Transcendence
While since the dawn of time humans have relied on divine destiny, science recently made us realise how much our daily choices are defining our future world. Faced with the dilemma of losing our immediate comfort or our lasting well-being provided by our ecosystems, we could then wonder which path are we going to choose. How can we improve our resilience ? Should we still believe that technology is going to save us ? Or should we just opt for degrowth ? How are we going to achieve a form of transcendence with the living world surrounding us? Combining personal narratives and landscape metamorphoses observations, Transcendence investigates different ways to be resilient by addressing topics such as alternative habitats, new technologies, low-tech, emerging communities, eco-feminism, finite resources and biodiversity preservation. Inspired by the photographer own doubts and reflexions, this project aims to depict a young generation lost between eco-anxiety and the desire to initiate deep changes. Through her camera lens, Cinzia Romanin’s glance invites to slow down, look around and reflect on our current and future decision impacts.
Project presented in Giovane Fotografia Italiana 11 | Contaminations
BIO
Cinzia Romanin
(b. Bruxelles, 1995)
Cinzia Romanin (b. Bruxelles, 1995) is a Belgian and Italian visual artist who graduated in architecture before continuing her studies at the Venice school of photography. Highly influenced by this specific background, her photographic work is characterised by a particular interest in ecological, social and territorial dimensions. Through the lens of her analog large format camera used as a slow and social medium, her glance immerses us in a sensitive and committed universe to reconsider tomorrow’s world issues. Cinzia Romanin’s work has been exhibited at Valerie Traan gallery, Arsenal Pavilion of Paris, Ghent Design Museum, Z33 Art Center, 254Forest gallery, Diaphane Photo Center, Braga’s Encontros Da Imagem festival and PhMuseum Days festival. She has also been a finalist in such awards as PEP News Talents 2023 and Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award 2023.