Steve Bisson
Steve Bisson

Exhibition:
'Lanzarote. Exegesis of a landscape'
Willy Vecchiato, Antoine Séguin, and Ziyah Gafić

October, 2020

The exhibition 'Lanzarote. Exegesis of a Landscape' presents the works of Willy Vecchiato and Antoine Séguin, along with the documentary film 'Lanzarote, Jardín de Cactus', directed by Ziyah Gafić. The exhibition is the second event of the program, which intends to emphasize distinct ways of interpreting and critically representing landscapes in the contemporary world, both through visual languages ​​and editorial media.
In Willy Vecchiato's project, Lanzarote is a landscape of origins. Here, the essential force of nature reigns supreme. The hand of the sun gives shape and concreteness to the gaze. The absence of light is darkness: a deaf fear. Lanzarote is a hymn to the elements that found the earth, the raison d'être of the senses on which fragile human intentions lean. Ancient wills engraved on stone and destined for oblivion. Lanzarote is an epistème and the very duration of the primordial substance—life, in which the sacred and the profane mix in a dream of eternity.
Antoine Séguin's linocuts have depth and texture. The subjects: rocks, landscapes, plants… all-natural, but imperfect. A choice of technique that recalls the roughness of the rock and the irregularity of the surfaces. Engraving and digging into dark matter allows light to emerge as a significant drawing.

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Exhibition:
'Lanzarote. Exegesis of a landscape'
Willy Vecchiato, Antoine Séguin, and Ziyah Gafić

October, 2020

The exhibition 'Lanzarote. Exegesis of a Landscape' presents the works of Willy Vecchiato and Antoine Séguin, along with the documentary film 'Lanzarote, Jardín de Cactus', directed by Ziyah Gafić. The exhibition is the second event of the program, which intends to emphasize distinct ways of interpreting and critically representing landscapes in the contemporary world, both through visual languages ​​and editorial media.
In Willy Vecchiato's project, Lanzarote is a landscape of origins. Here, the essential force of nature reigns supreme. The hand of the sun gives shape and concreteness to the gaze. The absence of light is darkness: a deaf fear. Lanzarote is a hymn to the elements that found the earth, the raison d'être of the senses on which fragile human intentions lean. Ancient wills engraved on stone and destined for oblivion. Lanzarote is an epistème and the very duration of the primordial substance—life, in which the sacred and the profane mix in a dream of eternity.
Antoine Séguin's linocuts have depth and texture. The subjects: rocks, landscapes, plants… all-natural, but imperfect. A choice of technique that recalls the roughness of the rock and the irregularity of the surfaces. Engraving and digging into dark matter allows light to emerge as a significant drawing.

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Steve Bisson

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

 

• Contacts

Facebook / Instagram / info@stevebisson.com

• Teaching
As an educator, Steve Bisson taught photography and visual arts at various academic institutions. His teaching style is characterized by a combination of practical and theoretical approaches, aiming to stimulate creativity in students and deepen their understanding of the cultural and social dynamics associated with photography. In 2016, in collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis, he co-founded Blurring the Lines, an academic network that fosters talent and dialogue in the visual realm. In 2018, Steve Bisson joined Paris College of Art as adjunct faculty and has since then taught in different courses in the Masters of Art (MA) / Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and Image Making, Masters of Art (MA) in Fashion Film & Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography. In 2022 he was appointed Chair of  Photography Department, and since then directing activities.

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.

• Curator
Steve Bisson has curated a wide range of initiatives, including hundreds of exhibitions, festivals, workshops, and events, while exploring contemporary social and cultural themes, as well as civic participatory approaches. Since 2020, he has been the Art Director of Lab27, a cultural centre in Italy, where he advocates for visual literacy.

• Publications
Steve Bisson is the chief-editor of 'Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes', an international editorial platform focused on contemporary photography with a strong emphasis on themes related to visual anthropology, urbanism, and social sciences.

In 2017 he founded the publishing house Penisola Edizioni.

Bisson also contributed to countless texts, books, studies, magazines, juries.

• Education
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura – IUAV of Venice, Italy (2002), and MBA from Kansas University, USA (2004).

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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico

Steve Bisson

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

 

• Contacts

Facebook / Instagram / info@stevebisson.com

• Teaching
As an educator, Steve Bisson taught photography and visual arts at various academic institutions. His teaching style is characterized by a combination of practical and theoretical approaches, aiming to stimulate creativity in students and deepen their understanding of the cultural and social dynamics associated with photography. In 2016, in collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis, he co-founded Blurring the Lines, an academic network that fosters talent and dialogue in the visual realm. In 2018, Steve Bisson joined Paris College of Art as adjunct faculty and has since then taught in different courses in the Masters of Art (MA) / Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and Image Making, Masters of Art (MA) in Fashion Film & Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography. In 2022 he was appointed Chair of  Photography Department, and since then directing activities.

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.

• Curator
Steve Bisson has curated a wide range of initiatives, including hundreds of exhibitions, festivals, workshops, and events, while exploring contemporary social and cultural themes, as well as civic participatory approaches. Since 2020, he has been the Art Director of Lab27, a cultural centre in Italy, where he advocates for visual literacy.

• Publications
Steve Bisson is the chief-editor of 'Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes', an international editorial platform focused on contemporary photography with a strong emphasis on themes related to visual anthropology, urbanism, and social sciences.

In 2017 he founded the publishing house Penisola Edizioni.

Bisson also contributed to countless texts, books, studies, magazines, juries.

• Education
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura – IUAV of Venice, Italy (2002), and MBA from Kansas University, USA (2004).

—
Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico

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