate, dreamlike. The words come from philosophy and mysticism — Seneca, the Qumran, the Kybalion, Plato, and others — a mash-up of ancient voices I turned to while trying to make sense of things. I went deep: ayahuasca trips, facing fears, decoding my past, and watching pre-pandemic, pre-Brexit London crumble into chaos. As Dr. Rolin McCratey said, “Feelings of sadness and negativity can create chaos in the nervous system.” Depression affects around 400 million people worldwide, yet it’s still taboo — especially in Southern Europe. NO GUNS FOR DILLINGER questions what’s real. Is reality what we see — or what we remember, dream, or fear?
It’s about perception, memory, and the blurred edges between inner and outer worlds. The video was fully shot, edited, and post-produced by me — a total DIY move compared to my usual film work. The photos are 35mm lith prints and negatives, all hand-printed and scanned. A personal nod to Marco Ferreri’s Dillinger è morto (1969).
