BITUME PHOTOFEST, 03 – 10 SEPTEMBER 2016 Bitume Photofest is composed by an outdoor exhibition with large format prints on plastic surfaces, displayed in the urban environment in public squares or historical buildings, to create an interesting itinerary both for photo-addicted and passers–by. In addition to the large format prints, Bitume features three exhibitions from Urban Layers: a group show of international …

PIER A/MAKEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORAY ART, 30 GIUGNO – 17 LUGLIO 2016 The URBAN LAYERS exhibition in Thessaloniki was presented at the same time with Another life: Human fllows / Unknown Odysseys, a photographic exhibition showed inside the Museum with the images by most important greek photo reporters, about migration to Greece and from there to North European countries. In …

MALAGA, BARRIO DE LAGUNILLAS, 14 – 29 MAGGIO 2016 The first of the URBAN LAYERS photography festivals took place in Málaga from 14 to 29 May 2016. The exhibition installations were located in the Lagunillas district, a zone immediately adjacent to the city centre, which has been considered for long time as a marginal area characterized by significant critical urban …

Along with the work installations by Adrian Paci and with the projects created during the residency in Gibellina, the program of the festivals involves the exhibition of the images by 10 photographers, also selected under an international call. The exhibition of these works is realized with different materials and arrangements depending on the choices made by the artistic direction of …

The exhibition facilities for the presentation in public spaces were realized with the collaboration of students coming from the Architecture School of Málaga, through a series of dedicated workshops. The aim was to define an exhibition space able to guarantee the best solution for public use: highlighting works in the urban complex without isolating them defining a space designed ad …

Federica Bardelli (Italy, 1987), Alex Piacentini (Italy, 1985) TIME+HORIZONS Federica Bardelli and Alex Piacentini use the images recorded by the webcams coming from the Mediterranean coasts for their project. They recreate through these images a long horizon which moves clockwise, from Gibraltar to Morocco. The technique used to realize each individual image is the split-scan, which makes simultaneously visible, side …

GIBELLINA, APRIL 2016 The residency was held in Gibellina, a symbol for contemporary art, located in the heart of Sicily, in the geographic and symbolic centre of the Mediterranean, which today has turned from a place of encounter and dialogue among cultures to an impassable border and a place of humanitarian tragedies. The artists were selected through an international call …