"In Cammino" per il Val Verzasca !
My project 257,5 mm, a do-it-yourself work on building shoes will be exhibited at the Verzasca Foto Festival ! Grazie milleand see you there !
Opening days from 5th to 8th September 2019
To walk is to fulfill a need, to have fun, to reflect and to observe. Sometimes you’re going somewhere, sometimes you’re going nowhere. In the dictionary, the verb “to walk” is defined as the act of moving—on foot—from one place to another.
Walking has two dynamism: the first one—physical—allows humans to move and explore, and the second one—meta- physical—brings them to a dimension of reflection and contemplation about space and time. To walk can be both physical and metaphysical at the same time.
Walking can be enjoyable and liberating (a nice stroll) or it can be necessary and vital (the escape to freedom and a better future). Walking—even when you get lost—feeds our sensibility and broadens our horizons: it allows us to get to know our surroundings, the people who inhabit it and ourselves. Along the way you might meet a vast array of people and places, each and every one of them with their own store of knowledge, emotions and beauty. Any of them can become a source of inspiration and impetus, which are essential to the creative process.
We all have been on our own paths and still are. This year the Verzasca Foto Festival aims to act as a crossroads for all the paths we’ve walked on, are walking on and will walk on in the future. This edition is dedicated to people in movement and the festival will become a place of inter- action and integration where we can share our stories and discover those of others thanks to the participation of photographers from all around the world. At the Verzasca Foto Festival photography is the pretext and the theme of reflection.
Other than its blacktop road, the Valle Verzasca also has a lot of known paths as well as still unexplored ones. We invite all of you to go ahead and walk along these paths, following your own rhythm, sensibility and curiosity. We also invite photographers, fans of the festival and everyone who’s passionate about photography to spend some of their time in Sonogno sharing moments and experiences. While you’re here, discover stories from far away as well as closer ones through our outdoors exhibitions, round tables, meeting points and the suggestive and immersive presentations and projections by talented photographers.
ARTISTS
Elena Anosova (RU) - Halik Azeez (LK) ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Isabelle Blanc (CH) - Thomas Brasey (CH)
Olga Cafiero (CH) ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Cesar Dezfuli (ES) - Andrea Ebener (CH) - Mohamed Keita (CI)
Yann Laubscher (CH) - Lisa Lurati (CH) - Alessia Olivieri (CH) - Ayline Olukman (FR) PHMUSEUM WOMEN GRANT - Alessia Rollo (IT) - Carlo Rusca (CH) - Arianna Sanesi (IT) - Malika Sqalli (MA) ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Maria Sturm (RO) - Roberto Tondopo (MX) - Diego Vidart (UY) - Marylise Vigneau (FR)
Thomas Weisskopf (CH) - Christian Werner (DE) - Patrick Wichert (GB) - Ruben Wyttenbach (CH)
Luca Zanetti (CH) - Jin Zhang (CN) ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE - Ana Zibelnik (SI) VERZASCA FOTO AWARD 2019