Giovanni Presutti simulates a digital parody that lists, alters, and transforms imaginary personal profiles that mix fictitious and role identities. Like a demiurge, he makes a metamorphosis that orders and turns primitive chaos into an explicit editorial message through a precise performance action. He describes this obsessive need for popularity and success that hides a disguised addiction. His intention is clear, evident, almost palpable. The purchase invoice with which everything begins turns into an image of the book. The flat dimension of the screen gradually becomes three-dimensional through imperceptible interventions that draw attention to the attitude of the observers, which is often passive. Presutti plays with perception and makes fun of common sense while revealing a social lexicon pulled out of its context by stripping down its features and making it even less plausible. The simultaneous presence of all the events in the world and the monstrous flow of data destroy our ability to memorize them and inhibit our critical reaction power. We can now use symbols like smiles, hearts, and comments that are useless, fake, mediocre, bizarre, and limited. We are helpless, dazed, and addicted to the prevalence of communication possibilities over content. Reality loses its nuances, its depth, and its importance. Good and evil look just the same.
Giovanni Presutti
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Giovanni Presutti simulates a digital parody that lists, alters, and transforms imaginary personal profiles that mix fictitious and role identities. Like a demiurge, he makes a metamorphosis that orders and turns primitive chaos into an explicit editorial message through a precise performance action. He describes this obsessive need for popularity and success that hides a disguised addiction. His intention is clear, evident, almost palpable. The purchase invoice with which everything begins turns into an image of the book. The flat dimension of the screen gradually becomes three-dimensional through imperceptible interventions that draw attention to the attitude of the observers, which is often passive. Presutti plays with perception and makes fun of common sense while revealing a social lexicon pulled out of its context by stripping down its features and making it even less plausible. The simultaneous presence of all the events in the world and the monstrous flow of data destroy our ability to memorize them and inhibit our critical reaction power. We can now use symbols like smiles, hearts, and comments that are useless, fake, mediocre, bizarre, and limited. We are helpless, dazed, and addicted to the prevalence of communication possibilities over content. Reality loses its nuances, its depth, and its importance. Good and evil look just the same.
Giovanni Presutti
urbanauticainstitute.com (bookshop)
urbanautica.com (review)
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