Naples, Jorit dedicates a mural to Ilaria Cucchi

A large mural dedicated to Ilaria Cucchi, to her temperament, her strength, and her ability to react to such immense pain as the loss of her brother Stefano under terrible circumstances. This is what has been completed in Naples by Dutch-Italian street-artist Jorit Agoch. A work that takes on even greater significance after the admission of one of the defendants, Francesco Tedesco, who in court, after nine years of trials, finally declared that Stefano Cucchi suffered a violent beating in the Casilina carabinieri station in Rome. “It was a combined action,” Tedesco admitted in his deposition. “Cucchi and Di Bernardo started arguing again and began to insult each other, so Di Bernardo turned around and hit Cucchi with a violent slap in the face. Then D’Alessandro kicked Cucchi hard with the toe of his foot at the level of his anus. Cucchi first began to lose his balance from D’Alessandro’s kick, then there was a push from Di Bernardo in the opposite direction, which caused him to fall violently on his pelvis. The young man also hit his head, violently, I remember hearing the noise.”

Ilaria Cucchi, after commenting on Facebook on the news of Tedesco’s admission (“ The wall has been knocked down. Now we know and there will be many who will have to apologize to Stefano and the Cucchi family.”) she also wanted to make statements about Jorit’s work, which was not well received by all: “Whoever painted this mural,” Ilaria Cucchi said, “was attacked for doing so. This is the image of what I have inside. We are exhausted from nine years of marathon court proceedings. To the Commander General of the Carabinieri I say that I love the Carabinieri but for this very reason I ask that those who have spoken out be rewarded and those who have besmirched her by covering up, covering up and threatening her be severely punished. Without ifs and buts. No discount. Now.”

While he was waiting for the mural to be made, Jorit Agoch was in fact attacked by a councilman of the Fifth Municipality of Naples, Pietro Lauro, who is close to far-right movements. In particular, Lauro intimidated the artist to stop the work and leave, even going so far as to threaten him with violence. Only the intervention of some bystanders prevented the physical confrontation.

The work, which depicts Ilaria Cucchi with the classic lines on her face that are a typical feature of Jorit’s style (they are for him a symbol of humanity), was nevertheless duly completed. Jorit wanted to comment on it with an inscription on a wall: “not to forget, to make everyone understand that even the life of the last counts! Because it could happen to anyone, even to you. Because those who do wrong cannot be called to account with their lives.”

Pictured (from Ilaria Cucchi’s Facebook page) is Jorit’s mural.

Naples, Jorit dedicates a mural to Ilaria Cucchi

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