SCUMB Manifesto // Justine Kurland

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JUSTINE KURLAND SCUMB Manifesto   websiteInstagram published by: MACKtext by: Matteo Cremonesi Inspired by the iconoclastic feminist SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) manifesto by Valerie Solanas, SCUMB Manifesto is a project through which we are introduced to Justine Kurland’s photographic work, a project that is characterized by its ability to produce itself within a […]

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 […]

Sara Scanderebech

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SARA SCANDEREBECH website instagram Everyday life and common objects are the pretext for telling a possible magical realism: I am interested in finding meanings and connections in everyday actions that refer to a symbolic reality. I am interested in investigating the intangible relationship between things, between people and between things and people; discovering the other […]

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 […]

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