Artist talk, Samtal
Artist Talk: Eleonora Agostini
In connection with the opening of the solo exhibition Leave the Door Open at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, Eleonora Agostini will come to the Center for Photography for an artist talk.
Eleonora Agostini’s work spans areas such as photography, moving images, performance, and sculpture. She is interested in how we experience our surroundings, by finding cracks within the socially constructed rules in the spaces we inhabit. She sees the everyday as a place full of potential and opportunities for exploration. In her images, she uses ordinary objects and events to examine the different levels of meaning that emerge.
The exhibition Leave the Door Open is the result of a residency at the Italian Cultural Institute in the summer of 2023. The exhibition presents a suggestive collection of images of natural and domestic environments. Motivated by the challenge of exploring a new place in a short time, the photographer decided to get to know the unknown terrain by walking.
The exhibition will be inaugurated by Kristyna Müller, Director of CFF, at the Italian Institute on March 1.
The talk is in English and will also be broadcast live on the Center for Photography’s Instagram.
Eleonora Agostini (b. 1991) is an Italian artist who lives and works in London. She graduated in photography from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan and from the Royal College of Art in London. She has exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions, including at Almanac in Turin, Forte Belvedere in Florence, L21 Gallery in Palma de Mallorca, South London Gallery and Borough Road Gallery in London, Leeds Art Gallery in Leeds, Museo Castromediano in Lecce, MAR in Ravenna, Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia, Photo OpenUp in Padua, Circulations Festival in Paris and Format Festival in Derby.
Eleonora was selected by CAMERA for the Futures Photography program in 2021 and is one of the artists in Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019. She was nominated for the Foam Paul Huf Award 2021 and is one of the finalists in the Premio Luigi Ghirri 2023. Her work has been published in various magazines and online platforms, including Dummy Magazine, Der Grief, Unseen Magazine, Wallpaper and GUP Magazine.
The program takes place in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm.
