Franceso Francaviglia Pop-up Foto Studio

Francesco Francaviglia Pop-up Photostudio und Meet-the-artist am 19.04.2019

(English translation below)

Wir freuen uns, im April den Künstler und Fotografen Francesco Francaviglia bei uns im Buchladen zu Gast zu haben. Der ausgebildete Cellist ist ein namhafter und mehrfach ausgezeichneter sizilianischer Fotograf mit internationalem Fokus. In seinem künstlerischen Wirken arbeitete er unter anderem mit Marina Abramovic, Patti Smith, Edouard Louis oder Lindsay Kamp zusammen und hatte mehrfach die Ehre, den italienischen Präsidenten Sergio Mattarella zu fotografieren. Seine sozialen Projekte, Portrait-Fotografien von Künstlern, Intellektuellen und Politikern ebenso wie Interviews mit ihm wurden in italienischen und internationalen Zeitungen und Zeitschriften veröffentlicht und in Solo-Ausstellungen in Gallerien und Museen ausgestellt.

Noch bis zum 28. April 2019 installiert er im Buchladen Eisenherz für sein neues Projekt, das sich fundamentalen menschlichen Sinnesempfindungen widmet, sein Pop-up Photostudio. „My Pop-up photo studio will be the starting point for a new transnational and transcultural adventure“, beschreibt der Künstler und erläutert das besondere daran: „It is where I will create extremely personal and emotional photographic experiences with courageous individuals that want to explore their inner true nature with me. The experience, result of a certain method I apply together with them, will be all about liberation and the personal freedom of those individuals. This includes liberation from categories, freedom from restrictive stereotyped thinking, even freedom for whatever kinds of kinks. The result of each emotional experience (in the „red room“) will be a portrait of yourself like you haven‘t seen yourself before.“

Sein Pop-up-Fotostudio in Berlin ist Ausgangspunkt für die Projektarbeit an weiteren internationale Standorten, darunter etwa Ibiza, San Francisco oder Bangkok. Das Projekt mündet in eine Ausstellung einer so noch nicht gesehenen Zusammenstellung mutiger Freigeister aus der ganzen Welt. 

Meet the Artist:

Anlässlich seines Photostudios laden wir am Freitag, 15.00 Uhr zum Auftakt des Osterwochenendes in Berlin herzlich zu einem Meet-the-artist-Abend mit Francesco Francaviglia ein. Bei einem kleinen Sektempfang und Snacks gibt es die Möglichkeit, mehr über das Projekt zu erfahren und sich direkt mit dem Künstler auszutauschen.

Mehr Informationen und booking: www.francescofrancaviglia.com

Instagram: @francescofrancaviglia

Eintritt: frei

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Francesco Francaviglia Pop-up Photostudio and Meet-the-artist eve on 19th April 2019

We are happy to welcome the artist and photographer Francesco Francaviglia as guest in our book store. The studied cellist is a renowned and awarded Sicilian photographer with international focus, who among others has worked with Marina Abramovic, Patti Smith, Edouard Louis or Lindsay Kemp and repeatedly had the honor of photographing the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. His social projects, portraits of artists, intellectuals or politicians as well as his interviews have been published in Italian and international newspapers, magazines and have been presented in solo exhibitions in galleries and museums.

For his new project, which focuses on the fundamental human sensorial sensations, he creates his pop-up photo studio in our book store until 28th of April 2019. „My Pop-up photo studio will be the starting point for a new transnational and transcultural adventure“, the artist describes and points out its intention: „It is where I will create extremely personal and emotional photographic experiences with courageous individuals that want to explore their inner true nature with me. The experience, result of a certain method I apply together with them, will be all about liberation and the personal freedom of those individuals. This includes liberation from categories, freedom from restrictive stereotyped thinking, even freedom for whatever kinds of kinks. The result of each emotional experience (in the „red room“) will be a portrait of yourself like you haven‘t seen yourself before.“

His Pop-up photo studio in Berlin serves as kick-off for an international series and will move on to other places like Ibiza, San Francisco or Bangkok. The result will be an exhibition of a yet unseen collection of courageous and free human spirits from all over the world.

Meet the Artist:

In the course of the photo studio and as a prelude to the easter weekend in Berlin we cordially invite everyone for a meet-the-artist eve with Francesco Francaviglia on Friday 19th April at 15 p.m. At drinks and snacks we offer the opportunity to learn more about the project and to get to know and converse with the artist.

More infos and bookings:

www.francescofrancaviglia.com

Instagram: @francescofrancaviglia

Entrance: free

Artist profile

Francesco Francaviglia

Vita

Francesco Francaviglia is a studied cellist and a renowned and awarded Sicilian photographer with international focus, who among others has worked with Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic, the American singer and artist Patti Smith, the French bestseller author Edouard Louis or British artist Lindsay Kemp and repeatedly had the honor of photographing the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. His social projects, portraits of artists, intellectuals or politicians as well as his interviews have been published in Italian and international newspapers, magazines and have been presented in solo exhibitions in galleries and museums.

Coming from a background in music and dedicating himself to working as a photographer he explores basic human emotions and fundamental traits of the human experience.

In several social and human rights orientated projects he examined what a rapidly changing society does to the individual. In his book book "The Fasting Women against the Mafia” and in later works he explored the very innate drive of strong characters that fight the Italian Mafia and also gave visibility to the families of its victims. His work „Invisible faces” focused on women’s immigration. In Lampedusa he was able to help raise awareness for the situation of refugees and asylum seekers to Europe as a rich continent.

His recent work focuses on human connection, filtered by instinct and intuition, using mainly photographic portraiture to study the refined forms of communication between humans, for example when in intimate contact. He explores what creates harmony between two human beings and concentrates on the sensorial and emotional communicative exchange.

Francesco Francaviglia has received the mention as the best photographic project on Sicily from Ragusa Photo Festival and FIAF first prize Portfolio Italia as best photographic work of 2014. His work was presented as solo exhibition in several public museums such as the Riso Sicilian Museum of Contemporary Art or the Macro Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. In autumn 2014 he became the first living author hosted by the Uffizi Gallery, his work being the first photography solo exhibition in the prestigious museum. He also has taught at the IED European Institute of Design in Florence and other art institutions. He currently resides in Florence and Berlin.

Berlin project information:

The pop-up photo studio of the artist in Berlin in April 2019 serves as kick-off for an international series and will move on to other places like Ibiza, San Francisco or Bangkok. The result will be an exhibition of a yet unseen collection of courageous and free human spirits from all over the world.

”My new project is a photographic experience, that goes far beyond the limits of regular portrait photography. The art project will leave all categories behind, be it culture, skin tone, religion, identity or sexual kinks. My aim is to capture the essence of the truth. No made up categories matter. What matters is brutal individual freedom.”

Career and works:

• orn April 17 1982 in Palermo/Italy
• studies cello at the Music Conservatory with the composer Giovanni Sollima and cinema at the Teatès Theater School in Palermo/Italy, approaching the Stanislavski Method
• attends the International School of Photography APAB in Florence/Italy, assisted by the Fondazione Fratelli Alinari
• attends the European Institute of Design in Milan/Italy
• in 2006 creates his first photographic work "Terra Aria", where the wine production in the southern Palermo countryside became the backdrop for the tale of a rapidly changing society
• in 2006 is commissioned to create a video project with portraits of the Sicilian poets and music by Giovanni Sollima
• in 2014 starts his struggle against the Mafia with his first book "The Fasting Women”. The day of the presentation to the public, July 18th 2014, the whole city, the government and the judiciary system are present. The same day the Major of the city receives a threatening letter with a bullet
• in autumn 2014 becomes the first living author hosted by the Uffizi Gallery, his work being the first photography solo exhibition ever in the prestigious museum. Followed by first personal death threat
• in 2014 receives the mention as the best photographic project on Sicily from Ragusa Photo Festival and FIAF first prize Portfolio Italia as best photographic work of 2014
• in 2014 is invited to participate in the XIII International Festival of Photography edition in Rome with his work ”Poets from the dark #1”
• from 2014 on deals with social advertising campaigns and teaches portrait photography at the IED European Institute of Design in Florence/Italy
• in 2015 documents the conflict between Israeli and Palestine, while his work is exhibited in six different Italian cities at the same time
• July to September 2015 presents his new project ”Mediterranean Darkness” to the public, exclusively for the Macro Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome/Italy
• in 2015 portrayes women writers, magistrates, sisters or mothers of Mafia victims in Palermo/Italy, for a video project with the photographer Letizia Battaglia
• in 2015 presents his work "Invisible Faces" in Imola/Italy, a focusing on women"s immigration, co-produced by the WOMEN Association of the Mediteranians East and South of Europe in collaboration with the Anti-Violence Association Trama di Terre
• in 2015 his project "The Fasting Women " is hosted at the CIFA Italian Center of Fine Art Photography in Bibbiena and the artisti is exhibited at Ragusa Photo Festival along with Letizia Battaglia, Gabriele Basilico and Mario Cresci
• in 2016 starts a new project against the Mafia, creating portraits of judges and prosecutors who have dealt with major lawsuits in recent decades
• in 2016 receives a commendation letter worthy of his efforts from the President of the Italian Senate Pietro Grasso
• in 2017 works on the island of Lampedusa in reception centers for refugees and asylum seekers
• end of 2017 the Sicilia Regional Government chooses his work aimed at raising awareness of European policies; more than 90 interviews and photos and a video project on immigration are exhibited at Riso Sicilian Museum of Contemporary Art and at Palazzo Branciforte
• in 2017 publishes his book ”Olocausto3.0”, curated by Augusto Pieroni, with an introductory essay by Professor Giovanni Puglisi, Professor of comparative literature and rector at Kore University, President at Iulm University, President of the Unesco National Commission and among other honorary offices President of Sicilia Foundation, which produced the editorial project
• in 2018 uses photographic portraiture to study the refined forms human of communication, working on intimate contact, on the harmony between two human beings, on the sensorial and emtional communicative exchange
• in 2018 is asked to document the project ”The Cleaner” commissioned by Marina Abramovic LLC and produced by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation
• currently works in Florence and Berlin in a research project exploring four fundamental human psycological layers: perception, emotion, behavior and knowledge.

Contacts:

Artist:

info@francescofrancaviglia.com

francescofrancaviglia.com

IG: @francescofrancaviglia

Project management:

Frank Zopp

T: +491706445408

frank.zopp@gmx.de