March 2024
Presentation Tuesday March 19th, 4 to 8 pm,
Book display and presentation of the Shibboleth project with Allegra Baggio Corradi and Elisa Mapelli
Shibboleth is a nonprofit arts organization with publishing at its core. Shibboleth is also the first chapter of Emic Units, a series about the migration of ideas exploring how far the confines of meaning can be stretched geographically, historically, metaphorically and visually.On Tuesday afternoon we’ll have the chance to talk with Allegra and Elisa about the various facets of this organization and enjoy the first publications they have produced.The bo
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March 2024
Presentation Wednesday March 27th, 7 pm,
Yes to All – a photographic investigation on the anthropization of the Alps by Mattia Micheli and Nicolò Panzeri, published by Emergenze Publishing. With Mattia Micheli and Antonio Brizioli
Many have photographed the Alps in search of naturalism, tradition, wilderness, and purity. These concepts belong more to the imaginary mythology of the mountains than to the current anthropological dimension, which is full of contradictions and habits that damn well resemble those of the rest of the world.The ultimate symbol of wild, unspoiled nature, this vast and inaccessible territory was for a long time exempt from the typical realities of the capitalist system
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March 2024
ExhibitionPresentation Friday 5 April, 7 pm,
Ta-ra by Sebastián Bruno, published by Ediciones Anómalas
“From the bar I watch a man in his sixties who has just walked in. He is wearing a shabby suit and sunglasses that are too small for his face. Without saying a word, he makes his way to the makeshift stage. He picks up the microphone. The few people in the bar remain oblivious to the scene, their eyes fixed on their half-finished pints. The music starts. These photographs were made between 2013 and 202
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March 2024
Workshop Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April, from 10 am to 6 pm,
An introduction to the use of flash around Pigneto, with Sebastián Bruno
The workshop held by Sebastián Bruno is both a practical and theoretical one: the participants will work on their personal approach and on different strategies to create portraits in everyday settings, indoors and outdoors, through a series of exercises where the playful aspect takes center stage.
After a first part devoted to examples of the various possibilities of using flash, followed by a more strictly technical introduction, Sebastian will conduct a se
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March 2024
Workshop 28 July - 4 August 2024,
about photobooks with Chiara Capodici, Juanjo Justicia – Underbau, Israel Ariño and Clara Gassull
Returning to La Babuch is now a ritual and a joy, the kind that reminds us why we like photography and photo books so much, and especially working on their design.Conceived as a space for intense theoretical and practical reflection, the workshop presents itself as an opportunity to broaden our knowledge of photo book design, at a historical, conceptual, narrative, technical and production level.We will review all the fundamental aspects of designin
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March 2024
Presentation Friday March 15th, 7 pm,
AS IF—16 Dialogues about Sheep, Black Holes, and Movement a book by Lungomare, curated by Angelika Burtscher and Daniele Lupo, published by Spector Books. With Angelika Burtscher and Daniele Lupo, together with Nasrin Mohiti Asli and Juan López Cano – orizzontale, Cecilia Canziani and Erika Mayr. In collaboration with IUNO
The reader AS IF—16 Dialogues about Sheep, Black Holes, and Movement is a study about our lives that starts from the urgent desire to change it and imagine a different future through artistic and creative practices. Edited by Angelika Burtscher and Daniele Lupo, founders and artistic directors of the Lungomare platform for cultural production and design, the book is structured into sixteen conversations where dialogue is adopted as the main form of relationship tha
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