Architects, designers and artists unite to end the invisibility of Europe's gypsy communities

摘要

In an essay on Italian outer-city 'slum zones', sociologist Fabrizio Floris argues that these districts, which provide a home to Italy's gypsy population, are characterised 'not [by] poverty, violence, unemployment or architectural decay. Their fundamental characteristic is their invisibility'.rnMapping the Invisible: EU-Roma Gypsies (Black Dog Publishing, 2010) is a new anthology edited by Lucy Orta, a visual artist and professor at the London College of Fashion. It aims to address the invisibility of Europe's 10 million-strong gypsy or Roma population through a collection of case studies, essays and photography.