Guardare l’utopia

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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)
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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 and Doruk Kumkumolu
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ECAL/Igor Pjörrt
ECAL/Anja Karolina Furrer
ECAL/Anja Karolina Furrer

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ECAL/Gedvile Tamosiunaite and Jelly Luise
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ECAL/Robin Bervini and Christian Harker
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ECAL/Emidio Battipaglia, Philipp Klak and Doruk Kumkumolu
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ECAL/Johanna Hullár
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