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I have been worked the last four months on a documentation of the cultural diversity in the contemporary society of Chiusa-Klausen, South Tyrol, as part of a museological project: it is a photo exhibition that plays a central role in the ongoing project “Open City Museum”, conceived and curated by Martha Jiménez Rosano. The project examines the traditional notion of museum and conceives it as a place for the dialogue, exchange and share of experiences among members of the community. Through it, people turn to be active part of the museum, of its artistic and cultural production, also becoming testimony of its own social relevance for the society.
“Giovanni Melillo Kostner experiments a participatory method of collaboration together with the portrayed subjects in the production of the images with the attempt to explore the states of being immigrant, being diverse, and being part of the city of Chiusa/Klausen, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. The author have not only photographed them, but also consulted and involved them in the making of the photographs and stories to be shown, all without disagreeing with the own point of view and aesthetical criteria. Thus he uses photography as an instrument for the cultural mediation putting into evidence alternative spheres of action and creation in the photographic research.”
I’m really happy to share with you that there will be two contemporaneous openings of the exhibition: one will take place on September 23th in the city of Chiusa/Klausen, and the next day, it will be inaugurated as part of the 3rd Dali International Photography Exhibition in the Yunnan province, China, curated by Alain Jullien. Alain, was born in 1952 in Lyon, France, he is a photographer and world famous photograph, art curator. During 2001 to 2003, Alain was Organizing Committee Deputy Curatorial Director and European Liaison Officer Chief Representative for Pingyao International Photography Festival. 2005, Alain became one of the first founder of the Lianzhou International Photography Exhibition and one of the main overseas curators. Alain is also a curator of “Biennial International Photography Exhibition” for Guangdong Art Museum.
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