UNA ROVINA FUTURA
Selinunte, 2022
In the history of photography, many artists have been seduced by the allure of the ruin. Between pure documentation, personal history or visual investigation, however, most of the images produced often lack a tension with the present.
A Future Ruin is an exploration of the possibility of adding new levels of interpretation to an existing body of work, such as personal or public issues, aspects of form or content, based on the idea that all images are possible and that we cannot have total control over the creative process.
Photography is intended as a moment of creation that will only survive if contaminated by the present.
"Although a photograph is the result of a series of decisions, the visual experience of it doesn't come in words, we cannot explain it... it's personal and abstract, like a future ruin."
Project realised within the Master in Photography of the IUAV University, Venice.
Curated by
José Pedro Cortes
In collaboration with
Parco Archeologico di Selinunte
Exhibition photos courtesy of Marco Battezzati