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REGGIO EMILIA – Is the contemporary image capable of showing new possible relationships between men and the rest of the living world, which are not based on an idea of ​​superiority and domination, but explore the intermediate spaces, the zones of contamination and mutual transformation?”

It is on the theme of the climate emergency and how this is changing contemporary thinking, pushing towards a questioning of the anthropocentric paradigm, that the Contaminazioni exhibition begins, which officially opens on Friday 26 April, at 7.30 pm at Palazzo dei Musei in Reggio Emilia , during the Fotografia Europea festival, and presents, curated by Ilaria Campioli and Daniele De Luigi, the projects of seven artists selected through the Open Call Giovane Fotografia Italiana | Luigi Ghirri Award.
The artists are Claudia Amatruda (Foggia, 1995), Benedetta Casagrande (Milan, 1993), Noemi Comi (Catanzaro, 1996), Massimiliano Corteselli (Tivoli, 1994), Camilla Marrese (Bologna, 1998), Cinzia Romanin (Brussels, 1995) , Alessandro Truffa (Cuorgnè, Turin, 1996) and with their research they propose a reflection on what are the intermediate spaces, the zones of contamination and mutual transformation between men and the rest of the living, using broad and stratified materials and approaches , in which the photographic medium becomes part of the reflection itself.

In Good Use Of My Bad Health, Claudia Amatruda puts her body and its transformations at the center to challenge traditional and binary categories such as man/woman, natural/artificial by carrying out a series of experiments through the visual tool. Benedetta Casagrande in All Things Laid Dormant uses the ambiguity of photography to reflect on the ways in which we come into contact with other animals, thus deepening our understanding of the space they occupy in our personal and collective imagination. Noemi Comi uses a pop-tinged investigation as a metaphor for the contradictions of our time: Proxidium is a journey between nature and science, in which disarming images open up to an unknown world, dealing with topics ranging from problems linked to pollution, to those linked incessant pursuit of success and popularity. The forest fires in the Mediterranean and the economic interests that in many cases are at the basis of them, are at the center of Massimiliano Corteselli’s project entitled Contrapasso which, by focusing on some biblical and archetypal themes present in the narration of the people involved, creates an analogy between Dante’s Inferno and the fires in the Mediterranean. In Field Notes for Climate Observers, Camilla Marrese creates a guide to observing and predicting the climate in times of crisis, composing through a complex series of images a manual in which science becomes a cyclical ritual, a loop of observations, data and simulations to increase our sensitivity and our ability to inhabit uncertainty and impossibility. Inspired by doubts and reflections on photography itself, Cinzia Romanin poses, through the Transcendence project, a series of questions on the living world around us, investigating the different ways of being resilient through themes such as alternative housing, new technologies, low -tech, emerging communities, eco-feminism, limited resources and biodiversity conservation. Alessandro Truffa with the Nioko Bokk project carries out a visual research based on participant observation and the collection of data and information on a small ecovillage in the Casamance region in Senegal, to reconstruct a scenario in which the forest ecosystem turns out to be a complex and branched system of relationships.

In addition to participating in the exhibition, the seven artists will compete for the Luigi Ghirri Prize, worth 4,000 euros, on Sunday 28 April at Palazzo dei Musei, which will be awarded by a jury composed of Giovanna Calvenzi for Triennale Milano, Alessandro Dandini de Sylva, Paola De Pietri, Adele Ghirri for the Luigi Ghirri heirs archive, Luce Lebart, member of the artistic direction of Fotografia Europea.

The new winner of the Prize will also have the opportunity to exhibit a larger version of his project in a solo exhibition at the Triennale Milano (winter 2025).

Sunday opens at 11 am with the guided tour conducted by the curators Ilaria Campioli and Daniele De Luigi together with the artists on display. at 12.00 the awards ceremony begins with Valentina Galloni, Cultural Services Directorate of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and the supporters and sponsors of this edition of Young Italian Photography: Fausto Papa for Reire srl and Martina Miselli for the Unindustria Reggio Young Entrepreneurs Group. Emily.

Giovane Fotografia Italiana also offers other opportunities. On Sunday 28 April, again at 12 at Palazzo dei Musei, the artist residencies and scholarships will be awarded by Francesco Di Lella, director of IIC Stockholm; Julia Bunnemann, curator Photoworks, Brighton; Krzysztof Candrowicz, artistic director Fotofestiwal Łódź.

With the mention New trajectories. GFI in Stockholm, promoted by the Italian Cultural Institute of Stockholm, an artist, chosen from among the seven selected, will be able to carry out a period of study and research during which he will have to produce an artistic project which will be exhibited in an exhibition curated by the same Institute .

Three GFI finalists will have the opportunity to participate in the Photo-Match portfolio reading program as part of Fotofestiwal Łódź in Poland, scheduled for June 2024, and will receive a scholarship to cover travel and accommodation costs. Finally, two photographers will have the opportunity thanks to Photoworks together with Dalby Forest to carry out a week-long immersive and eco-friendly artist residency in the heart of Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, together with mentorship, introduction to the team and to forest ecosystems and networking opportunities.