Irinox Save The Food Award

MIA Photo Fair is pleased to announce the third edition of the Irinox Save The Food Award, curated by Claudio Composti, co-founder and art director of mc2gallery and independent curator.

Overview

The award, now at its 3rd edition, aims to promote artists that, through the use of image in all of its forms have dealt with the theme of food. Food has always been present in human heritage, not only as a necessity, but also as a carrier of strong symbolisms and important socio-anthropological implications. Co-living, in all its forms, is the basis of human relationships. From cinema to theatre to literature, the theme of food has always interested artists who have told its story from different points of view, interpreting its meanings which today, more than ever, become even stronger as a social and economic issue linked to sustainability.

Practical Info

The Award is open to artists without limits of age or nationality, who have worked on the theme of food and food waste in every declination. Up to 15 finalists will be selected and will have the possibility to exhibit, free of charge, in a show curated by Claudio Composti during the 13th edition of MIA Photo Fair (from 11th to 14th April 2024 – 10th April VIP Preview), which will take place at MiCo Allianz, Milan, in a specially dedicated space for the award. One winner will be granted with €3,000 for Irinox Collection Purchase Award. Plus, up to 15 finalists of the Irinox Award will be set up in Parma as part of Cibus Off, the most important event in Italy to the theme of food. The exhibition will last approximately one month (indicatively from 6th May to 6th July, 2024).

In addition, thanks to the collaboration between MIA Photo Fair and Yeast Photo Festival, they are pleased to announce the second edition of the collateral Yeast Award. The winning project will be exhibited during the upcoming 3rd edition of Yeast Photo Festival, to be held in Matino (Lecce, Italy) and curated by Edda Fahrenhorst. During MIA Photo Fair Milano, the artist selected for the exhibition at Yeast Photo Festival will be announced among the up to 15 finalists of the Irinox Save The Food Award – indipendently from the winner of the IRINOX Purchase Award – at the sole discretion of the artistic director Edda Fahrenhorst. The third edition of Yeast Photo Festival will be held from September 2024.

The jury is composed by Katia Da Ros (Entrepreneur and Vice President of Irinox S.p.A), Claudio Composti (Independent Curator, Artistic Director of the Ragusa Foto Festival and Dounder and Art Advisor of mc2gallery) and Edda Fahrenhorst (Artistic Director of Yeast Photo Festival and Horizonszingst Environmental Photo Festival, Germany).

About MIA Photo Fair

MIA Photo Fair, conceived in 2011, is the most important art fair dedicated to photography in Italy. It offers a unique approach by presenting Solo Show and Group Show with a specific curatorial project. MIA Fair was created with the aim of highlighting the transverse role that photography has come to play between the languages of expression of the contemporary art system.