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Transforming Chaos: Dialogue with Environmental Artist Alejandro Durán, environmental artist from Mexico.

"Washed Up" is his most famous art project

This interview aligns with the ‘Nature and Culture’ Program initiated by the Culture For Causes Network. Within this framework, an exhibition titled ‘Reconciliation with the Living’ was exhibited in Paris at UNESCO HQ, focusing on the theme of harmonizing humanity with itself and the natural world; the exhibition travelled to Florence and Lisbon as well.

Alejandro Durán (Mexico City, 1974) is a Mexican-American artist known for his work on the environment and the issue of plastic waste in the ocean. Durán is particularly famous for the Washed Up art project: he collects plastic waste from beaches and turns it into art installations. These visual artworks aim to raise public awareness of the problem of marine pollution and the growing amount of plastic in our oceans.

The works from Washed Up have been exhibited in several galleries and art spaces worldwide, helping to raise public awareness of the importance of environmental conservation and the need to address the problem of plastic waste.

For his work, Durán earned an MA in Teaching from Tufts University and an MFA in poetry from the New School for Social Research, and, as an educator, the artist teaches photography and video courses. During his career, Durán has received several awards such as the Creative Capital Award 2019 and the Social Impact Award of Art With Me Tulum.

With your technique, you have found a balance between nature and pollution, how did the idea of denouncing the environmental emergency through art come about?

The concept for this project didn’t stem from preconceived notions; rather, it emerged as a direct response to witnessing the situation in Sian Ka’an firsthand. When I visited this stunning coastline in Mexico, I was not prepared for it to resemble a garbage dump.

Despite my initial disgust, I chose to create something meaningful from this material, portraying the extensive infiltration of synthetic plastic into the natural environment.

Before creating your work, do you carry out a preparation process before using the materials you find?

My preparation process for this project has involved familiarizing myself with the stretch of coastline between Tulum and Punta Allen and actively seeking magical locations for the installations created from the world’s plastic waste.

So, what are the production times for a work?

It’s challenging to determine the exact time it takes to make one of my installations. The physical construction of an installation may take a day or two, but the process of collecting the plastic material has spanned years.

Analyzing natural light to identify the optimal time of day and ideal weather conditions is another crucial step in the creation process. Post-production and printing contribute additional days to the overall timeline. At this point, I’ve lost track of the actual time required for a work to come to fruition.

This is all part of a process that demands significant dedication. While my perfectionism can sometimes feel burdensome, it also defines my creative process. Although it may consume time, the satisfaction of creating an image that I can gaze at endlessly makes it all worthwhile.

Speaking of COP28, global emergencies are increasingly urgent, do you think international politics is doing its best to find the right path towards sustainability?

It seems to me that the profit motive is one of the main motivations for political leaders and many of the attendees at COP gatherings. From my understanding, this year’s COP gathering had a record number of fossil fuel industry lobbyists.

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Transformando o Caos: Diálogo com o Artista Ambiental Alejandro Durán, artista ambiental do México.

"Washed Up" é seu projeto de arte mais famoso

Esta entrevista está alinhada com o Programa ‘Natureza e Cultura’ iniciado pela Rede Cultura por Causas. Neste quadro, uma exposição intitulada “Reconciliação com os Vivos” foi exibida em Paris, na sede da UNESCO, centrando-se no tema da harmonização da humanidade consigo mesma e com o mundo natural; a exposição viajou também para Florença e Lisboa.

Alejandro Durán (Cidade do México, 1974) é um artista mexicano-americano conhecido por seu trabalho sobre o meio ambiente e a questão dos resíduos plásticos nos oceanos. Durán é particularmente famoso pelo projeto de arte Washed Up: ele coleta resíduos plásticos das praias e os transforma em instalações artísticas. Estas obras de arte visuais visam sensibilizar o público para o problema da poluição marinha e da crescente quantidade de plástico nos nossos oceanos.

As obras da Washed Up têm sido expostas em diversas galerias e espaços de arte em todo o mundo, ajudando a sensibilizar o público para a importância da conservação ambiental e para a necessidade de resolver o problema dos resíduos plásticos.

Por seu trabalho, Durán obteve mestrado em Ensino pela Tufts University e mestrado em poesia pela New School for Social Research e, como educador, o artista ministra cursos de fotografia e vídeo. Durante sua carreira, Durán recebeu diversos prêmios como o Creative Capital Award 2019 e o Social Impact Award of Art With Me Tulum.

Com sua técnica você encontrou um equilíbrio entre natureza e poluição, como surgiu a ideia de denunciar a emergência ambiental através da arte?

O conceito deste projeto não resultou de noções preconcebidas; em vez disso, surgiu como uma resposta direta ao testemunho em primeira mão da situação em Sian Ka’an. Quando visitei esta deslumbrante costa do México, não estava preparado para que se parecesse com um depósito de lixo.

Apesar do meu desgosto inicial, optei por criar algo significativo a partir deste material, retratando a extensa infiltração do plástico sintético no ambiente natural.

Antes de criar seu trabalho, você realiza um processo de preparação antes de utilizar os materiais que encontra?

O meu processo de preparação para este projeto envolveu a familiarização com o trecho da costa entre Tulum e Punta Allen e a procura ativa de locais mágicos para as instalações criadas a partir dos resíduos plásticos do mundo.

Então, quais são os prazos de produção de uma obra?

É um desafio determinar o tempo exato que leva para fazer uma de minhas instalações. A construção física de uma instalação pode levar um ou dois dias, mas o processo de coleta do material plástico já dura anos.

Analisar a luz natural para identificar a hora ideal do dia e as condições climáticas ideais é outra etapa crucial no processo de criação. A pós-produção e a impressão contribuem com dias adicionais para o cronograma geral. Neste ponto, perdi a noção do tempo real necessário para que uma obra se concretize.

Tudo isso faz parte de um processo que exige muita dedicação. Embora meu perfeccionismo às vezes possa parecer um fardo, ele também define meu processo criativo. Embora possa consumir tempo, a satisfação de criar uma imagem que posso contemplar indefinidamente faz com que tudo valha a pena.

Falando em COP28, as emergências globais são cada vez mais urgentes, acha que a política internacional está a fazer o seu melhor para encontrar o caminho certo para a sustentabilidade?

Parece-me que a motivação do lucro é uma das principais motivações dos líderes políticos e de muitos dos participantes nas reuniões da COP. Pelo que entendi, a reunião da COP deste ano contou com um número recorde de lobistas da indústria de combustíveis fósseis.

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Pepe By Paolo Woods Port au Prince’s Fifth Avenue is a waterfront road, just off the harbor, where mountains of second hand clothes bake in the tropical sun. The market, Croix-des-Bossales, is where the slaves used to be sold. Now it is not strong men from Africa that the merchants receive, but containers loaded with skirts, pants and shirts from the US. These second-hand garments are called “Pèpè” and it is increasingly difficult to see a Haitian wearing something that has not been previously worn by an American. A t-shirt produced for Wal-Mart in the sweatshops of Port au Prince will be sported by a Texan and then returned to the sender, who, at last, will be able to wear it. This back and forth gives us a peek into the workings of the globalization of the textile industry. Some of the images have been taken by http://www.bendepp.com and other generous Pèpè hunters. Paolo Woods was born of Canadian and Dutch parentage. He grew up in Florence, Italy and has lived in Paris and Haiti. He is devoted to long-term projects that blend photography with text. He is the author of six books, including “Chinafrica” (with Serge Michel), which deals with the spectacular rise of the Chinese in Africa, “STATE” (with Arnaud Robert) on the uniqueness and universality of Haiti and “The Heavens” (with Gabriele Galimberti) that for the first time investigates tax havens photographically. His books have been published in eleven different countries and acclaimed as an exemplary melding of art and documentary photography. He is one of the founders of RIVERBOOM and deeply believes in collaborative projects. His work is regularly featured in major international publications. He has had solo exhibitions in more than a dozen countries and his pictures are in private and public collections. He has received a number of prizes, including two World Press Photo Awards. Currently he is working on his first film. ©📸 @paolowoods #Pepe #PaoloWoods #PepeHunters #PortauPrince #Loved&Posted #TheStreetIsWatching 🥳🔉 🍕🖕🏿 #Ⓚ #kittesencula 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖔𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖗.𝖈𝖔𝖒 ᴋɪᴛᴛᴇsᴇɴᴄᴜʟᴀ.ᴄᴏᴍ https://www.instagram.com/p/CZwXTT_NT23/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Created for an exhibition series for body positivity, we delved into the external expression of self love, laying bare in the purest of fragile forms, standing tall, proud and true. No matter the hardships and terrors of life, nor the perils, it is important to remember we are loved, and the first love should begin with you. Photographer & Art Director: Aaron McPolin, Model: Florence Baitio, Makeup & Hair art: Nadia Duca

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The Wild Ones: Diego Saldiva

28 Ιανουαρίου - 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2019

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Η έκθεση “The Wild Ones” της K-Gold Temporary Gallery παρουσιάζει το έργο έξι διεθνών φωτογράφων μέσα από τον λογαριασμό της πλατφόρμας στο Instagram. H έκθεση εξετάζει τις αναζητήσεις, τις τάσεις και τους πειραματισμούς στη σύγχρονη φωτογραφία, με σημείο αφετηρίας τις προκλήσεις της εποχής της εικόνας.

Στο δεύτερο από τα έξι μέρη της έκθεσης παρουσιάζεται η πρόσφατη σειρά φωτογραφιών “Gigantes” του Βραζιλιάνου Diego Saldiva όπου βετεράνοι παλαιστές του ρινγκ αγωνίζονται να ανακτήσουν την χαμένη τους δόξα. Ισορροπώντας μεταξύ μυθολογίας και πραγματικότητας, οι πρωταγωνιστές του καυτηριάζουν στερεότυπα της ανθρώπινης κοινωνίας.

Ο Diego Saldiva είναι φωτογράφος που ζει μεταξύ Βραζιλίας και Ελβετίας. Σπούδασε Κοινωνική Επικοινωνία στο ESPM στο Σάο Πάουλο και Φωτογραφία στη Σχολή Φωτογραφίας του Vevey. Το έργο του έχει παρουσιαστεί στο Belfast Photo Festival, στο Visible White Photo Prize στη Φλωρεντία, στο PHOTOEspaña στη Μαδρίτη, στο Photo OFF στο Παρίσι, στο Nuit des Images στη Λωζάνη και στο Φεστιβάλ Organ Vida στο Ζάγκρεμπ. Ο Saldiva κέρδισε το Prix Photoforum 2011, ήταν φιναλίστ του vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis 2011 και υποψήφιος για το Βραβείο Paul Huff 2012.

Την έκθεση συνοδεύει μια σειρά συζητήσεων μεταξύ της Βίκυς Τσίρου και των φωτογράφων, που στόχο έχει να φωτίσει διάφορες πτυχές των πρακτικών τους.

Συνέντευξη του Diego Saldiva στη Βίκυ Τσίρου

BT: Ζεις και εργάζεσαι μεταξύ Βραζιλίας και Ελβετίας. Δύο αντιφατικά περιβάλλοντα που διαμορφώνουν έναν διαφορετικό τρόπο σκέψης και ζωής. Πώς θεωρείς ότι το περιβάλλον αυτό έχει επηρεάσει εσένα ως άτομο και κατά συνέπεια τη δουλειά σου;

DS: Νομίζω ότι το έργο μου “Momentos e Máculas” ήταν μια πραγματική αντίδραση σε αυτή την αλλαγή περιβάλλοντος. Μετακόμισα στην Ελβετία λόγω της συζύγου μου, και τα πρώτα χρόνια ήταν παρόμοια με όσα περιγράφει η Ελίζαμπεθ Κιούμπλερ-Ρος (η οποία τυχαίνει να είναι Ελβετή) στα πέντε στάδια του πένθους. Έχω έναν πολύ αυθόρμητο τρόπο να κινούμαι που δεν ταιριάζει πολύ συχνά με το πως εξελίσσονται τα περισσότερα πράγματα εδώ στις Άλπεις. Είναι μια καλή ευκαιρία για αυτογνωσία και είσαι ανοιχτός σε νέες εμπειρίες.

ΒΤ: Από ένα πτυχίο στην Κοινωνική Επικοινωνία, αλλάζεις την πορεία σου, επιλέγοντας σπουδές στην Φωτογραφία. Ποιό ήταν το κίνητρό σου για αυτή την απόφαση;

DS: Δούλευα ως γραφίστας εκείνη τη στιγμή. Μετά το πτυχίο πίστευα ότι η επαγγελματική μου ζωή θα ήταν πιο δημιουργική, κάτι που δεν συνέβη ποτέ. Μετά από ένα χρόνο είχα την ευκαιρία να ταξιδέψω και ο πατέρας μου μου έκανε δώρο μια φωτογραφική μηχανή.

ΒΤ: Μετά τα έργα “Break of Day” και “Momentos e Màculas”, δημιούργησες τη σειρά “Gigantes”. Παρά την μεγαλοπρέπεια του τίτλου, οι εικόνες σου αποκαλύπτουν ξεπεσμένους χαρακτήρες. Ποιό ήταν το έναυσμα για αυτή τη σειρά;

DS: Ήμουν σε διακοπές στην πατρίδα μου και μια μέρα είδα στην τοπική εφημερίδα ότι οι «Γίγαντες του Ρινγκ» θα παρουσιάζονταν στα προάστια της πόλης, η οποία βρίσκεται στα περίχωρα. Με εξέπληξε γιατί ήταν πολύ δημοφιλείς μέχρι τη δεκαετία του '90 και θυμήθηκα ότι τους έβλεπα στην τηλεόραση. Ένας ξάδελφος μου ήταν μέρος της ομάδας τους εκείνη την εποχή. Σκέφτηκα ότι θα είχε ενδιαφέρον να ρίξω μια ματιά. Δεν ήξερα τι να περιμένω. Η παράσταση τους δεν κράτησε για πολύ ώρα, γι' αυτό πιστεύω ότι οι εμφανίσεις τους παίρνουν άλλη μορφή τώρα που πασχίζουν να κάνουν και πάλι νέα σόου.

ΒΤ: Αποφάσισες να παρουσιάσεις αυτές τις εικόνες συνοδευόμενες από ένα απόσπασμα από τη Θεογονία του Ησίοδου, πατέρα της γνωμικής ποίησης. Οι “Γίγαντες” σου είναι εξίσου πηγή σύγχρονων γιγάντων;

DS: Όταν προσπάθησα να επεξεργαστώ τις φωτογραφίες μου, έπρεπε να βρω ένα κοινό θέμα που να είχε νόημα. Ήθελα να είναι κάτι περισσότερο από τεκμηρίωση, τουλάχιστον στο μυαλό μου. Έτσι, χρειάστηκε λίγος χρόνος μέχρι που παρατήρησα το όνομά τους και αποφάσισα να το ψάξω παραπάνω. Τότε ανακάλυψα ότι ο μύθος δεν απέχει πολύ από την πραγματικότητα. Ο Ρολάν Μπαρτ ξεκινά το βιβλίο του “Μυθολογίες” με ένα κεφάλαιο για τους παλαιστές.

Η πάλη είναι ένα θέαμα σκηνής που παρουσιάζει τις θεμελιώδεις έννοιες του Πάθους, της Ήττας και, πάνω απ'όλα, της Δικαιοσύνης. Οι παλαιστές (ως ηθοποιοί), σε μια άμεση παντομίμα, απεικονίζουν χονδροειδή και υπερβολικά στερεότυπα της ανθρώπινης αδυναμίας: τον προδότη, τον πονηρό, τον «γυναικωτό». Το κοινό περιμένει να τους δει να υποφέρουν και να τιμωρηθούν για τις παραβιάσεις των κανόνων της πάλης τους σε μια θεατρική εκδοχή της κοινωνικής ιδεολογίας για τη δικαιοσύνη.

Ο Ρολάν Μπαρτ γράφει «στη παλαίστρα και ακόμη και στα βάθη της εθελοντικής τους ατίμωσης, οι παλαιστές παραμένουν θεοί, γιατί είναι για λίγα λεπτά το κλειδί που ανοίγει τη Φύση, την καθαρή χειρονομία που χωρίζει το Kαλό από το Kακό και αποκαλύπτει τη μορφή μιας δικαιοσύνης που είναι επιτέλους κατανοητή».

ΒΤ: Θα ήθελα να επιστρέψω σε ένα από τα προηγούμενα έργα σου, το “Break of Day”. Είναι ο καρπός μιας πολύ δύσκολης κατάστασης που εσύ και η οικογένειά σου αναγκαστήκατε να αντιμετωπίσετε. Τι συνέβη;

DS: Ο γιος μου γεννήθηκε 3 μήνες πρόωρα. Όταν επιστρέψαμε στο σπίτι σταμάτησε να αναπνέει. Μπόρεσα να τον επαναφέρω και έτσι είχα χρόνο να τον πάω ξανά στο νοσοκομείο. Μετά από εξετάσεις, ανακάλυψαν ότι τα αιμοσφαίρια του ήταν πολύ χαμηλά. Τον κράτησαν για εβδομάδες μέχρι που βρήκαν ότι είχε αιμοφαγοκυτταρική λεμφοϊστιοκύττωση (HLH).

ΒΤ: Ωστόσο, φωτογράφισες αυτό το επώδυνο ταξίδι ως ένα είδος λύτρωσης αυτού που συνέβαινε. Ο Λέοναρντ Κόεν τραγούδησε «Υπάρχει μια ρωγμή σε όλα, έτσι μπαίνει το φως». Παρά την κρίσιμη κατάσταση που περάσατε, σε έφερε αυτό το περιστατικό πιο κοντά στην οικογένειά και στον φωτογραφικό φακό σου, αφήνοντας το φως να μπει;

DS: Ήμουν σε μια ξένη χώρα, περιβαλλόμενος από αγνώστους όταν συνέβη αυτό. Ήμουν ακόμα στη Σχολή Φωτογραφίας. Υπήρχαν τόσα πολλά ανάμεικτα συναισθήματα, που η φωτογραφία (και το φλας φυσικά) έμοιαζε να είναι ένας τρόπος για να τα αντιμετωπίσω.Όσον αφορά στην οικογένειά μου, θεωρώ πως προσπάθησα να μείνω «αντι-εύθραυστος» απέναντι σε αυτά τα γεγονότα. Η «αντι-ευθραυστότητα» [όρος που εισήγαγε ο Nassim Nicholas Taleb] υπερβαίνει την ευρωστία. Αυτό σημαίνει ότι κάτι δεν αντέχει απλώς σε ένα σοκ αλλά παρουσιάζει εμφανή βελτίωση εξαιτίας αυτού. Με άλλα λόγια, πιστεύω πως αυτό το συμβάν μας έκανε πιο δυνατούς με κάποιον τρόπο. Γι’αυτό βρισκόμαστε ακόμη εδώ.

ΒΤ: Έχεις λάβει διάφορα βραβεία και τιμητικές διακρίσεις. Ποιο είναι το πιο σημαντικό για εσένα;

DS: Όλα έχουν κάποια σημασία, κυρίως για να δείξω ότι υποτιμώ τον εαυτό μου.

ΒΤ: Δεδομένου ότι το τρέχον πρότζεκτ πραγματοποιείται στο Instagram, που θεωρείται ως ένα νέο μέσο αυτο-έκφρασης, πώς θα περιέγραφες τη δική σου προσέγγιση στα κοινωνικά μέσα;

DS: Δεν έχω την πειθαρχία στο να δημοσιεύω το έργο μου σε τακτική βάση.

The Wild Ones: Diego Saldiva

January 28 - February 22, 2019

Insta @kgoldtemporarygallery

The exhibition “The Wild Ones” of K-Gold Temporary Gallery presents the work of six international photographers through the Instagram account of the platform (@kgoldtemporarygallery). The exhibition examines the quests, trends and experiments in contemporary photography, starting from diverse challenges brought by the age of the image.

In the second of six parts of the show, we present “Gigantes” by Brazilian photographer Diego Saldiva, a new series where veteran wrestlers struggle to regain their lost glory. Balancing between mythology and reality, his protagonists reflect critically on stereotypes of human society.

Diego Saldiva is a photographer living between Brazil and Switzerland. He studied Social Communication at ESPM in São Paulo and Photography at the School of Photography in Vevey. His work has been exhibited worldwide including the Belfast Photo Festival, Visible White Photo Prize in Florence, PHotoEspaña in Madrid, Photo OFF in Paris, Nuit des Images in Lausanne and Organ Vida Festival in Zagreb. Saldiva was the winner of the Prix Photoforum 2011, finalist of the vfg Nachwuchsförderpreis 2011 and was nominated for the Paul Huff Award 2012.

The exhibition accompanies a series of discussions between Vicky Tsirou and the photographers, which will shed light on their practices.

Interview of Diego Saldiva to Vicky Tsirou

VT: You live and work between Brazil and Switzerland. Two contradictory environments that form a different way of thinking and living. How do you think the environment you find yourself in has affected you as a person and your work as a consequence?

DS: I think my project “Momentos e Máculas” was a real reaction to this environmental change for me. I moved to Switzerland because of my wife and the first years were like the process described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (which happened to be Swiss) on her five stages of grief. I have a very spontaneous way of doing things which does not match very often with the way most things are done here by the Alps. It is a good opportunity for self-knowledge and be open to different experiences.

VT: From a BA in Social Communication you changed your route, choosing studies in photography. What was your motivation for this decision?

DS: I was working as a graphic designer at that time. After finishing my BA I thought my working life would be more creative, which was not the case. After a year, I had the opportunity to travel and my father gave me a photo camera as a gift.

VT: After your projects “Break of Day” and “Momentos e Màculas”, you created the “Gigantes” series. In spite of its grandiose title, your images claim to uncover impoverished characters. What was the starting point for this series?

DS: I was on holidays back home and a certain day I saw on the local newspaper that the "Gigantes do Ringue" (Giants of the Ring) would be presenting themselves in the peripheral area of my town, which is already in the outskirts. It surprised me, for they were very popular until the 90's and I remembered seeing them on TV. A cousin of mine was part of the crew at that time. So I thought it was interesting enough to have a look. I did not know what to expect. Their show did not last a long time, so I think the project is taking other forms now that they struggle to make new shows again.

VT: You decided to present these images accompanied by a quotation from Theogony by Hesiod, the father of gnomic verse. Are your “Gigantes” also a source of contemporary Giants?

DS: When I tried to edit my pictures, I had to find a red thread that would make sense. I wanted everything to be more than pure documentary, at least in my mind. So it took a while until I noticed their name and decided to research it further. That’s when I discovered that the myth was not far from reality. Roland Barthes opens his book “Mythologies” with a chapter on Wrestlers.

Wrestling is a staged spectacle acting out the public's basic concepts of Suffering, Defeat and above all, Justice. The wrestlers (as actors), in a immediate pantomime, portray grossly-exaggerated stereotypes of human weakness: the traitor, the conceited, the effeminate teddy-boy. The audience expects to watch them suffer and be punished for their own transgressions of wrestling's rules in a theatrical version of society's ideology of justice.

Roland Barthes writes “in the ring, and even in the depths of their voluntary ignominy, wrestlers remain gods because they are, for a few moments, the key which opens Nature, the pure gesture which separates Good from Evil, and unveils the form of a justice which is at last intelligible.”

VT: I would like to go back to one of your past project, the “Break of Day”. It is the fruit of a very difficult situation that you and your family were forced to face. What actually happened?

DS: My son was born 3 months premature. After coming home he stopped breathing. I could reanimate him and had time to go to hospital. After some tests, they discovered his blood cells were too low. They kept him for weeks until they found out he had hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).

VT: However, you were photographing this painful journey as a sort of redemption of what was happening. Leonard Cohen sang “There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in”. Despite the crucial situation you have been through, did this incident bring you closer to your family and to your lens, letting the light get in?

DS: I was in a strange country, surrounded by strangers when this happened. I was still in Photography School. There were so many mixed feelings, that photography (and the flash of course) seemed to be a way to deal with it. Regarding my family, I would say that I tried to be “antifragile”, towards these events. Antifragility [term by Nassim Nicholas Taleb] is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. In other words, I believe that all those facts made us stronger somehow. That’s why we are still here.

VT: You have received various awards, honors and recognitions. Which one is the most important to you?

DS: They all have some kind of importance, mostly for showing that I underestimate myself.

VT: Since the current project takes place on Instagram, which is perceived as a new medium of self-expression, how would you describe your own approach to social media?

DS: I lack the discipline of posting my own work on regular basis.

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And Then the Bear from Sacrebleu Productions on Vimeo.

A film by Agnès Patron Produced by Sacrebleu Productions

SYNOPSIS :

That very night, houses will burn. Men and women will tremble. Hordes of children will come together and howl as they dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It only takes one cry to awaken them all from their slumber!

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR :

Following her studies in animation at the Ecole Superior des Arts Décoratifs, where she directed her first two painted animated shorts LA VALSE DU PENDU et LA VEUVE CAILLOU (official selection in Clermont Ferrand, Dresden, Stuttgardt, Animafest et Annecy), Agnès Patron worked in the animate teaser of Florence Mialhe feature film LA TRAVERSÉE as well as the animated sequences in Nadine Buss documentary D’ORIGINE ALLEMANDE. She then co-directed CHULYEN HISTOIRE DE CORBEAU with Cerise Lopez, a short film awarded in numerous festivals in France and abroad (Grand Prix Animatou, Grand Prix at the National Animation Film Festival, Special Price from de Jury Hiroshima…). For her most recent film, L’HEURE DE L’OURS, she worked at Ciclic alongside some talents from the animation team that helped on her previous project CHULYEN.

CREW :

Production : Sacrebleu Productions Producer : Ron Dyens Director : Agnès Patron Written by : Johanna Krawczyk & Agnès Patron Original Soundtrack : Pierre Oberkampf Sound Editor / Mix : Mathias Chaumet & Quentin Romanet Graphic Design : Agnès Patron Animation : Augustin Guichot - Agnès Patron - Sandra Rivaud Colorists : Morgane Le Pechon - Cerise Lopez - Agnès Patron Director of Photography : Nadine Buss Compositing : Pierre-Julien Fieux Editor : Agnès Patron

FILMOGRAPHY :

L'heure de L'Ours / And then the bear (2019) Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau (2014) La Veuve Caillou (2011) La Valse du Pendu (2009)

AWARDS :

2019 – Award for Best Short Film at Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Valencia 2019 – Prix SFCC de la Critique – Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble 2019 – Best International Film at Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo) 2019 – Grand Prix – Animatou International Film Festival (Geneva) 2019 – Prix d’interprétation - Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris 2019 – Gold Hugo – Chicago International Film Festival (USA) 2019 – World Animation Short Film Award - Leeds International Film Festival (UK) 2019 – Prix du scenario – Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence (France) 2019 – Grand Prix – Sommets de l’Animation de Montréal (Canada) 2019 – Art Exploration Award – Beijing International Short Film Festival (BISFF) (China) 2020 – Mention spéciale pour un court métrage professionnel - Festival national du film d’animation à Rennes (mention honorifique du jury) 2020 – Special Mention — IFF Zoom Festival Zblizenia (Poland) 2020 – Grand prix de la meilleure création musicale – Festival International du film d’Aubagne (France) 2020 – Best Animation Prize - Aspen Shortsfest (USA) 2020 – Best International Short Animated Film – Fantaspoa (Brazil) 2020 – Best Animation Short – Minikino Film Week (Indonesia) 2020 – Best Foreign Short Animation – Big Cartoon Festival (Russia) 2020 – Special mention – Winter Apricots (Macedonia)

FESTIVAL SELECTIONS :

2019 – Official Competition - Cannes Film Festival (France) 2019 – Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia (Spain) 2019 – Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico) 2019 – Festival Séquence Court-Métrage Toulouse (France) 2019 – Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia) 2019 – Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo) 2019 – Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble (France) 2019 – Festival Court Métrange de Rennes (France) 2019 – Toronto International Film Festival (Canada) 2019 – Festival Partie(s) de campagne (France) 2019 – Festival Silhouette (France) 2019 – Festival International du Court-métrage de Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2019 – Luciana International Film Festival (Italy) 2019 – Milano Film Festival (Italy) 2019 – Festival Européen du Court-métrage de Brest (France) 2019 – Festival Films Femmes Méditerranée de Marseille (France) 2019 – Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea) 2019 – Elche International Independant Film Festival (Spain) 2019 – Carrefour du cinéma d’animation (France) 2019 – Animaviso – Mexico Contemporary Animation Film Festival (Mexico) 2019 – Festival Européen du Film fantastique de Strasbourg (France) 2019 – Festival du Film d’Animation de Bourg-en-Bresse (hors-compétition - France)

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The Corner, Milan Building

The Corner, Milan Design, Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 Nominee, Architecture, Italian Building Images

The Corner, Mies van der Rohe Award 2022 Nominee,

10 Feb 2021

The Corner

Design: Atelier (s) Alfonso Femia

Location: Milan, Italy

The Corner by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia selected for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2022

Candidates for the 2022 Mies van der Rohe Award of the European Union for Contemporary Architecture have been announced: representing Italy, among the nominees, “The Corner” signed by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia.

The official list, presented by the European Commission with the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, for the 2022 award – named after the master of the Modern Movement – shows the best architectural projects in the old continent and includes 449 works from 41 countries. Among the 18 Italians selected, ‘The Corner’ by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia appears in the Office Building category. Redevelopment project of the Generali Real Estate building located in Milan, on the corner of Viale della Liberazione and Viale Melchiorre Gioia.

The different facades act as a distinctive element strongly characterizing the entire structure, and the urban area in which it is located, an object of profound and radical change in recent years.

This is what architect Alfonso Femia, founder of the studio with offices in Milan, Paris, and Genoa, tells us about the project: “We meet a building in an urban area where everything has changed over time. A sentinel on the border between industrial settlements, infrastructures, and the beginning of the urban city, with an immediate, strong, almost alienating change of scale and perception. The city was the background, and the building the threshold to enter the metropolitan area of Milan from the northwest. At the limits of that threshold, a new, contemporary urban centrality was created and is in continuous development.

Today the building is almost at the center of that transformation, it remains consistent with it, and at the same time it stays faithful to its role as a “presence/preexistence”. It interacts with the changing surroundings and reaffirms its precise urban and architectural identity. The Corner derives its name from its founding design idea: the corner of a building tells the story of the city and speaks with a different voice for each facade. The Corner dialogues with the light of Milan, with its sky, with its compressed and expanded perspectives, with its new horizons”.

The nominated works for the Mies van der Rohe Award starting from 1988, constitute the most complete archive on contemporary architecture in Europe, unique for the accurate selection of projects, analyzed and chosen by a jury of architects, critics, journalists, and curators. The nominated works for the Mies van der Rohe Award starting from 1988, constitute the most complete archive on contemporary architecture in Europe, unique for the accurate selection of projects, analyzed and chosen by a jury of architects, critics, journalists, and curators.

The Corner project by Alfonso Femia / Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia AF517 with FOR engineering, for Generali Real Estate

The Mies van der Rohe Award The EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture is a biennial prize highlighting outstanding architectural works built across Europe demonstrating excellence in conceptual, social, cultural and technical terms.

Since 2001, the prize has been co-organised by the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the award ceremony is held in May in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, Spain.

IThe award it raises awareness of quality architecture and its contribution to the wellbeing of citizens and the sustainable development of European cities, towns and villages.

Alfonso Femia is the creator and co-founder of 5+1 agency in 1995, that became 5+1AA in 2005, and that is transformed into Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia in 2017. He has been a Professor of Architectural Design Didactics at Kent State University in Florence, at the Universities of Ferrara and Genoa and visiting professor at the HongKong University in China.

In 2019, he has received from the cultural association LP the medal of the Italian President of the Republic being the artistic director of the third edition of the Pisa Biennale. Among his most recent projects, let’s quote the Milanese Ice Factory (2009), the IULM University in Milan (2015), the Marseilles Docks (2015), the new BNL-BNP Paribas headquarters in Rome (2016), the Dallara Academy in Parme (2018), the building The Corner in Milan (2019).

He has recently won the international competitions for the redevelopement of the First Italian State Mint in Rome, the construction of a hotel in Europacity, Paris and the new Sports City in Cosenza. He currently develops projects in La Ciotat, Montpellier, Lyon, Toulouse, Avignon, Marseilles, Tashkent, Milan, Vicenze, Algiers, La Spezia and Rome.

Photography ©Luc Boegly

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A film by Agnès Patron Produced by Sacrebleu Productions SYNOPSIS : That very night, houses will burn. Men and women will tremble. Hordes of children will come together and howl as they dance alone on the ashes like wild bears. It only takes one cry to awaken them all from their slumber! ABOUT THE DIRECTOR : Following her studies in animation at the Ecole Superior des Arts Décoratifs, where she directed her first two painted animated shorts LA VALSE DU PENDU et LA VEUVE CAILLOU (official selection in Clermont Ferrand, Dresden, Stuttgardt, Animafest et Annecy), Agnès Patron worked in the animate teaser of Florence Mialhe feature film LA TRAVERSÉE as well as the animated sequences in Nadine Buss documentary D’ORIGINE ALLEMANDE. She then co-directed CHULYEN HISTOIRE DE CORBEAU with Cerise Lopez, a short film awarded in numerous festivals in France and abroad (Grand Prix Animatou, Grand Prix at the National Animation Film Festival, Special Price from de Jury Hiroshima…). For her most recent film, L’HEURE DE L’OURS, she worked at Ciclic alongside some talents from the animation team that helped on her previous project CHULYEN. CREW : Production : Sacrebleu Productions Producer : Ron Dyens Director : Agnès Patron Written by : Johanna Krawczyk & Agnès Patron Original Soundtrack : Pierre Oberkampf Sound Editor / Mix : Mathias Chaumet & Quentin Romanet Graphic Design : Agnès Patron Animation : Augustin Guichot - Agnès Patron - Sandra Rivaud Colorists : Morgane Le Pechon - Cerise Lopez - Agnès Patron Director of Photography : Nadine Buss Compositing : Pierre-Julien Fieux Editor : Agnès Patron FILMOGRAPHY : L'heure de L'Ours / And then the bear (2019) Chulyen, Histoire de Corbeau (2014) La Veuve Caillou (2011) La Valse du Pendu (2009) AWARDS : 2019 – Award for Best Short Film at Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Valencia 2019 – Prix SFCC de la Critique – Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble 2019 – Best International Film at Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo) 2019 – Grand Prix – Animatou International Film Festival (Geneva) 2019 – Prix d’interprétation - Festival International du Film d’Animation de Paris 2019 – Gold Hugo – Chicago International Film Festival (USA) 2019 – World Animation Short Film Award - Leeds International Film Festival (UK) 2019 – Prix du scenario – Festival Tous Courts d’Aix-en-Provence (France) 2019 – Grand Prix – Sommets de l’Animation de Montréal (Canada) 2019 – Art Exploration Award – Beijing International Short Film Festival (BISFF) (China) 2020 – Mention spéciale pour un court métrage professionnel - Festival national du film d’animation à Rennes (mention honorifique du jury) 2020 – Special Mention — IFF Zoom Festival Zblizenia (Poland) 2020 – Grand prix de la meilleure création musicale – Festival International du film d’Aubagne (France) 2020 – Best Animation Prize - Aspen Shortsfest (USA) 2020 – Best International Short Animated Film – Fantaspoa (Brazil) 2020 – Best Animation Short – Minikino Film Week (Indonesia) 2020 – Best Foreign Short Animation – Big Cartoon Festival (Russia) 2020 – Special mention – Winter Apricots (Macedonia) FESTIVAL SELECTIONS : 2019 – Official Competition - Cannes Film Festival (France) 2019 – Cinema Jove – Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia (Spain) 2019 – Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico) 2019 – Festival Séquence Court-Métrage Toulouse (France) 2019 – Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia) 2019 – Anibar International Animation Festival (Kosovo) 2019 – Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble (France) 2019 – Festival Court Métrange de Rennes (France) 2019 – Toronto International Film Festival (Canada) 2019 – Festival Partie(s) de campagne (France) 2019 – Festival Silhouette (France) 2019 – Festival International du Court-métrage de Sao Paulo (Brazil) 2019 – Luciana International Film Festival (Italy) 2019 – Milano Film Festival (Italy) 2019 – Festival Européen du Court-métrage de Brest (France) 2019 – Festival Films Femmes Méditerranée de Marseille (France) 2019 – Bucheon International Animation Festival (South Korea) 2019 – Elche International Independant Film Festival (Spain) 2019 – Carrefour du cinéma d’animation (France) 2019 – Animaviso – Mexico Contemporary Animation Film Festival (Mexico) 2019 – Festival Européen du Film fantastique de Strasbourg (France) 2019 – Festival du Film d’Animation de Bourg-en-Bresse (hors-compétition - France)

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John Mark Shares Some Of The Most Exquisite Locations For Your Italian Wedding

The John Mark Studio is a multi-award-winning studio in the UK wedding industry. As such a desired name by brides and grooms from all over, the job does often entail travelling to some of the most exquisite wedding locations globally. Many of them based in the romantic setting of Italy.

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NHSAEF Presents 13th Annual Arts Awards

Pittsboro, NC—The Northwood High School Arts Education Foundation (NHSAEF) presented their 13th Annual College Scholarships to outstanding students in recognition of their achievements in the visual and performing arts. This year’s $1000 scholarships were made for each discipline along with an interdisciplinary award and a departmental award.

Lily Andros was selected for the Dance scholarship. In addition to taking the entire track of Dance coursework at NHS, she also studies ballet outside of school. Her volunteer activities have included work with Habitat for Humanity, Hurricane Florence Cleanup Efforts, and the Women’s Shelter. Lily plans to attend Brigham Young University.

Nuno Aguiar receives the award for Instrumental Music. A guitarist for nine years, he has been part of a successful band throughout his high school career. Aguiar is also an accomplished artist with extensive studies in the NHS Visual Arts program, winning first place in the sculpture category of the 2020 NCASA Art Showcase. He will attend NC State University.

The award for Theatre Arts was presented to Alyssa Krasovich, a long-time member of the NHS drama department. With extensive coursework in both theatre arts, tech theatre, and dance, she served as both sergeant-at-arms and Vice President of the International Thespian Society. Alyssa plans to attend Barton College.

Another long-time drama department member, Oliver Poteete, received the award for Technical Theatre. With Honors coursework in both tech theatre and vocal arts, Oliver has served as a lighting tech, lighting designer, and stage manager for many NHS theatre productions and concerts. He plans to attend CCCC.

Chey Ellis received the 2020 award for Visual Arts. Chey has also studied Photography, Guitar, Theatre, and Vocal Arts. She is a member of the National Art Honor Society and served as logo and layout designer for the Charge art magazine. Chey will attend UNC-G.

The award for Vocal Music was presented to Clara Mellows. Clara is student director of NHS’s award-winning a cappella ensemble, Pitch Please and has served as editor of Charge art magazine. She is a member of National Art Honor Society, Tri-M Honor Society, French Honor Society, and the International Thespian Society. Clara will attend NC State University.

NHSAEF presented an Interdisciplinary scholarship to Ande Richardson for her notable achievements in multiple disciplines. In addition to extensive coursework in Tech Theatre, Dance, and Visual Arts, she served as a student art director for one spring musical and costume designer for three other productions. Ande is a member of National Art Honor Society and the International Thespian Society. Ande will attend Hobart & William Smith Colleges.

The Arts Education Departmental Award was presented to Christopher Esther for achievements in Arts Education during his high school career. The recipient of this annual award is selected by the entire NHS Arts faculty.

NHSAEF extends its sincere thanks to this year’s selection committee: Brandon Roeder, Sayward Grindley, and Eugene Cottrell.

Brandon Roeder is the K-12 Music and Theatre Arts Consultant at the NC Department of Public Instruction. He has taught general music, choir, marching band, strings, and has music directed several community theatre productions. A lover of the theatre, the visual arts, and dance forms, Brandon frequents the NC Museum of Art, the Carolina Ballet, and theatre productions.

Sayward Grindley is the Dance and Visual Arts Coordinator for NC Department of Public Instruction. As a dance educator, Sayward had been on faculty at Elon University, East Carolina University, Meredith College, and Appalachian State University. She has also held Education/Management positions with Carolina Ballet and Sarasota Ballet, and guest taught at UNC-Greensboro, High Point University, and Jacksonville University. She danced professionally with Sarasota Contemporary Dance and in several musical theatre productions in Florida, including Annie Get Your Gun and Pirates of Penzance. She has a dual BFA in Dance Performance and Dance Education from East Carolina University, and an MFA in Choreography from Jacksonville University. Sayward is also a visual artist, mother, and wife.

Eugene Cottrell is the former Director of Bands at Northwood High School (’99-’13). He was recognized in ’05 as a National Teacher of the Year by the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation and was a Jackson Parkhurst Award (NC Symphony) recipient in 2011. Currently Cottrell is the Director of Bands at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines, NC. His bands have won several grand championships, receive consistent superior ratings on the field and in Grade VI on the stage.

NHSAEF supports and promotes the Northwood Arts Education program. Teacher grants provide resources for the ongoing work of the department, the Carlin Camp Fund supports students’ summer arts activities, and annual college scholarships recognize achievements in visual and performing arts. Since its inception in 2007, NHSAEF has presented more than $73,000 in scholarship funds to NHS student artists. To learn more or to contribute to the work of the organization, visit the foundation website at www.NHSAEF.org

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[UTC+13:45] Germany - BARBARA LUBICH & ANNA TILL - PARALLEL SITUATION

>> INTERVIEW In “parallel situation” dance meets photography in real time. The stage production is a performative examination which poses questions regarding the creation of images and the relationship between beholder and subject. From reconstructing historical dance photography to live documentation on the streets, artists Barbara Lubich (photography) and Anna Till (dance) deal with the power of captured moments. “parallel situation” is an intense dialogue between a dancer and a photographer. The photographs are taken in the very moment of the performance and immediately projected on stage. Two larger-than-life screens are part of te set design and refer to the two standard dimensions often used in photography: one screen positioned upright, refering to “portait”, the other one horizontal, refering to “landscape”. Both artists are present on stage and interact in a playful way with each other as well as with the objects on stage (various materials that are used in photography industry). Within this direct confrontation of the performed dance and the capturing of itself, Lubich and Till point to the the power of images and reveal the process of picture taking - questions about the possibilties of memory and perspective arise. In this way, “parallel situation” also opens up the view on how movement emerges and vanishes, so does remembrance. Sound and image are directly linked. In this way, “Parallel Situation” explores how the athmosphere of memories inscribes itself in images. The gaze of the photographer acts as the third performer and guides the audiences perception. What do you see - and what is invisible to the spectators? Text - written by authour Ulrike Feibig - opens up a new level of imagination: While the performers increasingly retreat from the audience’s view during the performance, the spectators are drawn into their own imaginative world.

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Barbara Lubich has been working as a filmmaker at the intersection between documentary and artfilm since 2002. Born in 1977 in Trento, Italy, she studied sociology in Trento and Dresden(Germany), received her doctorate in history in Frankfurt am Main and dealt with an entanglementof theory and practice of aesthetic phenomena in the GDR. Her artistic work began in the late 1990sin dance, while further developing her work own work with the camera. So by today she focuses onthe direction of conceptual work for cinematic / multi-media formats. From 2006 she worked as a camerawoman for the Forsythe Company, and simultaneously as aresearch assistant at the Institute for Sociology at the TU Dresden University, on a Europeanresearch project regarding cultural heritage/ cultural memory. She was a fellow of the HellerauerAkademie für experimentelles Musiktheater (2009-2010), and in 2010 she was Artist in Residenceat the UBU Gallery New York. Together with Michael Sommermeyer she founded hechtfilm filmproduction company forindependent filmmaking in 2011, and has directed and released two feature-length documentaries to German cinemas, while working as artistic director and curator of numerous interdisciplinaryprojects. She is also a founding member of the art and cultural collective friedrichstadtZentral, and currently Zentralwerk (Dresden 2013 Award, ARRAS 2019 Award).

// Anna Till, dancer choreographer, b. 1983, Germany, lives and works in Dresden. She studied „Dance, Context, Choreography“ at Inter-University Centre of Dance Berlin and „Cultural Theory“ at Unversity Lüneburg. Her own and collaborative choreographic works were presented at Berlin (Sophiensaele, Akademie der Künste), Düsseldorf (tanzhaus NRW), Leipzig (Schaubühne Lindenfels, LOFFT), Dresden (European Centre of the Arts - HELLERAU, Motorenhalle), Košice (Tabacka Kulturfabrik, Kasarne Kulturpark), Prague (PONEC Theatre), Florence (Festival Fabbrica Europa), Israel (Room Dances Festival Tel Aviv/ Jerusalem), Santiago de Chile (NAVE), Marrakesh (On Marche International Dance Festival) and Maputo (KINANI International Dance Platform) - amongst others. HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts is an important cooperation partner and workplace in Dresden.

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georgeeskdale · 5 years

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illusion Research

Cole Fischman

Cole is an extremely underrated photo manipulation photographer. He is also a 20 year old self taught visual artist. His skills with photoshop and lightroom have really inspired me to create similari mages with his “style”.

I really love Cole’s images as he uses a lot of orange and teal tones in his photos which is similar to my colour palette. His style is also very mordern compared to most other manipulation photographers. In the image below, i think it as an unsettiling vibe to it. The orange/red balloon adds a sort of “Penny-wiise” feeling to this image. I like this because it adds a sense of story for the viewer.

Tommy Ingberg

Tommy Ingberg is a multi-award winning photographer and visual artist. He was born 1980 in Sweden. He works with photography and digital image editing to create minimalistic and self-reflecting surreal photo montages dealing with human nature, feelings and thoughts. His work is represented in collections all over the world, from the National Museum of Photography in Colombia and the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. During the last eight years his work has won over 30 international awards.

Tommy’s work has such an “old fashioned” style, almost like his photos were taken in early1900. His manipulation photography is really interesting and quite a mystery. His images also have a dark melancholic look. I like these images due to the simplicity that Tommy has created. I really like the composition in the image above, it is simple but still interesting. I also like the black and white contrast beause I think it puts a moody atmosphere into the image. The two images also creates an unsettiling tone or vibe. Overall I really like the style of Tommy’s work.

Erik Johansson

Erik Johansson was born 1985. He is a photographer and visual artist from Sweden based in Prague, Czech Republic. His work can be described as surreal world created by combining different images. Erik works on both personal and commissioned projects with exhibitions and clients all around the world. within Erik’s photography the focus is on the story and the goal is to make it look as realistic as possible even if the scene itself contains impossible elements/events.

An obvious choice for this research but his photography is remarkable. Johansson’s skill in creating illusion images is phenomenal, and his photoshop skills are exceptionally good. Erik is a photographer as much as a retoucher which allows him to create anything you can imagine. The reasoning to me liking Erik’s images is his creativity. Every imahes has a different “story” and Erik’s imagination turned into real images is amazing. In the background of the image above, the electric guitar almost blends within the image. I only noticed it was surreal when i looked at the image for longer than 10 seconds. The metal strings from the guitar contrast really well into the power lines, making it look like the guitar actually fits into the scene.

Dariusz Klimczak

A polish photographer called Dariusz Klimczak composes dreamlike landscapes that show their surprise and weirdness. Dariusz Klimczak has been a professional photographer for 30 years, a few of which he spent creating photo manipulations. The artist prefers monochromatic (colours of a single hue.) images, where fantastic scenes look even more authentic and mystical at the same time when they’re black and white. The manipulations of the photographer's images open the door to his imaginative world where quirky characters bring a bleak desert to life. Everyday items contrast in odd compositions with animals or humans, conflicting with gravity and the other physical laws without which our common sense would collapse, Similar to Erik Johansson‘s work. His photos are surrealistic due to his artist montages. He says that the aim of his images is to use stories and universal symbols to move his viewers and force them to think or to simply crack a smile.

These images remind me of Tommy Ingberg’s style. They’re similar in a sense but still have their uniqueness. Dariusz’s images give off a very vintage look/mood. His work seems to inspire the atmosphere of the vast deserts in his photos, as do the stilt-walkers and other characters. These images seem to bend or break the laws of physics, but the fact that most of the images remain photo-realistic makes them all the more unsettling. I particularly liked the phone in the sand shot. The phones look like they represent “palm trees” dug into the sand. His work is really brilliant, unique, and innovative.

Riccardo Bagnoli

Riccardo Bagnoli is and Advertising Photographer and Film Director based in Milan. He has great experience also in Lifestyle and Portrait Photography, in fact he often shot italian and foreign celebrities. Riccardo was born in Florence in 1963 on April Fool’s day.

THe image above features surfers hatching from eggs, emphasising the coming out of the Sundek surf wear. i really like this image because it adds alot of mystery to the “characters” within the scene. i also like the moody look with the musty tones frmo the sand and mountain in the background. When looking at the second image the first thing that jumps out is the man breathing fire intothe big hot air balloon, due to the scale of it compared to everything else in the scene, he is shown to be at the foreground of the image, another thing that makes the subject stand out is the contrasting colours used like the dull, cold and moody background with the bright fire. I also believe that the cold and dull colours help to set a mood that contrasts the city below. I think that this image is showing excitement and fun.

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fuwenjunstudio · 5 years

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Fu Wenjun's Digital Pictorial Photography

Website: www.fuwenjun.com

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Fu Wenjun’s creative output can be summed up by his term Digital Pictorial Photography, which he uses to redefine the traditions found at the core of the photographic arts. By demonstrating the complementary relationship of photographs and other modes of artistic practice, Fu Wenjun transforms what may seem to be an inaccessible message into a highly approachable concept that can trigger critical thought about history and humanity.

Neighbors, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 140x1200cm 2009

Illusory Metamorphosis No.8, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 110x140cm, 2009-2011

Thought Reading No.2, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 110x140cm 2009-2011

350 B.C., Fu Wenjun, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 140x175cm, 2014-2015

Food Is the God of People, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 140x175cm, 2014-2015

Among the Clouds, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 140x175cm, 2014-2015

June Snow, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 100x100cm 2017-2018

Crying Osprey, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 100x100cm 2017-2018

Dubai Fish, Fu Wenjun, Digital Pictorial Photography, 100x100cm 2017-2018

EXHIBITIONS

2019, “Digital Brush: The Photographic Process of Fu Wenjun”, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China;

2018, “Is It Photography – Fu Wenjun Digital Pictorial Photography Solo Exhibition”,

Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, USA;

2017, “Introspection of Soul. Artistic Expression in the Digital Pictorial Photography of Wenjun Fu”, Museu Europeu de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain;

2017, “Harmony in Diversity --- Fu Wenjun’s Digital Painting Photography Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China;

2017, Esposizione Triennale di Arti Visive a Roma, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy;

2017, London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK;

2015, “Thoughtful Images --- Fu Wenjun’s Abstract Photography Exhibition”, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China;

2015, XVIII Bienal de Cerveira, Forum Cultural, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal;

2015, Nord Art 2015, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany;

2013, Voice of the Unseen Chinese Independent Art 1979/Today, collateral exhibition of Venice Art Biennale 2013, Arsenale, Venice, Italy.

AWARDS

2012, International Excellent Art Prize, World Chinese Arts General Meeting, China;

2014, First Prize of Digital Art of the 2nd International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Argentina, International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Argentina, Argentina;

2015, International Award “Lorenzo il Magnifico” of X Florence Biennale, Florence Biennale, Italy;

2016, “Visitors Chosen Artist” at Triennale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Triennale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Italy;

2018, Digital Art winner of Best Global Artist Awards, Global Art Awards, UAE.

PUBLICATIONS

2018, “Catalogo dell'Arte Moderna No.54”, Cairo Publishing, Italy;

2018, “Art Comes from Life”, Enid Parker, Khaleej Times – City Times 19April, 2018, the United Arab Emirates;

2018, “Carefully Managed Image: Photo Artist Explores Abstract Concepts to Create 3D Sculpture”, Deng Zhangyu, China Daily 1 July, 2018, China;

2017, “Fu Wenjun, fotografia e tradizione cinese”, Daniela Malabaila, BIANCOSCURO, Italy

2017, “Fu Wenjun, A Wind from Yesterday”, Clive Waring, Silvershotz, Issue April 2017, USA;

2016, “International Contemporary Masters XII”, Despina Tunberg, Thomas Tunberg, World Wide Art Books, the USA;

2015, “Most Important Modern and Contemporary Artists”, Salvatore Russo, EA Editore, Italy;

2013, “The Wiser’s Game, An Interpretation of New Works by Fu Wenjun”, Fu Wenjun, Art Gallery Magazine Issue 180, China.

RESIDENCY

2019, Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fu_wenjun/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fuwenjunstudio/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FuWenjunStudio

CONTACT

Website: www.fuwenjun.com

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

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