April 24 – June 8, 2024
Group exhibition curated by Ilaria Campioli and Daniele Luigi
PALAZZO DEI MUSEI
Via Spallanzani, 1 – Reggio Emilia
OPENING Thursday 24th April h. 7.30 pm
HOURS
24th April h. 8-11 pm
25th April h. 10 am-11 pm
27th April h. 10 am-11 pm
28th April h. 10 am-8 pm
From 1st May until 8th June
Friday, Saturday, Sunday h. 10 am–8 pm
SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
The topic of Giovane Fotografia Italiana #12 | Luigi Ghirri Award is BRIDGING
Twenty years ago the Mostar Bridge in Bosnia was reopened after long reconstruction works. A masterpiece of Ottoman engineering, once considered one of the most beautiful bridges in the world, Stari Most, also known as the Old Bridge, became a symbol of the civil war that tore the Balkans apart in the 1990s. Once reopened, it regained its function of connecting and bringing together the two sides of the city separated by the Neretva River. The rebuilt bridge thus became the promise, mostly unkept, of reconciliation and coexistence between peoples. And yet, the last twenty years have seen increasing divisions, factions and nationalisms, not only among the communities of the area, which appear more and more divided, but also among the majority of European countries.
In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche states “what is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal” or, in other words, a transition. It is also true that, in any form or configuration, whatever the action being taken, a bridge is first and foremost an infraction on nature’s constituted order, a potentially revolutionary device.
In this new edition of Young Italian Photography | Luigi Ghirri Award we wonder whether images can act as bridges. Can they perform a function of connection, of closeness, of dialogue and of care towards the outside world? Can they become a place and a space of solidarity, not only between the photographer and the subject, but also between the image and the viewer? How can this be activated? What value can they bring, not only in telling a story, but also in rebuilding, in bridging the gap between very different points of view, even on a personal level? What role can images play in a world full of questions and doubts, a world in which established institutions are more and more called into question?
THE PROJECT IS CARRIED OUT THANKS TO THE EUROPEAN FUNDS OF THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION
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