On the occasion of Medimex 2024scheduled for June 19th to 23rd Tarantoin the national archaeological museum MARTA the exhibition will be set up Bob Gruen: John Lennon, The New York years which, through 60 photographs and textswill talk about the collaboration between the photographer, John Lennon And Yoko Ono.
Shortly after the couple moved to New York in 1971, Bob Gruen – who will be present at Medimex and will participate in a meeting at MArTA on Wednesday 19 June – became their personal photographer, as well as a friend, thus managing to document, through his camera, images that portrayed them both in their professional and private lives.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from June 19th to July 14th.
June 20th to 23rdalso, on the facade of Aragonese castle of Taranto, is scheduled video mapping Infinite Loop, AI Endless Explorationoriginal work by Roberto Santoro And Blending Pixels created for Medimex, a public art action that aims to be a reflection on the theme of the event.
Finding a figure capable of revealing the essence ofartificial intelligence – certainty and doubt, beauty and horror – was the first focus of the work. Conceived not only as a conceptual outcome of cultural intersections and iconographic memories, the allegorical image of the Mermaid connects two aspects together: the symbol of deception and the myth linked to the foundation of Taranto.
The choice to portray AI with one Cybernetic Sirenthe organizers explain, «is functional to represent the creature that enchants humans, concealing its danger».
Medimex will see its culmination in the concerts of The Smile, Pulp And The Jesus and Mary Chain. The event is a Puglia Sounds project, the Puglia Region’s program for the development of the regional music system.
