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The Urgency of life // Tommaso Montenesi Posch

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TOMMASO MONTENESI POSCH  The Urgency of Life   instagram published by: Slivana Editorialetext by: Matteo Cremonesi Oscillating between different postures and narrative procedures, now close to a diaristic relationship now winking at a photographic behavior that looks at fashion photography, The Urgency of Life is a project through which Tommaso Montenesi Posch is committed to […]

The Stutter of History // Thomas Demand

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THOMAS DEMAND The Stutter of History   website published by: MACKtext by: Matteo Cremonesi Facing the photographic work of Thomas Demand we experience an ambivalence of feelings, the feeling of a proximity of the image to a real scene is challenged precisely by the ‘accuracy of the forms with which this real is realized. Formal […]

Tre Mesi // Greta Valente

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GRETA VALENTE Tre Mesi   websiteinstagram text by: Ilaria Sponda Abandoned structures, boats resting on solitary beaches, sculptural rocks, palm trees and cactuses desiccating under the sun – the visual experience of leafing through Greta Valente’s “Tre mesi” is a physical and spiritual journey through Southern Italy, between Naples, Caserta, and Salerno. Perceiving the elsewhere […]

Clare Lyons

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PHROOM CLARE LYONS   websiteinstagram interview by: Ilaria Sponda    Ilaria Sponda: Where is your creative process mainly rooted?Clare Lyons: My process is mostly rooted in the hope of achieving healing and catharsis. My practice typically examines deeply private and personal experiences. For example, I have made work in the past about my own struggles […]

Elisa Moro

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ELISA MORO Existence Is Not an Individual Affair   websiteInstagram Following a posthumanist perspective that implies the dissolution of boundaries between entities, the body of work is connected by the same invisible thread of a progressive questioning of the idea of identity as something merely personal. Investigating concepts from familiar constellations, heritage of memories and […]

Niccolò Quaresima

NICCOLÒ QUARESIMA website instagram interview by: Ilaria Sponda Ilaria Sponda: Photography is one of the medium that serves your multidisciplinary practice. What fascinates you about it? Niccolò Quaresima: What fascinates me about photography is how easy, fast and accessible it can be to take a photo. I’m not saying taking a good photograph is easy, […]

Sofia Crespo

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SOFIA CRESPO Neural Zoo   websiteInstagram Selected from GETXOPHOTO → info   The Argentinian artist Sofia Crespo uses neural networks (artificial intelligence algorithms) to explore hypothetical forms of a speculative nature.The synthetic images that make up Neural Zoo resemble certain animals and ecosystems. It is possible to recognise textures, colours and contours in them that human […]

Rosa Menkman & Ted Davis

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ROSA MENKMAN & TED DAVIS DCT Encryption Station website Instagram website instagram Selected from GETXOPHOTO  → info Rosa Menkman and Ted Davis have created a tool that allows you to hide messages between the pixels of photographs using the errors generated by the compression of a JPEG file. These artists investigate the processes of creating […]

Takashi Homma

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TAKASHI HOMMA Mushrooms for the Forest Instagram Selected from GETXOPHOTO → info   On March 11, 2011, a tsunami brought on by a severe earthquake caused a nuclear accident in Fukushima. More than 100,000 people had to leave their homes by order of the Japanese government, which also prohibited the collection and consumption of mushrooms in […]

Jake Elwes

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JAKE ELWES The Zizi Show website instagram Selected from GETXOPHOTO  → info The Zizi Show is an interactive drag cabaret that uses deepfake, an artificial intelligence technique that can generate synthetic images. The project explores the intersection between performance drag, queer identities and the ways in which artistic practices can demystify artificial intelligence. The show […]

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