PhMuseum Days 2021 A New Beginning

From 23 to 26 September 2021, the first edition of the PhMuseum Days photography festival took place at DumBO space in Bologna, Italy. The event was curated and organized by PhMuseum, an incubator of photographic talents, with the aim of becoming one of the most interesting festivals on the European calendar and to contribute in making Bologna one of the reference cities for contemporary photography.

The chosen theme has been “A New Beginning” because the festival represented an opportunity to rethink the decade that has just begun and how to face the important challenges it will bring such as equality, sustainability, social justice, innovation and technology. The event served as a playground for professionals and a moment of discovery for those who wished to get closer to photography and visual arts.

The program included exhibitions, a collective installation, workshops, portfolio reviews, screenings, talks and panel discussions, performances and a space dedicated to independent publishing.

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Program

→ Thursday 23.09
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- 5:00pm Apertura
  / Opening Door opening
  Binario Centrale
- 7:00pm Apertura
  / Opening Opening ceremony
  Binario Centrale
→ Friday 24.09
Open
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- 10:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Book Presentation 1
  Binario Centrale
- 11:00am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Samuel Fordham presents the exhitibion C-R92/BY
  Binario Centrale
- 11:30am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Ligia Popławska presents the exhibition Fading Senses
  Binario Centrale
- 12:30pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Alejandro Chaskielberg presents the exhibition Natur-e
  Binario Centrale
- 2:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables What happens if we lose our senses? - Ligia Popławska talks about the impact of climate change on our emotional and existential state
  Binario Centrale
- 3:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Silvia Rosi and Black History Month Bologna - A dialogue on identity and second generations in Italy
  Binario Centrale
- 4:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables A journey between time and space - Vasantha Yogananthan in conversation with Giuseppe Oliverio (PhMuseum) on the project A Myth Of Two Souls
  Binario Centrale
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables What does it mean to be connected in times of pandemics? - Alejandro Chaskielberg talks about the months he spent in a house in the woods in Patagonia with his daughter Lara
  Binario Centrale
- 7:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Photography as a tool for social transformation - Angelica Dass presents her long-term project Humanae
  Binario Centrale
→ Saturday 25.09
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- 10:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Book Presentation 1
  Binario Centrale
- 10:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Marco Zanella presents Scalandrê, published by CESURA
  Binario Centrale
- 10:30am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Silvia Rosi presents the exhibition Encounter
  Binario Centrale
- 10:30am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Vasantha Yogananthan presents the exhibition Afterlife
  Binario Centrale
- 10:30am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Angelica Dass presents the exhibition Humanae
  Binario Centrale
- 11:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Michele Sibiloni presents Nsenene, published by Edition Patrick Frey
  Binario Centrale
- 12:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Alessandra Dragoni presents All The Flowers That You Plant published by Skinnerboox
  Binario Centrale
- 2:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Hyperbureaucracy and Skype Families - Samuel Fordham talks about his personal experience at the time of Brexit
  Binario Centrale
- 3:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables A New Beginning and the role of cultural events - Chiara Bardelli Nonino (Photo Vogue Festival), Giacomo Brini (Riaperture) and Alfio Tommasini (Verzasca FOTO) in conversation with Giuseppe Oliverio (PhMuseum)
  Binario Centrale
- 4:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Reframing History preview - Vogue Italia Photo Editors Chiara Bardelli Nonino and Francesca Marani present the next edition of the Photo Vogue Festival
  Binario Centrale
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables What we have learnt about publishing - Elena Vaninetti (YET Magazine) interviews Tommaso Parrillo (Witty Books), Sara Occhipinti (studiofaganel) and Anna Ferraro (Fruit Exhibition)
  Binario Centrale
- 6:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables A New Beginning and the role of cultural institutions in this decade - with Gian Luca Farinelli (Cineteca di Bologna), Daniele De Luigi (Fondazione Modena Arti Visive), Caterina Molteni (MAMbo) and Matteo Balduzzi (MUFOCO)
  Binario Centrale
→ Sunday 26.09
Open
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- 10:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Book Presentation 1
  Binario Centrale
- 11:00am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Veronica Milli presents Valdescura è lontana un'ora dal mare, published by DITO publishing
  Binario Centrale
- 11:30am Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Angelica Dass presents The Colors We Share, published by Aperture
  Binario Centrale
- 12:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation PhMuseum's FOLIO Masterclass prize recipient Riccardo Svelto presents La Cattedrale published by Witty Books with the support from PhMuseum
  Binario Centrale
- 12:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Alfio Tommasini presents Via Lactea, published by Edition Patrick Frey
  Binario Centrale
- 3:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Francesca Todde presents A Sensitive Education published by Départ pour l’Image
  Binario Centrale
- 4:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Elia Pinna presents Sample, published by Altana, in conversation with Stefano Graziani
  Binario Centrale
- 4:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Martina Zanin presents I Made Them Run Away published by Skinnerboox
  Binario Centrale
- 5:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Luca Santese and Marco P. Valli present Il Corpo del Capitano published by CESURA
  Binario Centrale
- 5:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Alessio Pellicoro presents Abisso published by DITO Publishing
  Binario Centrale
- 6:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Simone Donati and Fiorenza Pinna present Varco Appennino published by Witty Books
  Binario Centrale
- 6:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Mattia Parodi e Piergiorgio Sorgetti present The Missing Eye published by Witty Books
  Binario Centrale