Codex

Codex, 2022

Video HD, color. Jean-Baptiste Colbert bust, paint, books and archival documents. Image © Daniele molajoli

Codex, 2022

Installation detail. Image © Daniele molajoli

Codex, 2022

Installation detail. Image © Daniele molajoli

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, one of the main ministers of Louis XIV and Code Noir (black code) initiator, the edict that set the legal framework for slavery in the French possessions across the Atlantic. The french Academy of Rome / Villa Médicis was created in 1666 under his leadership.