The first edition of has just ended EXPOSED Torino Photo Festivalthe new international photography festival of the city directed by Menno Liauw and Salvatore Vitale which, through the involvement of 70 photographs from from 17 different countriesproposed a reflection on the evolution of the medium photography and the main challenges and innovations in the world of images, choosing as the title New Landscapes – New Landscapesin homage to one of the central subjects in the Italian photographic tradition.
28 the temporary exhibitions in program, 23 city offices involved, one artistic commission, a busy schedule of talka educational platformand independent publishing fair,meetings, screeningportfolio readings e other events – all created with the involvement of the main institutions, independent entities and actors of the city and international artistic scene – have seen the participation of national and international audience e of the beyond 200 journalists and guests (artists, museum directors, curators, collectors, diplomats, professionals) present in the 32 days of opening.
Il balance of the first edition is positive, as demonstrated by the implementation of a vast programme and the collaboration with city bodies and institutions for over a month of programming and the strong presence of the public, with media coverage not only by local newspapers but also national and international ones (including AD France, Financial Times Weekend Magazine, France 3, Apollo Magazine, Sky TG24, Sky Arte, RaiNews, La Lettura – Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, D La Repubblica).
EXPOSED Torino Photo Festival has been able to give life to a new public event in the metropolitan area, with a high and markedly international profile, in a logic of system and optimization of the resources and skills existing in the area. The festival has not only enriched the cultural debate on photography, accessible as an inclusive and constantly evolving art form, but has nominated Torino between reference city of photography.
Starting from these results and from the indications of the Control Room, EXPOSED is working on the next edition, always scheduled for the spring period, with the aim of taking a further step forward in the path that intends to position the festival among the most important international events dedicated to photography. The first edition has allowed us to identify the positive factors and the improvement interventions necessary for the development of the festival that will present some significant innovations starting from the next edition.
Among highlights of the 2024 edition exhibitions produced by EXPOSED, in collaboration with the realities partner: CAMERA – Italian Center for Photography; Former Gallop Track of the Royal Riding School – Paratissima; Gallerie d’Italia Turin; Regional Museum of Natural Sciences; OGR Turin; Palazzo Birago, headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce of Turin; Palazzo Carignano – Regional Directorate of Museums of Piedmont; Palazzo Madama – Civic Museum of Ancient Art; Polo del ‘900; Villa della Regina – Regional Directorate of Museums Piedmont.
It still remains visible even after the Festival closes, Expandedthe exhibition project that proposes a reading in three chapters of the photographic collection of Foundation for Modern and Contemporary Art CRT in a single path articulated between the OGR Turin where works produced are exhibited off-camerawhere the image is generated in a non-traditional way (Expanded Without until July 28th); Rivoli Castle Museum of Contemporary Art That presents works in which the medium photography is a starting point for investigating different types of relationship with the landscape, (Expanded With edited by Marcella Beccaria until August 25, 2024); GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art of Turin where photographers are exhibited who have returned the multiple aspects of art by portraying landscapes composed of works and architecture, the face and work of the artists or the natural landscape (Expanded – The Landscapes of Art edited byElena Volpato until September 1st).
Until September 22nd at Rivoli Castle Museum of Contemporary Art the exhibition is also open Paolo Pellion di Persano. The simple story of a photographer which brings together for the first time the artist’s photographs, including many previously unpublished ones, providing an extraordinary story from which the artistic vitality of Turin and its territory emerges.
Finally, on the billboard from the Track 500 on the roof of the Lingotto, the Agnelli Art Gallery show Untitled (1991), by Felix Gonzalez-Torres: an iconic image of the artist, the starting point of an urban intervention that expands throughout the city, occupying six billboards.
Theme and dates of the next edition will be announced in Septembertogether with the highlights and the main new features of the program.
