MonFest Biennial of Photography Opens Across Casale Monferrato
The inaugural MonFest, a biennial photography festival directed by Mariateresa Cerretelli and promoted by the Municipality of Casale Monferrato, runs until June 12 across multiple UNESCO-listed Monferrato hill sites. The theme is "Le forme del tempo. Da Francesco Negri al contemporaneo." Eleven national-level exhibitions feature works by Gabriele Basilico, Lisetta Carmi, Valentina Vannicola, Silvia Camporesi, Maurizio Galimberti, and Raoul Iacometti. Venues include the Castle, Cathedral, Synagogue, Teatro Municipale, and Palazzo Gozzani Treville. Basilico's 2006 Monferrato photographs are shown at the Castle alongside Valentina Vannicola's staged photography and Francesco Negri's 19th-century experiments. Lisetta Carmi's "Viaggio in Israele e Palestina" at the Synagogue presents unpublished shots from 1962 and 1967. Maurizio Galimberti's "Tributo a Leonardo" reinterprets the Last Supper at the Cathedral. Raoul Iacometti's "#homeTOhome" at the Teatro Municipale documents dancers in lockdown. Silvia Camporesi's "Domestica" at Palazzo Gozzani Treville captures domestic isolation.
Key facts
- MonFest is a new biennial photography festival in Casale Monferrato.
- Directed by Mariateresa Cerretelli and promoted by the Municipality of Casale Monferrato.
- Runs until June 12, 2022.
- Theme: 'Le forme del tempo. Da Francesco Negri al contemporaneo.'
- 11 exhibitions across multiple venues in the UNESCO-listed Monferrato hills.
- Artists include Gabriele Basilico, Lisetta Carmi, Valentina Vannicola, Silvia Camporesi, Maurizio Galimberti, Raoul Iacometti, and Francesco Negri.
- Venues: Castello, Cattedrale di Sant'Evasio, Sinagoga, Teatro Municipale, Palazzo Gozzani Treville.
- Basilico's 2006 Monferrato photographs are shown at the Castle.
- Carmi's exhibition 'Viaggio in Israele e Palestina' at the Synagogue features unpublished shots from 1962 and 1967.
- Galimberti's 'Tributo a Leonardo' reinterprets the Last Supper using Polaroid/Fuji Instax and digital.
- Iacometti's '#homeTOhome' at the Teatro Municipale documents dancers in lockdown.
- Camporesi's 'Domestica' at Palazzo Gozzani Treville captures domestic isolation during lockdown.
Entities
Artists
- Mariateresa Cerretelli
- Gabriele Basilico
- Lisetta Carmi
- Valentina Vannicola
- Silvia Camporesi
- Maurizio Galimberti
- Raoul Iacometti
- Francesco Negri
- Andrea Elia Zanini
- Daria Carmi
- Giovanni Battista Martini
- Luciano Bobba
- Benedetta Donato
- Pietro Donzelli
- Giovanna Calvenzi
- Renata Ferri
- Elena Ceratti
- Claudio Sabatino
- Silvio Canini
- Robert Koch
- Italo Calvino
- Leonardo da Vinci
Institutions
- Comune di Casale Monferrato
- MonFest
- Castello di Casale Monferrato
- Cattedrale di Sant'Evasio
- Sinagoga di Casale Monferrato
- Teatro Municipale di Casale Monferrato
- Palazzo Gozzani Treville
- Accademia Filarmonica
- galleria Dadaeast di Roma
- galleria z2o Roma
- Soroptimist
- Artribune
Locations
- Casale Monferrato
- Italy
- Monferrato
- Alessandria
- Ovada
- Tortona
- delta del Po
- Adriatico
- Roma
- Israele
- Palestina
- Gerusalemme
- Piemonte
- piazza Castello
- vicolo Salomone Olper
- Largo Monsignor Giuseppe Angrisani
- Via Mameli
- Piedmont
- Castello
- Teatro
- Duomo
- Sinagoga
- Pompei
- Rome
- Romagna
- Palestine