Brief
Algorithmic Resistance is a poster designed for Resistenza, Responsabilità Grafica, the exhibition promoted by the Academy of Fine Arts of Catania for the 81st anniversary of the Liberation of Italy, presented within the Catania Book Festival at Palazzo della Cultura from 24 to 26 April 2026.
The project reflects on how antifascist values remain urgent in the present, translating civil commitment into a visual language shaped by contemporary digital culture.
Concept
“Play to the algorithm while staying 4NT1F4”
The poster explores antifascist resistance within the visual and linguistic landscape of contemporary social media. In feeds governed by a binary “interested / not interested” logic, antifascist messages are quietly pushed to the margins, caught between shadowbans and domesticated trends.
Algospeak emerges as a fragile form of resistance: it bends and distorts words in order to let them pass, sacrificing accessibility and legibility just to remain visible. By staging this tension inside the frame of a smartphone post, the work turns graphic design into an act of civil persistence, insisting on the right to name fascism and to stand against it in the digital present.
Specifications
Format: 50 × 70 cm poster.
Color palette: black, white and red.
Context: exhibition poster for the 25 April celebrations.
Exhibition: Resistenza, responsabilità e grafica.
Venue: Palazzo della Cultura, Sala Parlatorio, Catania.
Dates: 23–26 April 2026.
Credits
Design: Rossella Santapaola.
Exhibition promoted by: Accademia di Belle Arti di Catania.
Curated by: Gianni Latino.
Event context: Catania Book Festival 2026.