ON THE VERGE | Seven young European photographers
Project Room | 4 November 2022 – 14 February 2023
On the Verge is the new exhibition opening at CAMERA in its Project Room. 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.
The European programme FUTURES (EPP – European Photography Platform) is a research platform on contemporary photography supported by the European Union and focused on mapping and supporting emerging authors beyond national borders.
In addition to CAMERA, the platform’s only Italian institution, the FUTURES partners are Bienal Fotografia, Porto; Centre Photographique Rouen, Normandy; Copenhagen Photo Festival; Der Greif, Munich; FOMU Fotomuseum, Antwerp; Fotodok, Utrecht; Fotofestiwal, Lodz; Fotogalleriet, Oslo; Fotograf Magazine, Prague; ISPP, Riga; Organ Vida, Zagreb; PHotoEspaña, Madrid; Photo Romania Festival, Cluj-Napoca; PhotoIreland, Dublin; Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest; Triennale der Photographie Hamburg; and Void (Athens).
FUTURES is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Eurokleis is a platform partner.