Image Capital: Fotografia e informazione digitale al MAST di Bologna

Hey! So, there's this exhibit called 'Image Capital' happening at the MAST Foundation in Bologna, curated by Francesco Zanot. It dives into how photography is used in various fields like science, culture, and industry. This project came about from a partnership between Estelle Blaschke, a photography historian from the University of Basel, and photographer Armin Linke, and it took about two and a half years to put together after five years of planning. The display has six sections—Memory, Access, Protection, Mining, Imaging, and Currency—looking at photography’s role as an informational technology with economic and social impacts. Zanot mentions that operational photos hold value, almost like currency. The Protection section touches on Iron Mountain in Pennsylvania from 1950, while Imaging focuses on photography at CERN in Geneva. The setup resembles a garden, featuring Linke's framed works and archival images on glass plates, paired with Blaschke's texts.