Guardare l’utopia

Utopia is invisible; only utopians can see it. A class of 12 students from the Photography Master at the ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne, in residence at Casa Corti in Pellio, Val d’Intelvi (Italy), elaborated the concepts of utopia and community. Identifying the malaise of a generation trapped in social networks, confused between reality and the virtual sphere, and in need of establishing new values, the group developed a range of different strategies: morning meditation sessions, walks to Monte Generoso, shared meals and discussions to produce photographs and videos which, while gradually shifting away from reality, reach imaginary dimensions that oscillate between utopia and dystopia, figuration and abstraction. --- Students Emidio Battipaglia Robin Bervini Jasmine Deporta Anja Karolina Furrer Alessia Gunawan Christian Harker Johanna Hullár Philipp Klak Doruk Kumkumoglu Jelly Luise Igor Pjörrt Gedvile Tamosiunaite Curator Milo Keller Assistants Florian Amoser Calum Douglas Graphic Design Nicolas Polli biennaleimmagine.ch https://casacorti.org/

Workshop (2019)

Assistants: Florian Amoser, Calum Douglas

Utopia is invisible; only utopians can see it. A class of 12 students from the Photography Master at the ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne, in residence at Casa Corti in Pellio, Val d’Intelvi (Italy), elaborated the concepts of utopia and community. Identifying the malaise of a generation trapped in social networks, confused between reality and the virtual sphere, and in need of establishing new values, the group developed a range of different strategies: morning meditation sessions, walks to Monte Generoso, shared meals and discussions to produce photographs and videos which, while gradually shifting away from reality, reach imaginary dimensions that oscillate between utopia and dystopia, figuration and abstraction.

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Students
Emidio Battipaglia
Robin Bervini
Jasmine Deporta
Anja Karolina Furrer
Alessia Gunawan
Christian Harker
Johanna Hullár
Philipp Klak
Doruk Kumkumoglu
Jelly Luise
Igor Pjörrt
Gedvile Tamosiunaite

Curator
Milo Keller

Assistants
Florian Amoser
Calum Douglas

Graphic Design
Nicolas Polli

biennaleimmagine.ch

https://casacorti.org/

Exhibition view (Pellio)

Exhibition view (Pellio)

Exhibition view (Pellio)

Exhibition view (Pellio)

Exhibition view (Pellio)

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Exhibition view (Chiasso)

Exhibition view (Chiasso)

Exhibition view (Chiasso)

Exhibition view (Chiasso)

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ECAL/Gedvile Tamosiunaite and Jelly Luise

ECAL/Gedvile Tamosiunaite and Jelly Luise

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ECAL_EMIDIO_BATTIPAGLIA_PHILIPP_KLAK_Doruk Kumkumolu_1.jpg — ECAL/Emidio Battipaglia, Philipp Klak and Doruk Kumkumolu

ECAL_Igor_Pjörrt.jpg — ECAL/Igor Pjörrt

ECAL/Anja Karolina Furrer

ECAL/Anja Karolina Furrer

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ECAL/Gedvile Tamosiunaite and Jelly Luise

ECAL/Robin Bervini and Christian Harker

ECAL_EMIDIO_BATTIPAGLIA_PHILIPP_KLAK_Doruk Kumkumolu_2.jpg — ECAL/Emidio Battipaglia, Philipp Klak and Doruk Kumkumolu

ECAL_Johanna_Hullár_3.jpg — ECAL/Johanna Hullár

ECAL/Jasime Deporta

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