SERIE INVERSA

Friday, April 8  2016
h. 6.30 p.m. 
Tram Diogene

Turin –  The third meeting of the Serie Inversa, Diogene’s project of investigating the art scene in Piedmont, will take place on Friday, April 8 at 6:30 pm at the Diogene Tram, with guest artist Francesco Del Conte (Milan, 1988).

Francesco Del Conte explores the potential of the photographic medium, analyzing its relationship with the surrounding reality in particular. Del Conte studies the evolution of the camera and the significant role it soon acquired in contemporary society, determined by a process of industrialization that occurred in the first half of the last century and, in recent decades, which has influenced been by the innovation of digital technology. His research follows two different approaches: the first, based on the objective properties of the photographic lens, creates images of a scientific nature that are seemingly without any intervention by the artist; the second is related to the theme of illusion: the photograph becomes the perfect vehicle for abstracting portions of reality, thereby creating images that address the concepts of false reality and representation.

Francesco Del Conte earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic arts at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin. In 2012, he moved to Brussels and received a master’s degree in photography from the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel. He currently lives and works in Turin, and he is a member of the Ohne Title Lab, a photography, video, and graphics studio.