April 30 – June 14, 2026
Group exhibition curated by Ilaria Campioli and Daniele Luigi
PALAZZO DEI MUSEI
Via Spallanzani, 1 – Reggio Emilia
OPENING ON Thursday 30th April
HOURS
30th April h. 8-11 pm
1st may h. 10 am-11 pm
2nd may h. 10 am-11 pm
3rd may h. 10 am-8 pm
From 4th May until 14th June
Friday, Saturday, Sunday h. 10 am–8 pm
SHORTLISTED PROJECTS
susanna de vido
karim el maktafi
alice jankovic
cinzia laliscia
anie maki
eva rivas bao
federica torrenti
The topic of Giovane Fotografia Italiana #13 | Luigi Ghirri Award is VOICES
In her book When I Sing, Mountains Dance, Catalan writer Irene Solà tells the story of a small village in the Pyrenean mountains through a collective narrative that intertwines human and non-human voices: clouds, deer, a dog, mushrooms, as well as people who passed away, ghosts, spirits, and the mountain itself. Through constant shifts in perspective, Solà introduces us into a universe populated by invisible beings, leading us to the acknowledgment of loss and grief, and the perception of other ways of existing.
Since its origins, the photographic medium has been dealing with the invisible, capturing its traces through lights, marks, and presences that are not perceivable by the naked eye. Similarly to Solà’s writing, Photography also intertwines the visible and the invisible, what emerges and what disappears, and often invites us to conceive other ways of existing. It is no coincidence that, in the eyes of its early witnesses, photography long seemed magical, in its ability to evoke images and to present what is not there.
Nowadays, we live submerged in a constant flow of images and information, and we might think that photography and its technological developments cover and reveal the entire spectrum of reality. Yet, a large part of our world remains voiceless and invisible: people, other living and non-living beings, those who came before us and those who will come in the future. Let us ask ourselves: are there images that are able to evoke such missing voices?
THE PROJECT IS CARRIED OUT THANKS TO THE EUROPEAN FUNDS OF THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION
IN COLLABORATION WITH
