THURSDAY  25 MAY – 5 pm
Rome, Villa Altieri – Viale Manzoni 47

Thursday, May 25 at Villa Altieri, Rome, inaugurates the photographic exhibition Out OF FRAME – Rethinking the visual narratives of migration in Europe.

The photo exhibit, Out of frame – Rethinking the visual narratives of migrations in Europe is part of “Bridges: Assessing the production and impact of migration narratives”, a project that examines the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of rising politicisation about and ideological polarisation.
Focused on six European countries – France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Great Britain – Bridges adopts an interdisciplinary, co- produced approach developed by a heterogenous twelve-partner consortium made up of universities, think tanks, research centres, cultural associations and civil societies.  

Focused on six European countries – France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Great Britain – Bridges adopts an interdisciplinary, co- produced approach developed by a heterogenous twelve-partner consortium made up of universities, think tanks, research centres, cultural associations and civil societies.  

The exhibition presented in Rome – the first stage of an itinerant project that will touch other European capitals – examines the representation of migratory phenomena in Europe through seven photographic works, a wall installation that depicts the chronology of the main media reports, and a selection of the most representative publications of migratory events that occurred in the six countries examined in the years from 2015 to 2022.
The installation presents the narrative we are exposed to everyday by European media on the theme of migration in and towards Europe and it depicts the role that photography plays in it. 

“The dominant news reports chronicle a Europe besieged and invaded on its borders by thousands of migrants, border walls and border controls, boats overflowing with migrants ready to leave the North African coast, new routes opening and new migratory flows, asylum seekers and economic migrants, shipwrecks and death.Within news reports, the photographs that illustrate the accounts often have the function of strengthening and legitimising the written story“, says Giulia Tornari, curator of the exhibition

 Media reports on migration have the tendency to depersonalise migrants. Too often, we don’t know their personal stories nor the migratory context. We are never told of the hopes that fuel the departures and the dreams for a future. 

Out of Frame aims to change this perspective by shifting the reference point outside the frame in which our perception of migration is accustomed to being confronted.  

“What characterises and connects the vision and the projects of these photographers – adds Giulia Tornari – is the necessity to raise awareness and understanding of the migrants’ conditions and to present them as a subject that acts in a stratified and often adverse context that can be reversed to become positive and integrating. By presenting projects that investigate the theme of migration with different linguistic and photographic approaches, the exhibit aims to stimulate the viewer to reflect on the role that photography plays as an important tool in understanding reality.  

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

The exhibit presents the works of six artists who have examined contemporary migratory phenomena placing the focus of their photographic projects on migrants as their subject.  Miia Autio, Felipe Romero Beltran, Samuel Gratacap, Alessio Mamo, Alisa Martinova, and Aubrey Wade are well-known and respected for their professional commitment and have published their works in important international publications. Each of them has distinguished their work through the choice of their subjects and a personal and specific visual language. The participatory project, Now You See Me Moria, is a call to action to all European citizens in support of the migrants that live in the refugee camp

The exhibition will remain open until June 26.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 101004564. With the Patronage of  Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale

For infos:
Valeria De Berardinis
v.deberardinis@zona.org
www.zona.org
Roberta de Fabritiis
robertadefabritiis@libero.it