Ex Novo. Digestioni a catena is part of the program of the side events taking place during the PhotoVogue Festival.
The Art Side department of the Istituto Italiano di Fotografia presents "Ex Novo. Chain Digestions," an interdisciplinary project conceived by photographer Giuseppe Laera and artist Luigi Notarnicola. Through various stimuli, this project guides the exploration of a process aimed at assimilating and reinterpreting cultural proposals, particularly focusing on reflecting on the identity of the human being and how culture makes them unique.
The exhibition delves into the delicate transition occurring between the act of creativity and its assimilation by the audience. This process is not always immediate and obvious but, in this showcase, becomes an artwork in itself. The exhibition proposal carries out a true "practice" that transforms the consumer of creative work into a transmitter of content through personal elaboration, which, in some cases, leads into a transfiguration of the message before it is even presented to the audience.
“Ex Novo. Digestioni a catena” undertakes a similarity between nourishment through culture and digestion as a biological process in which the chain of nutritional principles in food are broken down in order to create energy.
Giuseppe Laera and Luigi Notarnicola investigate into Antonio Tagliarini s performance "Un andatura un po storta ed esuberante. Emersione n.1," first presented at the Lazzaretto Foundation as part of the FOG Festival - Triennale Teatro Milano. They offer their interpretation through photography, video, installations, and sounds capable of crafting a visual narrative that outlines its symbolic core.
“Ex Novo. Digestioni a catena”
Artists: Giuseppe Laera and Luigi Notarnicola
Opening November 17, 18:30
November 17 - November 19 2023
Monday to Friday | 9.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
Free entrance
Istituto Italiano di Fotografia
via Enrico Caviglia 3
20139, Milano
Here the complete list of the other side events taking place in the same days of the Festival.
- Cfp Bauer. “Is this Water”. Curated by the professors and the students of the school.
- Condominio. “Twin Spark”. Curated by Giulia Restifo and Alessandro Calabrese . Artists: Anca Adina Bettega, Matteo Capriotti, Caterina Dondi, and Francesca Rossi.
- Armani/Silos. "Guy Bourdin: Storyteller". Curated by Giorgio Armani and the Guy Bourdin Estate.
- Leica Galerie. “James’ House” and “Hunting Heart”. Artists: Jacob and Sara Aue Sobol. Curated by Maurizio Beucci and Claudio Composti.
- Micamera. “Swim Till I Sank”. Artist: Gabriele Stabile.
- Perimetro. “MATCH!”. An experimental workshop curated by Perimetro Learn.
- Podbielski Contemporary. “Mirabilia”. Artist: Silvia Camporesi.
- 29 Arts in Progress. “Michel Haddi: Beyond Fashion”.
- Palazzo Reale. “JIMMY NELSON. Humanity”. Curated by Nicolas Ballario and Federica Crivellaro.
- Still Fotografia. "Giorgio Galimberti: alchimia dell’ombra". Curated by Alessandro Curti.
- Monica De Cardenas Gallery. “Stephan Balkenhol” .
PhotoVogue Festival is a project directed by Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue) and co-curated by Francesca Marani (Senior Photo Editor, Vogue Italia), Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Editor, Writer and Curator), Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo (Content Operations Strategy Manager, Condé Nast) and Caterina De Biasio (Visual Editor, PhotoVogue)
