PhMuseum Days 2023 I Don't Know How to Respond to That

PhMuseum International Photo Festival is back for its third edition scheduled from 22 September to 1 October 2023 in Bologna, Italy.

The chosen theme is “I Don't Know How To Respond To That”, the answer that virtual assistants like Apple Siri give when they can't find a solution to our questions. The aim is to explore the dialogue between humans and machine, with a particular focus on the development of language in a broad sense. Through the works on display we will try to understand how our relationship with technology and our ways of communicating evolve in a world characterized by continuous innovations.

The event will be held at the DumBO’s Spazio Bianco in Bologna, Italy, a 1600 square meter post-industrial pavilion that will host exhibitions, presentations, a space dedicated to photographic publishing and an outdoor area. Plus, installations across the city of Bologna, events and more.

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Program

→ Friday 15.09
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- 2:30pm Apertura
  / Opening Opening: Dream Of A Blue Garden by Martina Giammaria for Portofino Dry Gin
  Condominio Arte
→ Wednesday 20.09
Open
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- 6:00pm Apertura
  / Opening Opening: Deposits by Felicity Hammond
  Gallleriapiù
→ Friday 22.09
Open
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- 10:00am Workshop
  / Workshop Workshop with Marisol Mendez (€90-120)
  PhMuseum Lab
- 12:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Minerals, Data, Images – Talk with Felicity Hammond
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Leonardo Magrelli – West of Here
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:30pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Daniel Everett – Security Questions
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Chloé Milos Azzopardi – Non Technological Devices
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:30pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Brea Souders – Another Online Pervert
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:30pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Penelope Umbrico – Out of Order
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Andy Sewell – Known and Strange Things Pass
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:30pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour The Cool Couple – Flyin’ High
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:30pm Apertura
  / Opening Opening ceremony
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:00pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum Days 2023 Open Call
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:30pm Aperitivo e cena
  / Aperitivo + Dinner Aperitivo + Dinner by Fuego y Matambre
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
→ Saturday 23.09
Open
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- 10:00am Workshop
  / Workshop Workshop with The Cool Couple (€90-120)
  PhMuseum Lab
- 10:00am Visita guidata
  / Guided tour I Don’t Know How to Respond to That at Archiginnasio, Bologna
  Archiginnasio
- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Felicity Hammond – Deposits
  Gallleriapiù
- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 1:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Giulia Bersani presents Corpo (Skinnerboox)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Imaginaries and digital simulations – Talk with Leonardo Magrelli
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Iconography of ecological self-defense – Talk with Chloé Milos Azzopardi
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Being human in contemporary ecosystems – Panel with Daniel Everett and Andy Sewell
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables In a dialogue with machines – Talk with Brea Souders
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables The environmental impact of the Internet – Talk with The Cool Couple
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:00pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum 2023 Photography Grant
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
→ Sunday 24.09
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- 10:00am Workshop
  / Workshop Workshop with Penelope Umbrico (€90-120)
  PhMuseum Lab
- 11:00am Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Decolonising the gaze – Talk with Gloria Oyarzabal
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 12:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Antonio Di Cecco presents Effimero (RVM Books)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour for Banca di Bologna Members (Registration required)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 12:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Uta Genilke presents Replikant (Witty Books + PhMuseum)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Marisol Mendez presents Madre (Setanta Books)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Valerio Polici presents Interno (studiofaganel)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Gabriele Stabile presents Swim 'Til I Sank (RVM Books)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Sofia Masini presents The Body Is A Revelation As Is Landscape (Witty Books)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:30pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Ian Howorth presents A Country Kind of Silence (Setanta Books)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Nicola Bertasi presents Like Rain Falling From The Sky (studiofaganel)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Technology, Obsolescence, Hyperproduction – Talk with Penelope Umbrico
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:00pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum Days 2023 Open Call
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
→ Friday 29.09
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- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Ti Amo, Je T'Aime, Yo También, I Don't – Panel with Karla Hiraldo Voleau and Luis Cobelo
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:00pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum Days 2023 Open Call
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
→ Saturday 30.09
Open
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- 10:00am Workshop
  / Workshop Workshop with Karla Hiraldo Voleau at PhMuseum Lab (€225-270)
  PhMuseum Lab
- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour for Banca di Bologna Members (Registration required)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Cronosocial: The Unsustainable Speed of Social Media – Panel with Irene Ferri Elisa Roman and Manuela Limonta n conversation with Federica Fiumelli
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:30pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Deepfake, Artificial Intelligence Between Photography and Media – Panel with Michelangelo Coltelli and Gianluca Dotti
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 8:30pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum 2023 Photography Grant
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
→ Sunday 1.10
Open
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- 10:00am Workshop
  / Workshop Workshop with Karla Hiraldo Voleau at PhMuseum Lab (€225-270)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 12:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour for Banca di Bologna Members (Registration required)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 2:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:00pm Presentazione libro
  / Book presentation Luca Santese presents Tik, Tok, Tak (Cesura)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 3:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Language between text and image – Talk with Luca Massaro
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 4:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 5:00pm Conversazioni e tavole rotonde
  / Talks & Round Tables Francesco Merlini presents Better in the Dark than His Rider (Départ Pour L’Image)
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 6:00pm Visita guidata
  / Guided tour Spazio Bianco’s exhibitions guided tour
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO
- 7:00pm Proiezione
  / Screening PhMuseum Days 2023 Open Call
  Spazio Bianco, DumBO

Workshops

Portraiture and the gaze / A workshop with Marisol Mendez / 2023
Oblique Strategies

A workshop with The Cool Couple
Web as Archive / Appropriation and Useful Photography - A tool-kit

A workshop with Penelope Umbrico
Love Language Online, Today

A workshop with Karla Hiraldo Voleau

Photobook Hub

The Photobook Hub is a space entirely dedicated to independent photobooks, located inside DumBO’s Spazio Bianco. A selection of international and Italian publishers will be presenting their best titles, with book launches and talks being part of the main program.

We sill soon announce the complete list of publishers and bookshops participating in the 2023 edition.