Foto/Industria 2025 at MAST Bologna Explores the Political and Personal Meanings of Home
The 2025 Foto/Industria exhibition at Fondazione MAST in Bologna, curated by Debora Vitulano, presents ten displays that investigate the concept of home as a political, social, and personal environment. Featured artists include Matei Bejenaru, who captures images of houses along the Prut River; Alejandro Cartagena, who focuses on isolating suburbs; Vuyo Mabheka, whose "Popihuise" showcases seven childhood photographs; Kelly O'Brien, highlighting unseen domestic work; Sisto Sisti, portraying workers' residences; Moira Ricci, who asserts, "A house is a piece of identity"; Michael Olsson, documenting modernist architecture; Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, presenting minimalist spaces; Julia Gaisbacher, analyzing a changing neighborhood in Graz; and Forensic Architecture's "Looking for Palestine," which reconstructs erased villages in Gaza and the West Bank.
Key facts
- Foto/Industria 2025 at Fondazione MAST in Bologna features ten exhibitions on the theme of home.
- The exhibition is curated by Debora Vitulano.
- Matei Bejenaru photographs houses along the Prut River between Romania and Moldova.
- Alejandro Cartagena documents suburbs where property leads to isolation.
- Vuyo Mabheka's 'Popihuise' presents home as an invention with only seven childhood photographs.
- Kelly O'Brien traces female genealogy to reveal invisible domestic labor.
- Sisto Sisti shows workers' homes as extensions of factory rhythms.
- Moira Ricci returns to Maremma for 'Quarta casa'.
- Michael Olsson photographs modernist dwellings that react to human presence.
- Ursula Schulz-Dornburg captures minimal spaces on the verge of disappearance.
- Julia Gaisbacher examines a Graz neighborhood where people and houses transform each other.
- Forensic Architecture's 'Looking for Palestine' reconstructs villages erased from maps in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Entities
Artists
- Matei Bejenaru
- Alejandro Cartagena
- Vuyo Mabheka
- Kelly O'Brien
- Sisto Sisti
- Moira Ricci
- Michael Olsson
- Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
- Julia Gaisbacher
- Forensic Architecture
- Debora Vitulano
Institutions
- Fondazione MAST
- Artribune
Locations
- Bologna
- Italy
- Romania
- Moldova
- Prut River
- Maremma
- Graz
- Austria
- Gaza Strip
- West Bank
- Palestine