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| Foto Industria Bologna; Catalogue cover |
I
am honored to have been chosen by François Hébel to take part in Foto Industria
Bologna. Equally honored to be exhibiting my project Savoy | The Restoration
along side works of Brian Griffin, Jacqueline Hassink, Harry
Gruyaert, Gabriele Basilico, David Goldblatt, Massimo Siragusa, Mark Power, and
Henri Cartier Bresson
For the first Foto
Industria Bologna, an international event featuring around 15
exhibitions accompanied
by a catalogue and lecture.
Bologna's
outstanding historic heritage hosts the shows, which include prints, books
and projections. The
chance to explore its magnificent art and architecture is alone
worth the trip. The most
important private and public institutions, including the
university—the world's
oldest—are associated with the project.
My
work will be exhibited in the form of a projection and will take place at the Bastardini,
which is an ancient orphanage. I have been working on a new piece of music to
accompany the projection which sees the project evolve yet again...
This new
event is dedicated to corporate and industrial photography. There are 17
admission-free exhibitions in 11 historical venues of the Bolognese city from
October 3rd to 20th,
2013 - Bologna, Italy.
If
you are planning or in need of a break away this autumn; here is a fantastic
cultural and historical location.
www.siobhandoran.com
Further reading below;
Press Release - The Event
Ever since photography was invented in the 19th century, companies have used it for
the purposes of production, transmission, identification and memory. Many
photographers have been commissioned to take pictures for brochures, exhibitions or
Internet sites with the aim of promoting a brand image, instilling employees with pride
or making the portrait of a chairman. Photography has also spurred changes in
production methods by showing the inhumanity of certain tasks.
Manufacturing, often already a visual spectacle, is especially photogenic, with its fire,
transformative processes, astonishing scales and, more recently, security and high
technology.
Services pose a greater challenge to photographers, the only things to see being
offices, phones, computers and extras in suits or uniforms, which is the same thing.
Many in-house or freelance photographers have had to surpass themselves in a
world of limitations in order to tell stories, stir emotions and show how methods or
mentalities have changed.
Industrial photography relies more on the photographer's eye, creativity and
perception of places and people than does advertising, where images are
conceptualised in advance. That is why great photographers have worked on specific
projects, prestigious brochures, the illustration of annual financial reports and all sorts
of in-house and external communication. They have often depended on these kinds
of commissions for additional income but seldom boast about it, afraid it would harm
the perception people might have of their personal work. And yet they summon up
and apply the same sensibility.
The Isabella Seràgnoli Foundation created the Foto Industria Bologna to stimulate
thought about the aesthetic and strategic uses companies make of photography and
collect quality images in connection with the photo gallery that Urs Stahel is setting
up at MAST, its "Arts, Experimentation and Technology" exhibition space.
Northern Italy is one of Europe's most heavily industrialised areas. The pride of Italy's
mechanical engineering industry is located around Bologna, making this project even
more relevant.
The number of photography events is steadily rising, yet this huge sector, funded by
real production budgets, has never been the focus of an event showing the most
noteworthy work.
For the first Foto Industria Bologna, an international event featuring around 15
exhibitions accompanied by a catalogue and lectures, we have selected
photographers who have done brilliant work for companies, making it a significant
part of their output; remarkable collections of photographs and publications; and two
photography outsiders with different areas of concentration: miners and places of
power.
Bologna's outstanding historic heritage hosts the shows, which include prints, books
and projections. The chance to explore its magnificent art and architecture is alone
worth the trip. The most important private and public institutions, including the
university—the world's oldest—are associated with the project.
Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles is delighted to contribute its festival
design and organisational know-how on a city-wide scale for the first Foto Industria
Bologna, an event that is bound to grow.
François Hébel
Artistic Director, Foto Industria Bologna
Director, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles
Exhibition venues:
MAST GALLERY (starting on October 7th)
EX-OSPEDALE DEGLI INNOCENTI
FONDAZIONE DEL MONTE
MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO
MAMBO
PALAZZO PEPOLI
PINACOTECA
SANTA MARIA DELLA VITA
SEDE UNICREDIT
SPAZIO CARBONESI
UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
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