On the occasion of the 43rd International Festival of Rencontres d’Arles Photographie (02/07-23/09 2012), RM outlines its decennial course through an atelier exhibition at the Ateliers Electriques SNCF and with a dedicated book, not a simple catalogue but a visible and usable memory of the intercultural and multidisciplinary contributions marking this quest: a broad panorama of the most significant photographic works carried out by its present and graduate students as well as previously unpublished contributions from modern-day thinkers, critics and experts who have been closely involved in this adventure in fieri.
Monday, July 2nd (morning), Ateliers SNCF, av. Victor Hugo – Arles: inauguration of the exhibition “Atelier REFLEXIONS MASTERCLASS 2002 2012. Une aventure artistique Giorgia Fiorio, Gabriel Bauret”, by Gabriel Bauret and Giovanna Calvenzi.
On July 4th, Association du Méjan, Place Nina Berberova – Arles: presentation of the book
“REFLEXIONS MASTERCLASS 2002 PHOTOGRAPHIES 2012. Une aventure artistique / An artistic adventure”, published by Editions Actes Sud and available from July.
On July 5th, 10h30 Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Photographie de Arles – ENSP: meeting and discussion among RM current and veteran students and ENSP principals about future Reflexions Masterclass collaborative integration to the Arles school twinning the Venetian Università Ca’ Foscari.
EXHIBITION TECHNICAL FILE:
The exhibition is celebrating the ten years activity of Reflexions Masterclass founded by Giorgia Fiorio and unfolded over the years in collaboration with Gabriel Bauret. The exhibition conveys the spirit of this experience, centered on research and dialogue, in the exchange of cultures and visual sensitivity.
Two axes structure the space of the exhibition, articulating over two separated panels facing each other, the number ten marking the rhythm of the installation: an ensemble of photographs encompassing the visual transcription of ten THEMES assigned over ten years different sessions of Reflexions Masterclass and a selection of PERSONAL PROJECTS by ten photographers having participated in the masterclass since its creation in 2002. A total of some forty artists are represented here, among many more having participated and shared this same very unique adventure.
The trees symbol of Reflexions Masterclass will welcome from the outside the visitors towards a minimalist and sober ambulatory, a laboratory for creation and dialogue.
FAKE layout my project (Small Italy) n, 6 photos cm 12x 18 on passpartout frames of 3D f.to 60×60 cm
ARTISTS of Reflexions Masterclass :
Sue-Elie Andrade-Dé, Ying Ang, Salvatore Arnone, Martina Bacigalupo, Cemil Batur Gökçeer, Marc Beckmann, Guia Besana, Fabrizio Bonfanti, Loran, Marina Cavazza, Virginie Chibau Amati, Gianni Cipriano, Pierre Clauss, Melania Comoretto, Anne-Lise Cornet / Modi, Martin Cregg, Annalisa D’Angelo, Walter D’Ottavi, Laurie Dall’Ava, Sumit Dayal, Edouard De Pazzi, Daniele Domenico Delaini, Alexandra Demenkova, Giorgio Di Noto, Anna Di Prospero, Laura El-Tantawy, Torkil Faerø, Bruno Fert, Arianna Forcella, Simona Ghizzoni, Stefano Giogli, Federica Giorgetti, Sarah Girner, Nicolò Giudice, Chiara Goia, Hirotaka Hashimoto, Liz Hingley, Olga Hoffman, Yian Huang, Emilie Hudig, Marinde Hurenkamp, Alessandro Imbriaco, Ikuru Kuwajima, Minny Lee, Sean Lee, Annie Ling, Emile Loreaux, Sirio Magnabosco, Giovanni Melillo Kostner, Patrick Mourral, Francesco Patriarca, Pietro Paolini, Stefano Parrini, Alice Pavesi, Elena Perlino, Franco Pierno, Giovanni Presutti, Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine, Alisa Resnik, Marta Sarlo, Leslie Searles, Yusuf Sevinçli, Andy Spyra, Miki Soejima, Ali Taptik, Leah Tepper Byrne, Achilleas Tilegrafos, Gianfranco Tripodo, Gihan Tubbeh, Ayar Kuo Ukhkhan, Cristina Vatielli, Francesca Vergnano, Saana Wang.
Book Awards 2012, among the hundreds of books sent by the bigger publishers of photographic industry was also “L’unico eri Tu” my book by Ed. Postcart
USEFUL LOCATIONS AND CONTATCS:
Les Rencontres d’Arles Photographie, http://www.rencontres-arles.com/A11/Home
Ateliers Electriques SNCF, Avenue Victor Hugo, 13200 Arles
Actes Sud – Association du Méjan, Place Nina Berberova, 13633 Arles, +33 (0)4 90 49 86 91
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Photographie de Arles, 16 rue des Arènes, 13200 Arles, +33 (0)4 90 99 33 33
Reflexions Masterclass, www.reflexionsmasterclass.org
The book presents a broad panorama of the most significant photographic work carried out over the last ten years:
we have chosen to present a selection of long-term projects by 10 artists which alternate with the works based on 10 subjects (themes). Furthermore, ten institutional works, “IW”, can be viewed at the venues which have so far hosted Reflexions Masterclass seminar sessions all around Europe.
Beyond the wealth of approaches and its iconographic diversity, the book also features previously unpublished contributions from modern-day thinkers, critics and experts who have been closely involved in this multidisciplinary adventure, including Régis Debray, Jean-Luc Monterosso, Victor I. Stoichita, and many more, who presented the secret theme assigned to photographers and participated in the collective review conducted during the masterclass seminar sessions.
Publisher: Editions Actes Sud
Work concept: Giorgia Fiorio, Gabriel Bauret
Editorial coordination: Hélène Duci, Marie-Amélie Leroy
Graphics: Ilaria Crosta, Anne-Laure Exbrayat
19,6 x 25,5 cm
paper-backed
288 pages
215 photographies
available by July 2nd 2012