Culture through the lens: ctl - Meeting Photography

Selection of participants to the workshop "Perspectives for a cultural mediation"

2007-10-14T14:23:00.000-07:00

During the October 9th and 10th, 2007, the jury has reviewed all the requests of participation to the workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation” of the meeting “Culture through the lens”.

Seen the considerable number of requests, it was decided to select 15 participants to the workshop:

Matteo Brucoli
Mattia Burattin
Julian Athos Caggiano
Martina Dandolo
Anna Da Sacco
Fabio Di Evangelista
Emiliano Facchinelli
Jan Kliewer
Arif Mahmood
Sara Montin
Saúl Palma Cruz
Martin Rattini
Leandro Sabin Paz
Luciano Sansone
Elisa Zambelli

The selected participants are solicited to send a confirmation via email with the subject “confirmation of participation” to the address: martha.jimenez@cuartel.de

Culture through the lens - Meeting Photography

2007-09-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Presentation: ctl - Meeting Photography

2007-09-11T15:31:00.000-07:00

The meeting “Culture through the lens” proposes the photography from a documental perspective as an instrument for discovering, registering and presenting realities with the final purpose of a cultural mediation. The central matter is: “The role of both the photography and the photographer in culture mediation”. The objective is to create moments to reflect about the role of the photographer as cultural mediator and the photography as discourse, through direct contact and opinion exchange between persons who develop visual research through photography.

During the meeting, there will take place presentations and lectures offered by the invited experts to a public audience and the workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation” offered to a restricted audience, including a round table and the presentation and review of photographic portfolios.

Private Photoreview, Photographers without frontiers and the artist Olivo Barbieri will conform the meeting of the October 23rd, 2007, for a public audience. The participation of Olivo Barbieri will be moderated by Monica Demattè, curator and expert of contemporary art.

The purpose of the workshop is to plan and develop a photographic research along with the invited experts: Olivo Barbieri, Massimiliano Fusari, Rhodri Jones, Li Lang, Filippo Romano, Klavdij Sluban, Christopher Taylor e Luo Yongjin. It is possible to pre-register until October 8th, 2007, in order to participate. A total of 12 participants will be selected. The results of the workshop will conform a collective exhibition to be presented in 2008.

Culture through the lens: ctl - Meeting Photography, coordinated by the photographer Giovanni Melillo, is supported by FilmWork productions of Trento, and assisted by the curator and expert of contemporary art Monica Demattè.

All activities are for free. Translation to Italian will be offered.

“Culture through the lens” – Agenda 2007

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Tuesday morning
Atelier room SER-C 3.4
Workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation”

09:00 – 09:15
Welcome and introduction to the workshop “Culture through the lens”
Giovanni Melillo, coordinator.

09:15 – 10:00
“Photography as an instrument of cultural mediation – a historical sketch”
Dr. Gerhard Glüher (Germany)
Professor at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen
Language: English

10:00 – 10:15
Coffee break

Monica Dematté, curator and expert of contemporary art, gives an introduction to the photographers:

10:15 – 11:00
“Interventions of a photographer in the cities: site specific_”
Olivo Barbieri (Italy)

11:00 – 11:45
“Ten years of prisons photography”
Klavdij Sluban (France)
Language: English

11:15 – 12:30
“Tender Tribe: life of a spontaneous urban community”
Filippo Romano (Italy)

Lunch

Tuesday afternoon
Seminary room D103
Public meeting “Culture through the lens”

15:00 – 15:15
Welcome and introduction to the meeting
Giovanni Melillo, coordinator

15:15 – 15:45
“Photography as an instrument of cultural mediation – historical sketch”
Dr. Gerhard Glüher (Germany)
Lecturer at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen
Language: English

15:45 – 16:15
“The role of the photographer in cultural mediation”
Martha Jiménez Rosano (Mexico)
Social researcher

16:15 – 16:45
“A testimony from Nicaragua”
Saul Palma Cruz (Nicaragua), Photographers without frontiers
Photographer

16:45 – 17:00
Coffee break

17:00 – 17:30
“The role of the editor”
Veronique Poczobut (France), PRIVATE – International Review of Black and White Photographs and Texts
Photographer and writer

17:30 – 18:00
“The role of the curator”
Alain Jullien (France)
Art Director
Language: French with simultaneous translation in Italian

18:30 – 19:00
“Interventions of a photographer in cities: site specific_”
Dialog between Olivo Barbieri (Italy), artist and photographer, and Monica Dematté (Italy), curator and expert of contemporary art.

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Wednesday morning
Atelier room SER-C 3.4
Workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation”

09:00 – 09:15
Reflections and suggestions for further discussion

Monica Dematté, curator and expert of contemporary art, gives an introduction to the photographers:

09:15 – 10:00
“Yi community in Lingshan”
Li Lang (China)
Language: English

10:00 – 10:15
Coffee break

10:15 – 11:00
“Images and exploration”
Christopher Taylor (United Kingdom)
Language: English

11:00 – 11:45
“Points of view”
Luo Yongjin (China)

11:45 – 12:30
Dialog between Mo Yi (China), Zhou Qing (China) and Monica Dematté (Italy)

Lunch

Wednesday afternoon
Atelier room SER-C 3.4
Workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation”

15:00 – 15:45
“The sign and the grace”
Massimiliano Fusari (Italy)

15:45 – 17:45
Presentation of the projects by the participants

17:45 – 18:00
Coffee break

18:00 – 19:00
Discussion

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Thursday morning
Atelier room SER-C 3.4
Workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation”

09:00 – 9:15
Reflections and suggestions for further discussion
Giovanni Melillo, coordinator

09:15 – 10:00
Round table

10:00 – 10:15
Coffee break

10:15 – 12:30
Presentation of the participants’ portfolios

Lunch

Thursday afternoon
Atelier room SER-C 3.4
Workshop “Perspectives for a cultural mediation”

15:00 – 16:45
Definition of the projects production

16:45 – 17:00
Coffee break

17:00 – 19:00
Discussion
Definition of the guidelines for the creation of an exhibition in 2008
End of activities

On the Way to New Cultures

2007-08-28T15:30:00.000-07:00

“On the Way to New Cultures”: a project discovering ‘other’ cultures as well as those up-and-coming. On the Way to New Cultures

(Information taken from the official website of the Cultural Bureau of the Department of Italian Culture of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy).

ctl - Meeting Photography. Cultura attraverso la lente | Culture through the lens

2007-08-28T14:47:00.000-07:00