FE 2015

Un progetto del Comune di Reggio nell'Emilia
 
Comune di Reggio Emilia – Città delle persone

  • 16 settembre 1951 - 3°congresso prov Amici dell' Unità. Dalla Fototeca della Biblioteca Panizzi
    16 settembre 1951 - 3°congresso prov Amici dell' Unità. Dalla Fototeca della Biblioteca Panizzi
  • Franca Benassi with the doughter Patrizia on a Topolino C.
    Franca Benassi with the doughter Patrizia on a Topolino C.
  • Mario and I in Puianello on Johnny's Carolina. Spring 1958
    Mario and I in Puianello on Johnny's Carolina. Spring 1958

Erik Kessels, Topolino in Reggio Emilia

 

This exhibition celebrates local citizens of Reggio Emilia and their Fiat Topolinos. The photographs you see here show “Topolino” and their owners, and how people behave around this iconic vehicle. From men striking tough poses to kids treating the car as a funhouse, these images illustrate the relationship between people and machines that carry them.

 

As the citizens also the city has opened its “Family album”, thanks to the precious collaboration with the Fototeca of the Panizzi public library. Twelve pictures complete the history of Topolino, with a view on the city.

 Erik Kessels

BIO

Born in 1966, lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Erik Kessels is since 1996 Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer in Amsterdam and works for national and international clients.

As an artist and photography collector Kessels has published several books of his ‘collected’ images: Missing Links (1999), The Instant Men (2000), in almost every picture (2001-2013) and Wonder (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine Useful Photography.

For the DVD art project Loud & Clear he worked together with artists such as Marlene Dumas and Candice Breitz. Kessels writes regular editorials for numerous international magazines. He lectured at the D&AD Presidents Lecture and at several international design conferences such as in Singapore, Goa, NY, Toronto and Bangkok. He has taught at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture where he curated a celebration of amateurism.

Kessels made and curated exhibitions such as The European Championship of Graphic Design, Graphic Detour, Loving Your Pictures, Use me Abuse me, 24HRS of Photos and Album Beauty . He als co-curated an exhibition called From Here on together with Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid, Clement Cheroux and Joan Fontuberta.

In 2010 Kessels was awarded with the Amsterdam Prize of the Arts and in 2012 elected as the most influential creative of The Netherlands.

EVENTS

Saturday, May

 

4pm_ Teatro Cavallerizza

CONFERENCES

Unfinished father and other stories: Erik Kessels with Giovanna Calvenzi and Walter Guadagnini. Book signing to follow

 

7pm_ Sinagoga

Exhibition guided tour with the artist Erik Kessels

exhibition venue

Sinagoga
via dell’Aquila, 3/a
42121 Reggio Emilia

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opening hours

• during the inaugural days
05/15 › 7pm - midnight
05/16 › 10am - midnight
05/17 › 10am - midnight
• from May 22 to July 26 the exhibits are open from friday to sunday
Friday › 4pm-11pm
Saturday › 10am-11pm
Sunday/holidays › 10am-8pm

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Category
Sinagoga