MUSEO NAZIONALE DELLA MONTAGNA | OPEN CALL
The Museo Nazionale della Montagna– CAI Turin (hereinafter Museomontagna) as part ofthe iAlp
project “Interactive Alpine Museums” will organize a multimedia exhibitionwith mountain
photography as its theme. The exhibition will be carried out under the scientific and organizational
responsibility of the Museum and with the curatorship of Veronica Lisino, curator of the Museum
Photo Library, and Giangavino Pazzola, external curator.
For this reason, the Museomontagnalaunches an open call toselect three/max four artists, invited
to design a new exhibition project to be included in a collective multimedia exhibition which,
through the contemporary outlook, enhances the role of photographic archives in the production
of new knowledge.
Starting from the study and enhancement of the heritage and historical collections housed by the
Turin institution, the exhibition will in fact investigate the various representations of the
mountains over the years, through the exploration of its most classic stereotypes, in an attempt to
decolonize, rediscover and reread mountain imagery. At the same time, the exhibition will be a reflection on the status ofphotography, its uses and meanings, from the earliest alpine explorations up to the present day.
The exhibition will be held in the largest of the two spaces dedicated to temporary exhibitions at
the Museomontagna of Turin from the beginning of March 2020, and will remain on display until
October 2020.The production award for each artist is 8,000 euros, and includes the development and productionof a new work.
Application must be received no later than 25th September 2019 by 12 pm (Turin time), to the
following e-mail address: progetti.museomontagna@pec.it or postal address: Piazzale Monte dei
Cappuccini, 7 – 10131 Turin (TO) Italy c/o administrative offices during the following hours:
Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 14.30 to 15.30.
The envelope/email must contain the following documentation:
– an updated curriculum vitae;
– an updated portfolio with a selection of up to 10 works (max weight 10 MB)
– an artistic statement that explains both the artist’s research themes and a working hypothesis for
the call for applications in question.
– a signed declaration of the willingness or otherwise to leave the works produced, part of them,
or the documentation of the creative process that led to their implementation, in the Museum’s
possession, signed and authenticated, also in the form of artist’s proofs or specimens, without
reproduction constraints.
Deadline: 25 September 2019
Info: Museo Della Montagna
24/09/2019