Le Cronache di Napoli
Inspired by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, JR's Chronicles series explores how an entire city can be represented through art.
In September 2024, as part of his Chronicles' series, French artist JR and his team engaged closely with residents from seven neighborhoods of Naples: Piazza Sanità, Piazza Dante, Fuorigrotta, Mergellina, San Giovanni a Teduccio, Piazza Cavour, and Borgo di Sant’Antonio. Each participant was invited to express themselves in their own way before being photographed and recording their voice in an audio booth.
The result is Le Cronache di Napoli, a striking photographic mural featuring 606 individuals, offering an intimate window into the social fabric of the city. As JR's first Chronicles project created in Italian, it captures the depth and diversity of Neapolitan identity through personal stories and collective representation.
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A PROJECT BY JR
JR TEAM
- Executive Producer
- Marc Azoulay
- Creative Director
- Camille Pajot
- Artistic Director
- Quentin Besnard
- Production
- Maud Malfettes, Valentin Crépain
- Interviewers
- Chiara Pittaluga, Matteo Furcolo
- Digitech
- Melvyn Bonnaffé, Rick Rose
- Photo assistant
- Alison Baldo
- Photographic Post-Production
- Fabien Barrau
- Behind-The-Scenes Documentarian
- Vincent Lorca
LOCAL TEAM
- Project Manager
- Letizia Celardo
- Location Manager
- Allegra Nelli
- Location scouting
- Filomena Carangelo
- Casting
- Dalila Kharbouche, Rekaya Kharbouche, Amira Kharbouche
- AT Producciones
- Ananda Morera, Taimi Antúnez, Claudia Bueno
- Production assistants
- Luigi Barometro, Angela Mocerino
- Audio editing
- Eyal Levy
The team would like to warmly thank the 606 participants of the mural.
This project would not have been possible without the help of Intesa Sanpaolo / Gallerie d’Italia, ArciDiocesi di Napoli, Comune di Napoli, Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per il Comune di Napoli, MUUD-Museo Diocesano Diffuso Napoli.
With the active collaboration of JR’s studios in NYC, Paris and Geneva, including: Julie Bergon, Marco Berrebi, Matthieu Botrel, Mauve Chalandon, Laura Da Cunha, Damariz Damken, Ashley Hamilton, Laura Henochsberg, Émile Herlemont, Ombline Koenig, Carmen Lawrence, Soizic Marceau, Lauriane Pisano, Marie Planel, Camille Rousselet, Simon Sabotier, Luana Saltiel, Élodie Terracciano
JR is represented by Galerie Perrotin, Galleria Continua, PACE, Nara Roesler and Simon Studer Art.
DIGITAL EDITION
- Co-Production
- Matej Balantic
- Co-Production
- Alan Sternberg
- Digital Mapping & Assets Management
- Jaime Scatena
Tap on a person to listen to their story. You can also move around and zoom.