The exhibition is open to the public from 1 May 2024
and will be open to visitors until September 29, 2024
The programming of Flashback Habitat Ecosystem for Contemporary Cultures continues with the intention of intertwining art and life.
The new exhibition Wedding Storiesconceived and created by the artistic director Alessandro Bulgini, tells of this bond by creating a sweet and delicate fresco of the people who lived and live in the Barriera di Milano. The portraits of immigration in the Barriera in Turin speak to us of life lived but also of the present moment, with an eye always turned to the future, made up of dreams and possibilities.
The exhibition is open to the public from 1 May 2024 until 29 September 2024 in the spaces of Corso Giovanni Lanza 75.
The physical and geographical movement from south to north contains all the hope and desire for new beginnings. Wedding Stories it is a magnifying glass on a neighborhood, the most populous, lively and stratified in Turin: Milan barrier.
Here we find the universality of the story, the history of the West from the post-war period to today, the migration of entire populations seeking new opportunities, a turning point that only the modernity of metropolitan cities can promise.
Among the many possibilities to tell this story, personal and collective at the same time, a significant moment was chosen for these people who, full of new hopes and with the first resources achieved, can realize a dream: the marriage. Communities rebuild themselves in the image and likeness of their territories of origin, recreating their own world; as in all nomadisms, you bring your own traditions and roots with you.
Wedding Storiesas the title suggests, is the representation of a specific moment in life, told through photographic language. Images of powerful beauty evoke all the tenderness and emotion of an unforgettable moment.
From silver prints to portraits with a sepia patina, from black and white to the advent of colour: the history of photography is the protagonist together with the stories of weddings. Photography becomes, over time, an essential source and witness of the union not only between two people, but also between two family groups. The shots on display accompany us in the evolution of the medium and the techniques used since the 1950s, when ceremonies were a real official celebration and even the wait for the photo album was exciting. The spouses pose solemnly, sometimes with a serious expression, to underline the formality of the event. The attention to detail, from the dresses to the floral arrangements to the complicit glances of the bride and groom, is entrusted to professionals. At the time, in fact, the camera was a privileged tool and photographers, experts in the medium, were called upon to preserve the memory of a great family event forever. It was a great responsibility, and a privilege for few.
The history of photography evolves and leads us to the present, to an era in which the wedding is an increasingly informal event, more easily digitized and immortalized not only by photographers, but by all the guests.
Wedding Stories confirms our interest in the relationship between art and life and was born as a pretext to talk about immigration in the Barriera neighborhood of Milan. Among the many experiences conducted in recent years in Turin, entirely dedicated to the Barriera district of Milan, once again the choice falls on a part of the city that is highly representative for its cultural mix – Alessandro Bulgini.
The exhibition was also imagined as a project in progress divided into two acts.
The first with inauguration on April 30ththe second with inauguration on June 27.
In the second act the exhibition will also talk about today, about the second immigration, so it will also be possible to follow the course of the history of photography as it evolves as well as the history of marriages. Customs change over time, new migrations bring new rites, new customs, new faces, but also new hopes.
In its characteristic of an exhibition in progress an exhibition hall of the exhibition it will be interactive and dedicated to the involvement of the protagonists of the weddings who, every day, will be able to entrust a memory, a photo of their wedding.
The result will be the construction of a collective, shared, choral photo album.
This exhibition is about people and human relationships; of art and life.
Without having to travel far, you just need to look around to discover and rediscover the complex and multifaceted picture of a city, of a neighborhood, of those who have lived it and still live it, composing an anthropological and customs portrait.
FLASHBACK LAB
With Wedding Stories I continue Flashback Lab Of Mariachiara Guerra for young people (6-16 years) and their families. The focus of the workshops embraces art and life through the contamination between architecture, nature and works of art. The next appointment is Sunday 19 May, from 3.30 pm. For more information www.flashback.to.it/lab.
FLASHBACK EVENTS
Wind from the South. Flavours, sounds and dances from Puglia
Friday 3 May 2024
h. 7.00 pm pizzica workshop
h. 8.00 pm Apulian dinner
h. 10.00pm concert by Sounds from Salento
Il Circolino, Hall C
A special evening on Friday 3 May celebrates the new exhibition Marriage stories – Portraits of immigration in the Barrier at Flashback Habitat.
Wind from the South includes a pizzica workshop, Apulian dinner and concert by the group “Suoni dal Salento”: an evening full of flavours, sounds and dances from Puglia.
New times
With the beautiful season just starting, a new opening day and new opening times for the exhibitions and the Circolino Bar/Bistrot have been added.
You can immerse yourself in the art and life of Flashback Habitat not only on the weekend, but also the Thursday, from 6pm to 10pm with a combo ticket which includes an aperitif at the Circolino and a visit to the exhibition Insurrections. Photographs of a protest.
Friday, Saturday and Sundaythe exhibitions and the Center extend their opening hours by an hour, opening exhibitions from 11am to 8pmopening of the Center and the Bar/Bistrot il Circolino from 11am to 10pm.
Special opening
1 May 2024, 11.00 – 22.00
Flashback Habitat
Ecosystem for Contemporary Cultures
Corso Giovanni Lanza 75, Turin
flashback.to.it
t. +39 393 64 55 301
Wedding stories. Portraits of immigration in the Barrier
1 May 2024 – 29 September 2024
PAV. B, ground floor
Timetables
Center hours
Thursday, 6pm – 10pm
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 10pm
Exhibition times
Thursday, 6pm – 10pm
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 8pm
Il Circolino Bar/Bistro opening hours
Thursday, 6pm – 10pm
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 10pm
Entrance
Wedding Stories. Portraits of immigration in the Barrier
Free entry / Free Admission
A better life
Fragments of stories for children from the former Institute of the Province of Turin
Free entry
Insurrections. Photographs of a protest
Entrance: €10
Reduced: €8
Very reduced: €5 (with Torino Musei Subscription, Torino+Piemonte Card)
Thursday: combo ticket aperitif + exhibition Insurrections. Photographs of a protesta, €10
Access to the facility is permitted to holders of the Flashback Habitat Amic* card
CREDITS
Promoted by / Promoted by
Flashback Association
With the patronage of / Under the patronage of
City of Turin
Program with the contribution of / Program with the contribution of
Piedmont Region, Turin Chamber of Commerce, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, CRT Foundation
In collaboration with / In collaboration with
Deposit and Loan Fund
With the support of / With the support of
Iren, Studio Cernaia
Cultural partner / Cultural partners
Opera Viva, the Neighborhood Artist, Public Baths in Via Aglié
Technical Partner / Technical Partner
Dolceare Café, Birbar, Bar Luigi
Media partners
La Stampa, Exibart, Turin Tourism
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