On the Verge

Artists: Cian Burke, Mark Duffy, Pauline Hisbacq, Julia Klewaniec, Alice Pallot, Daniel Szalai, Ugo Woatzi

On the Verge is the new exhibition opening at CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia in Turin from November 4, 2022 to January 8, 2023. It features a group show investigating the major themes of our time, comprising over 70 works produced by seven young photographers selected from the FUTURES Photography network, of which CAMERA is the only Italian representative in a network of some 20 European partners.

The projects featured by Cian Burke (Ireland, 1978), Mark Duffy (Ireland, 1981), Pauline Hisbacq (France, 1980), Julia Klewaniec (Poland, 1996), Alice Pallot (France, 1995), Daniel Szalai (Hungary, 1991) and Ugo Woatzi (France, 1991) tell personal and collective stories concerning conflicts, struggles for gender equality, food and ecological sustainability, and the rise of populism and nationalism throughout Europe. At the same time, from an aesthetic point of view and in terms of photographic languages, these works represent the most innovative and relevant experiences in the current European photography panorama.

On the Verge is part of the rich programme of the Annual Event proposed every year by the European FUTURES platform, and that this year will be held in Italy, in Turin. From November 4 to 6, CAMERA will in fact be the headquarters of an intense calendar of activities involving not only 100 young photographers and artists and 20 curators from all over Europe, but also international guests such as artists Laia Abril (Spain), Tayio Onorato and Nico Krebs (Switzerland) and Max Pinckers (Belgium), and the curators Julija Reklaitė (Lithuania, director of Rupert, Vilnius) and Krzysztof Candrowicz (Poland, curator of CICLO Biennial in Porto, Portugal) who will be tutors of the educational programme reserved for FUTURES artists and protagonists of the talks open to the public in CAMERA’s Gymnasium. To complete the programme of meetings on photography and the contemporary image, an appointment will be held at Artissima with Irene Fenara (artist), Salvatore Vitale (artistic director of FUTURES) as well as Giangavino Pazzola (project coordinator and CAMERA curator) and Walter Guadagnini (CAMERA director) as speakers. Finally, this three-day event will feature numerous aperitifs, DJ sets and music, all under the banner of contemporary photography and visual research.

Exhibition curated by Giangavino Pazzola, with the support of Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen and Marta Szymańska.