MonFest 2022 Fotografia - Raoul Iacometti
From March 25 to June 12 2022
Civic Theater (piazza Castello)
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10AM to 01PM and from 03PM to 07PM
Free entry
#homeTOhome
edited by Luciano Bobba
When silence still dominated the stages of worldwide theatres because of the pandemic, thanks to a masterful technological direction and following a happy intuition, the Milan-based photographer Raul Iacometti created a set in his own home and in the homes of major players in the world of international dance and on this new virtual stage he launched his project #homeTOhome.These are not only screenshots, selfies or Photoshop alterations, but real interactions happening via Whatsapp videocalls. Then, to add a third dimension and accentuate the stage effect, Iacometti situated the smartphone in different rooms of his house and the dancers chose for themselves different environments as background for their plastic poses. As such, the interaction planned in such detail has demolished any architectural barrier, producing the desired effect. More than forty artists have been involved, like lead dancers and soloists, all employed in dance companies of the most important theatres in different places of the world, from Milan to Paris, from Genoa to New York, from Vicenza to Mexico City, from Palermo to Bucharest, from Lucignano to Montecarlo, from Iasì to Forlì, from Naples all the way to Saint Petersburg, big metropolis and small cities. #homeTOhome shows a result both virtual and tangible, of the intense sharing of souls, photographs and sensations in real time.
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Biography
Raoul Iacometti, born in Milan in 1961, is a freelance photographer switching between his personal research work and commercial work in different sectors: documentary and socio-humanitarian reports, industrial and interior photography, events, dance and portraits. His photographs have been published in magazines, newspapers and books, are used as cover and booklets of CDs by both Italian and foreign musicians. He has received many awards in the most important national and international contests. His photographs are part of the Photographic Historic Archive of the 3M Foundation, of the Italian Photographic Archive and important private collections.
Amongst his most important pieces, there are worth mentioning “Di terra e di fuoco” (Of land and fire) (2006) report on the former mines in the metalliferous hills in the Massa Marittima (GR) territory, “Ai confini del mare” (To the edges of the sea) (1986/2021), “Tre giorni a Madrid” (Three days in Madrid) (2007), “Di serra” (Greenhouse) (2008), “Quale madre” (Which mother) (2008) dedicated to the theme of maternity and the project “Botteghe” (Workshops) (2008) about the food supply chain industry, the importance of food in our daily life; “Green Attitude”, about dance connected to the world of plants and flowers, using unusual stages like greenhouses and plant nurseries, published in March of 2013. From 2015 to this day he has been involved in a project based on a socio-humanitarian report about degenerative diseases, collaborating with important volunteer associations. He teaches basic and advanced courses on photography and photography workshops all over Italy and abroad on different themes. -
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