Ropes/Corde

In the CHIOSTRI DI SAN DOMENICO, the exhibition Ropes/Corde displays the photographs of Fabrizio Albertini, Silvia Bigi, Emanuele Camerini, Marta Giaccone, Luca Marianaccio, Iacopo Pasqui and Jacopo Valentini, the seven winners of the call by Giovane Fotografia Italiana, a project dedicated to Italian under 35 artists, now in its seventh edition. The photographers, selected by a jury composed of the curators of the exhibition – Ilaria Campioli, Daniele De Luigi, Carine Dolek and Shoair Mavlian – reflect on the theme Ropes/Corde in line with the fil rouge of this year’s Fotografia Europea, understood as a metaphor for different types of bond: as a symbol of union and an instrument to escape, but also as obstacle, hindrance and imprisonment.

Giovane Fotografia Italiana is promoted by the Comune of Reggio Emilia, GAI - Association for the Young Italian Artists Networks in collaboration with Fetart - Circulation(s), Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne of Paris, Photoworks - Brighton Photo Festival, Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts - Festival Panoràmic, Granollers (Barcelona), with the contribution of the Region Emilia-Romagna, Emilia-Romagna Creativa and Reire srl.

The Chiostri di San Domenico also host Scatta la cultura, a display of the winning photographs in the competition launched by the Region Emilia-Romagna, with the regional MiBAC secretariat for Emilia-Romagna, the Natural Cultural Heritage Institute Emilia-Romagna, the Comune of Reggio Emilia, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani, Fotografia Europa and Fiaf Emilia-Romagna. Around 40 of the 4,000 and more photographs uploaded on Tourer (the database of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities) narrate through citizens’ eyes the beauties of architectural heritage and the changes of landscape in Emilia-Romagna.