Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time.
They’re different processes.
John Cage
What is an image? What do we expect from this device?
Luca Spano’s intensive workshop entitled the Image is not Sacred addresses expectations about the function of the image as a narrative device. During the working day, we will start from the idea of representation to question the concept of meaning, exploring possible ruptures in the combination of content and form. Under the guidance of the artist, the ultimate aim of the workshop is to stimulate participants to reflect on the potential of the image as a construction material, free from direct interpretations of its narrative content. The class will deal with the tools of decontextualization, abstraction and desecration, in search of an individual vision that broadens the possibilities of interpretation and use of images for artistic purposes.
The path is structured through a collective activity, a short frontal lesson, a practical activity and a group discussion based on materials produced during the day. The total duration is approximately 8-9 hours. The workshop is open to all people who wish to get involved, without limits on age, sexual orientation, religion and origin.
The initiative is organized within the project After the Last Image by Luca Spano, winner of Photography Strategy 2022 , call promoted by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture.
Date: Saturday 11 November 2023
Hours: 9-13 / 14-18
Duration: 9 hours
Maximum number of participants: 12 ( until seats last )
Location: MAN, Nuoro
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
Send the membership request to the following email address: info@museoman.it — subject: Workshop with Luca Spano. Please specify your first and last name, telephone number and email.
Deadline for submitting entries: Wednesday 8 November 2023
Workshop program :
9-10
Introduction of the day and presentations
10-11
Collective exercise
“Speed Dialogue”
11-11:20
Break
11:20 – 13
Lesson
“the image between form and content”
13-14
Lunch break
14-15:30
Individual exercise
“Cut, tear, shape”
15:30 – 15:45
Break
15:45 – 18
Group comparison
“Definitions and Images”
LUCA SPANO
Luca Spano (1982, IT) is a multidisciplinary artist. He trained between Europe and the United States, with a degree in Communication Sciences at Sapienza University in Rome, an MA in photography at the London College of Communication in London and an MFA in visual arts at Cornell University in Ithaca (US). His work has been exhibited internationally in museums, galleries and festivals such as: Triennale di Milano, MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome), BredaPhoto Festival (NL), Malta Festival (PL), Saavy Contemporary in Berlin (DE), Luis Adelantado Gallery (ES), Paolo Erbetta Gallery (IT), Caelum Gallery in New York, Institute of Italian Culture in Paris, Institute of Italian Culture in Hamburg and the Higher Regional Ethnographic Institute.
He has been artist in residence at Fundacion Botin (ES), NoArte Paese Museo (IT), Künstlerischen Tatsache (DE), Kultur einer Digitalstadt (DE) and visiting artist at Arts Letters and Numbers Residency (US) and others. His work has received awards and grants such as the MEAD Fellowship (UK), CCA Grant and Einaudi research grant (US), The John Hartell Award (US), Graziadei Prize (IT), the Premio del Paesaggio Regione Sardegna (IT), New Work Prospect Art Grant (US), Photography Strategy 2022 MiBACT (IT).
Luca Spano was one of the directors of the OnOff Picture photographic agency based in Rome, co-director of the NYC Creative Salon organization in New York, and is the creator of OCCHIO, an image research and teaching laboratory based in Cagliari .
His work is included in public and private collections such as the MAXXI Museum in Rome, the Cornell University artist’s book collection, the Graziadei collection and the Sardinian Higher Regional Ethnographic Institute.
