Liquida Photofestival 2025

The historic halls of Palazzo San Daniele al Polo del '900 will host the new edition of the festival dedicated to contemporary photography, with a rich calendar of talks, workshops and laboratories

Overview

Curated by Laura Tota, the fourth edition of Liquida Photofestival delves into a theme as universal as it is intimate: the link between photography and memory. With the evocative title The Day I will Remember, the festival invites us to reflect on how images have always been fundamental tools for preserving the past, transforming personal and collective memories into tangible fragments of experience.

Photography is memory fixed on the surface of time, an anchor that holds moments destined to dissolve. But what happens when images stop belonging to matter? When archives dematerialize and memory becomes a flow without a physical trace?

This edition of Liquida Photofestival will be a snapshot of our way of remembering through images, an investigation into the relationship between memory and photography in an era of digital transition.

Vernacular photography, born as a daily practice of documenting ordinary lives, has played a central role in telling stories of family, community and moments of transition. Dusty albums, faded shots and anonymous photographs are not only visual traces, but real bridges between generations, in which memory and identity intertwine.

Today, however, photography is confused among infinite flows of digital images, ephemeral memories that live in the precariousness of the online. If once we kept photographs in drawers, today we entrust our memories to invisible servers, vulnerable to technological oblivion. When will we remember? And how will we remember?

Hosting this edition of the festival at the Polo del '900 in Turin further amplifies the dialogue between image and memory. This place, dedicated to the preservation of the past through archives, testimonies and cultural activities, represents an ideal space to question the dynamics of memory in the contemporary era. Here, photography is not only a narrative tool, but becomes an integral part of a broader story that unites the history of the twentieth century with the challenges of the present. 

In an age where memory is increasingly fluid and dematerialized, The Day I Will Remember is an invitation to reflect on the role of photography in constructing our past and imagining our future.

Exhibited artists include Varvara Uhlik, Anton Bou, Antonella Castelnuovo, Chiara Tancredi, Cristian Iacono, Federica Baruffi, Gerasimos Platanas, Lydia Toivanen, Maria Siorba, Mirko Ostuni, and Ronya Hirsma.

Among the wide program of activities are several workshops and laboratories. An exploration into the world of photobooks led by publisher Giulia Brivio (Boîte Editions, Artphilein Editions) and photographer Gian Marco Sanna, About Photobooks And Other Stories aims to illustrate the characteristics and potential of the photobook, retracing its history and analyzing original case studies, capable of subverting the conventions of traditional publishing.

Over the course of two days, Erik Kessels will prepare participants for the possibilities and obstacles they will face in their professional career in photography. During Who To Communicate Your Photography? participants work on several small tasks to get to know these and other aspects of photography better: budget preparations, work processes and decision-making processes.

During the workshop Where The City Begins with Alex Urso, children are invited to create a series of fantastic dioramas, transforming vintage images and old family photos into works of art. The aim is to investigate, through playful and creative experience, the theme of collective memory and the relationships between individuals and urban space.

Additionally, on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th, Liquida Photofestival will host for the fourth year real One to One sessions between professionals in the sector and authors. Five professionals in the panorama of contemporary photography will be available free of charge for an in-depth analysis of the candidates' portfolios, an important opportunity for growth and comparison for all authors who wish to perfect and enrich their work.