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Runo Lagomarsino
Early Life and Formation: A Swedish-Brazilian Dialogue Runo Lagomarsino, born in 1977 in Lund, Sweden, embodies a fascinating intersection of cultural heritage that profoundly shapes his artistic vision. His upbringing was uniquely marked by the legacy of exile; his parents were Argentinian émigrés with roots tracing back to Italian immigrants who fled Europe during World War I. This familial history—a narrative woven with displacement
and the search for belonging—became an intrinsic element in Lagomarsino’s exploration of identity, migration, and the complexities of cultural memory. He didn't simply grow up *with* these stories; he lived within them, experiencing a repeated movement between Sweden and Brazil that instilled a deep sensitivity to the distances and proximities inherent in notions of “South” and “North.” This early exposure wasn’t merely biographical b…