The Mimetic Observer: A Visual Reading on Dante’s Divine Comedy
Carlotta Valente and Joaquín Paredes
Viaindustriae Publishing
Italian
Edited by Peter Lang and Alessandro Coco.
Softcover
Edition of 300
82 pages
200 x 230 mm
2023
ISBN 9788897753933
Launched on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death, the project is the result of a profound analysis and reflection that involved various professionals and scholars as well as the photography experts of the ICCD and looks at the world of the Poet in a completely new way, focusing on the objects, landscapes and other natural elements Dante Alighieri deals with in his major work. The luminous and photographic narration comes to life through a meticulous reconstruction of images and optical illusions taken from the three songs, with the help of the first analog photographic processes.
(source: https://www.artapartofculture.net/2023/03/30/the-mimetic-observer-a-visual-reading-on-dantes-divine-comedy/)
About the Artists
Carlotta Valente is a photographer based in Rome.
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Joaquín Paredes is a Spanish photographer specialized in historical processes. He studied architecture, but photography soon became his passion and left everything to pursue his artistic career. He currently combines his personal work with teaching workshops and giving lectures for organizations such as the IPCE (Institute of Cultural Heritage Spain), the ICCD (Istituto Centrale Catalogo e Documentazione) (Italy), The Spanish Academy in Rome, Museo San Telmo (San Sebastián), La Babuch (France).
joaquinparedes.com
(source: http://www.joaquinparedes.com/en/bio-2/)
About the Publisher
Viaindustriae is a publishing house, visual art research centre, archive and exhibition space based in Foligno, PG, Italy. Established as a non-profit association in 2005, Viaindustriae promotes projects and artistic research raging from museographic displays, site-specific installations, public actions, artist residencies and publications of various formats among other innovative strategies.
publishing.viaindustriae.it
(source: https://publishing.viaindustriae.it/about/)
