Francesco Jodice

The balance between urban landscapes and human landscapes is at the heart of Francesco Jodice's artistic research. He investigates the changing nature of the contemporary city in terms of the relationships that exist between people and “rocks” - a term the artist uses to refer to “solid” urban components, such as architectural, infrastructural and technological features.
Francesco Jodice's contribution to Fotografia Europea 2010 is his interpretation of the theme of portrait using the car as the chosen setting and the new concept of shared mobility (car-sharing). His exhibit comprises a series of large-scale photographs where the car, portrayed in 1:1 scale, embodies its reality as a “place” where we spend part of our lives and where we learn to perceive the landscape, capturing swift changes in the environment and in the contexts we pass through. The car is seen as an anthropological element – and not just a means to move about – whose central importance in people's lives arouses a kind of enchantment and sparks off a new awareness of its possible uses.

Francesco Jodice (born in Naples in 1967) is currently living in Milan. He graduated in architecture in 1997. His research investigates mutations in the social landscapes, comparing similar phenomena in different parts of the world through photography, film, maps and texts. In 2000 he was a founder member of “Multiplicity”, an international network of artists and architects. He was appointed Professor of Theory and Practice of the Technological Image at the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of Bolzano in 2004, and Professor of Visual Urban Anthropology at the Naba (New academy of Fine Arts) in Milan in 2005. In 2008, he was commissioned by the United Nations to produce a short film on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
He has participated in the Documenta Kassel, the Venice Biennale, the Bienal de São Paulo, the Liverpool Biennial, the ICP Triennial of Photography, and Video New York. His works have been exhibited at the Tate Modern Gallery in London, the Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Rivoli Castle in Turin, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Bard College in New York.
He is currently working on the following research projects: What We Want, Secret Traces and Citytellers.
 

Info
Chiostri di San Domenico
Via Dante Alighieri 11 - Reggio Emilia
Tel. 0522 451152, 0522 456249, 0522 456635, 0522 456448
Single ticket for all exhibitions 10€. Concessions 7€

Open Times:
Opening Friday 7th May, 19.00
7th May from 19.00 to 24.00; 8th - 9th May from 10.00 to 23.00
From 10th May to 13rd June: from Tuesdays to Fridays from 20.00 to 23.00; Saturdays, Sundays and festivals from 10.00 to 23.00. Monday closed. Open in the morning for schools.

 

Saturday 8th May, 18.00 - Piazza Martiri del VII luglio
Panel discussion

Visioni di città - Il paesaggio dei flussi

With Francesco Jodice, Stefano Boeri and Marinella Paderni. Presents Massimiliano Panarari.