Capa Center x MOME – Presentation and Public Talk with Valeria Cherchi on her series entitled RE:BIRTH

A joint event by the Capa Center and MOME in connection with Valeria Cherchi's series entitled RE:BIRTH. Following the Presentation by the artist, a Public Talk will take place.

Date: September 24, 2025, Wednesday, 5 pm 
Venue: Film studio – MOME TWO, T_007 
Adress: 1121 Budapest, Zugligeti Road 9-25. 
Free admission. 
The event will be held in English. 

Panelists:
Valeria Cherchi, photographer and artist
Rita Kishonthy-Kardos, Program Manager at EMMA Association (Roma Community Doula Service)  

Moderator: Emese Bíborka Szakács, Program Coordinator of Capa Center 

RE:Birth is part of Valeria Cherchi’s research project supported by Strategia Fotografia 2024 and promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.  

The event was organized by the Capa Center and MOME in cooperation with the Italian Institute of Cultere in Budapest. 

About the Series 

In RE:Birth, Valeria Cherchi (Sassari, 1986) addresses the issue of obstetric and gynecological violence and the trauma that arises from it, in its individual, social, and political dimensions. 

The project is rooted in a personal story: the death of the artist’s namesake sister at just six months old due to an unreported episode of obstetric violence. This event becomes the starting point for an investigation into the phenomenon through the collection of biographical testimonies of women and doulas. Among the themes tackled is transgenerational trauma and the impact of perinatal loss on fathers, represented through underwater visions evoking the isolation that often accompanies similar experiences. 

Connecting her photographic research to archival materials and official narratives, Cherchi creates multivocal chronicles that invite critical reflection on the recounted events, while shedding light on power dynamics linked to systematic forms of neglect and oppression. Her work proposes spaces of resilience, drawing strength from solidarity and peer support.