As a preview for FotoForum in Bolzen, the photographer Vincenzo Pagliuca presents a selection of 31 photographs taken in South Tyrol between 2018 and 2021. The exhibition includes a text of mine which briefly introduces its horizon. Vincenzo Pagliuca explores this heritage's educational value, which has its roots in a dramatic chapter in the history of Europe and the potential metamorphoses in the future. From the organic one that leaves to nature the task of hiding the tragedy in the vegetal oblivion of time to that of the Promethean will that bends even the bunkers to new functions, new life, to an end that is always and wholly human. And more, the conservation, which manifests architectural elements and enhances their beauty as a heroic act, up to the bunkers as they are, with no upper hand over history but hard memory and, therefore, meditation.
As a preview for FotoForum in Bolzen, the photographer Vincenzo Pagliuca presents a selection of 31 photographs taken in South Tyrol between 2018 and 2021. The exhibition includes a text of mine which briefly introduces its horizon. Vincenzo Pagliuca explores this heritage's educational value, which has its roots in a dramatic chapter in the history of Europe and the potential metamorphoses in the future. From the organic one that leaves to nature the task of hiding the tragedy in the vegetal oblivion of time to that of the Promethean will that bends even the bunkers to new functions, new life, to an end that is always and wholly human. And more, the conservation, which manifests architectural elements and enhances their beauty as a heroic act, up to the bunkers as they are, with no upper hand over history but hard memory and, therefore, meditation.
Steve Bisson is an educator, curator, and writer. He is the Chair of Photography at the Paris College of Art and co-founder of the international program Blurring the Lines, which fosters intra-academic dialogue and recognizes outstanding graduate work in photography and visual arts. He is also the founder of the Urbanautica Institute, an online visual anthropology journal that has become a key reference for scholars and photography enthusiasts. Bisson serves as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni, and art director of Lab27, a cultural center dedicated to promoting exhibitions and fostering public discourse on issues at the intersection of image-making, photography, and society.
He has curated over a hundred events, including exhibitions and festivals, and has authored countless writings and publications, collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide, and spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.
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Steve Bisson has also been delivering lectures, mentoring, and collaborating extensively with leading cultural and educational institutions around the world for the past 15 years.
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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico
Steve Bisson is an educator, curator, and writer. He is the Chair of Photography at the Paris College of Art and co-founder of the international program Blurring the Lines, which fosters intra-academic dialogue and recognizes outstanding graduate work in photography and visual arts. He is also the founder of the Urbanautica Institute, an online visual anthropology journal that has become a key reference for scholars and photography enthusiasts. Bisson serves as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni, and art director of Lab27, a cultural center dedicated to promoting exhibitions and fostering public discourse on issues at the intersection of image-making, photography, and society.
He has curated over a hundred events, including exhibitions and festivals, and has authored countless writings and publications, collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide, and spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.
• Coaching and Portfolio Review
Go to Coaching and Portfolio Review page
Steve Bisson has also been delivering lectures, mentoring, and collaborating extensively with leading cultural and educational institutions around the world for the past 15 years.
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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico