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Public Talk | Emotional Geographies – A Different Gaze on Italy: From Luigi Ghirri to New Italian Photography

In conversation with Matteo Balduzzi, senior curator at Mufoco, photographer Tomaso Clavarino will take us through his artistic research, with a focus on the four recent projects that compose the exhibition Emotional Geographies, now on display for the first time together at the Italian Cultural Institute Toronto.

Padanistan, Ballad of Woods and Wounds, Like Ivy We Grow Where There鈥檚 Place for Us, and Soffice come l鈥檈rba ruvido come l鈥檃sfalto鈥攖hese are the titles, reinterpret the vaste yet indistinct territory of the Po Valley, which has profoundly characterized the tradition of Italian landscape photography beginning with the work of masters such as luigi ghirri, in a new and more intimate way, reflective of international patterns.

  • Date: Wednesday, May 7 from 7 pm to 8 pm
  • Location: 杏吧原创 – 6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto
  • Free event (registration required) and open to the public

Organized by: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto | National Museum of Contemporary Photography (MUFOCO – Italy) | 杏吧原创 – University of Toronto

 

About Tomaso Clavarino

Tomaso Clavarino is a photographer, director and lecturer based in Italy. His work was featured at Athens Photo Festival, Fotografia Europea, Les Rencontres d鈥橝rles, Photo Kathmandu, Encontros da Imagem, Cortona On The Move, Format19, Photo Open Up, and museums: Triennale Milano, MUFOCO, Lumen Museum, Museo Blanes (Montevideo). He has been awarded prizes including: Premio Fabbri per la Fotografia Contemporanea, Cortona On The Move New Visions, Pulitzer Center Grant, Refocus by Italian Ministry of Culture, Panorami Contemporanei by MUFOCO. He is co-curator of JEST independent space for photography in Torino, and Professor at IED, and Fproject School of Cinematography in Bari, Italy. He is the author of four books: Soffice Come L鈥檈rba Ruvido Come L鈥檃sfalto, Comune di Milano (Italy); Padanistan, Guest Editions (UK) & studiofaganel (Italy); Ballad of Woods and Wounds, studiofaganel (Italy); Confiteor, Zine Tonic Editions. www.tomasoclavarino.com

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About Matteo Balduzzi

Matteo Balduzzi is an architect by training and works in the fields of photography and public art, focusing on the relationship between people, the environment, and memory. For over fifteen years, he has collaborated with the Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea in Milano-Cinisello Balsamo, Italy, where he has served as the artistic program coordinator since 2018. He has curated numerous projects, including the exhibitions Gabriele Basilico, Viaggio in Italia, and Veggenti, recently presented in Milan, Rome, Paris, London, and Prague. A lecturer in the Master鈥檚 program in Photography and Visual Design at NABA in Milan and at IED in Turin, he is also a founding member of the contemporary art organization Careof in Milan.

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Emotional Geographies | Tomaso Clavarino at the 杏吧原创 Photography Festival 2025

Curated by Matteo Balduzzi, Emotional Geographies is the latest exhibition by Italian artist Tomaso Clavarino; it explores themes of marginality, adolescence, and uncertainty through the landscapes of the Po Valley and Northern Italy. Developed between 2020 and 2024, the series鈥擝allad of Woods and Wounds, Padanistan, Like Ivy We Grow Where There鈥檚 Place For Us, and Soft Like Grass, Rough Like Asphalt鈥攁re presented together for the first time at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Toronto. Through a rich photographic language, Clavarino captures an Italy suspended between past and future, grappling with contradictions and shifting identities.

Emotional Geographies Poster

Emotional Geographies is a Core Exhibition of the 杏吧原创 Photography Festival 2025

Presented by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto and the Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea MUFOCO (Milano 鈥� Cinisello Balsamo), in partnership with 杏吧原创 in the University of Toronto, under the Patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Ottawa. It is supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.
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  • Opening: Tuesday, May 6 at 6 pm (see registration link below)
  • Exhibition:听May 7 to May 30 (Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm)
  • Free admission and open to the public
  • Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura – 496 Huron Street, Toronto

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