Facce da Blogger

Facce da Blogger

Biblioteca Accursio - Milano, Italy

16/10/2023 - 31/10/2023

Elena Datrino presents in Milan from 16 October 2023 at the Accursio library in Milanthe exhibition Facce da Blogger curated by Tiziano M. Todi, dedicated to over one hundred bloggers photographed in Italy between 2014 and 2020, protagonists of the exhibition itinerary.

With this photographic project Elena Datrino managed to immortalize the interpreters of a generation, a fast era like the one we are living in, through the images of Italian digital creatives in the web 2.0 era; with crisp and brilliant photographic portraits, she highlights the faces of those who animate the digital world. For each of them the artist created a photographic set capable of capturing the personality and peculiarities of the character.

The "Facce da Blogger" project born in 2015 has been exhibited over the years in galleries and festivals throughout Italy, enriching itself, each time, with further and unpublished portraits, with the aim of contributing to giving a new look at a change in act.

Facce da Blogger is also an interactive book created together with the graphic designer Antonella Provasi: for each printed portrait a corresponding QRCODE will forward the reader to more than 100 web pages, each dedicated to a photographed protagonist. The book, published in 2023 by Gangemi Editore, is a precious document, a testimony to the positive impact of digital in our society and the cultural ferment that bloggers have brought to Italy.

Book available here: Facce da Blogger

Col cuore in mano

Col cuore in mano

Museo Bagatti Valsecchi - Milano, Italy

14/02/2023 - 12/03/2023

On Valentine's Day the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum celebrates love in all its forms with the inauguration of the video installation "Col cuore in mano"-"With heart in hand": the new site-specific by Elena Datrino, that inextricably unites the works of the Museum's permanent collection with those of the current exhibition "The seduction of beauty. Secret masterpieces between the 1600s and'700".

The shots of Elena Datrino will come to life through the dancing hands of the actress Ippolita Baldini and the notes of the song created by the composer Ivano Pecorini which will transform the visit into an immersive and multi-sensory experience.

Curated by Lorenzo Vanda.

Museum Director: Antonio D'Amico

President: Camilla Bagatti Valsecchi

Autogrill: Still

Autogrill: Still

Museo Archeologico di Bene Vagienna - Bene Vagienna (CN), Italy

03/10/2021 - 26/12/2021

From 3 October to 26 December 2021 the "Autogrill: Still" exhibition is on display on the main floor of the prestigious Palazzo Lucerna di Rorà, home of the Archaeological Museum of Bene Vagienna (CN).

35 photographs are presented taken from the Author's historic social reportage, which began over 20 years ago and is still ongoing. Shots of families and people on holiday in the rest areas of Italian motorways taken in the years 2000, 2001, 2008, 2019.

The exhibition is curated by Livio Girivetto Mensio, together with a collective of painters, illustrators, sculptors and photographers on display at the Archaeological Museum, the Palazzo di Casa Ravera and the Church of San Bernardino dei Disciplinati Bianchi, places of great charm of the ancient Piedmontese city.

MILANO C19

MILANO C19

Lishui Photography Festival - Lishui, China

11/05/2021 - 11/09/2021

“Milan C19” reportage, started during the quarantine and during the pandemic spring of 2020.

In the urban desert, places take on a symbolic meaning. The silence and light of the sunny spring days have given voice to the space: the architecture and design of the buildings, squares and streets are the precious nest in which our life takes place. The sculptures seem to come alive, transforming their immobility into a conscious presence. The surreal beauty of the city is a colorless scenography in which people appear very small. Small as perhaps we are feeling in the face of everything we are experiencing.

Mascherine della Vittoria

Mascherine della Vittoria

Ospedale Spallanzani - Rome, Italy

26/11/2020 - 31/01/2021

Galleria Vittoria presents “Mascherine della Vittoria”, a project curated by Tiziano M. Todi which involves 40 Italian and international artists who collaborate with the Gallery.

The exhibition is presented with the texts of speeches by the lawyer. Michaela Castelli president of Acea, Dr. Marta Branca, Maddalena Santeroni President of the National Gallery Friends Association, Tiziano M. Todi, Francesca Cicinelli, Ginevra Corso, Gaetano Florio, Alessandra Gatti, Tiziana Todi, Paola Veneto Guerri.

The artists were invited to reinvent the surgical mask, each using their own stylistic signature. Expressing themselves freely on this "garment" which has forcefully entered global everyday life. We wanted to create a moment of reflection to share through art to tell the historical period we are experiencing.

Mestieri in posa, Leica Camera Italia

Mestieri in posa, Leica Camera Italia

Leica Galerie - Milan, Italy

13/09/2018 - 30/09/2018

Live shooting created by Leica Camera Italia on the occasion of Milan Photo Week 2018.

Each photographer selected for the "Mestieri in Posa" project was asked to portray professionals linked to the most diverse professions. I have chosen to photograph those who work in contact with animals to train them, adopt them, care for them with extraordinary and exceptional models: His Majesty's Falconers, La Casetta degli Animali, Fabio Borganti

The project concluded with an exhibition at the Leica Store in Milan displayed throughout the month of September 2018.

Facce da Blogger

Facce da Blogger

Palazzo Coelli, Comune di Orvieto - Orvieto (TR), Italy

10/03/2017 - 28/03/2017

A selection of the project dedicated to Italian digital creatives of web 2.0 exhibited on the occasion of the "It's Time" Edition of the Orvieto International Photography Festival organized by FIOF, International Fund for Photography and Video.

During the week of the Festival the Author was invited together with 6 Bloggers protagonists of the project for an intervention at Palazzo del Popolo moderated by the writer, author and psychologist Tommi di Bari. The group of Bloggers talked about the Festival with articles, interviews and reports which increased media coverage.

Exhibition edited by: Tiziano M.todi

Festival directed by: Ruggiero Di Benedetto and Maria Lanotte

Facce da Blogger 2.0

Facce da Blogger 2.0

Casa Toesca - Rivarolo Canavese (TO), Italy

21/05/2016 - 26/06/2016

A selection of 60 photographs taken from the project dedicated to Italian digital creatives of web 2.0 on display in the eighteenth-century palace of Casa Toesca, headquarters of AreaCreativa42, Rivarolo Canavese (Turin), inaugurated with talks moderated by the journalist Federica Brbatti.

Edited by: Tiziano M.Todi

Organization: Elisabetta Chiono, Karin Reisovà

Facce da Blogger shooting live

Facce da Blogger shooting live

SuperStudio - Milan, Italy

20/03/2015 - 20/03/2016

In the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Contemporary Art Fair at Affordable Art Fair in Milan the Author was invited to exhibit part of the project dedicated to Italian digital creatives of web 2.0 and to create new portraits of protagonists of communication in the world of art.

Edited by: Tiziano M. Todi, Manuela Porcu

Olivetti Places- On the trail of Camillo and Adriano

Olivetti Places- On the trail of Camillo and Adriano

Spazio Bianco - Ivrea, Turin

15/03/2015 - 15/06/2015

Reportage dedicated to the Olivetti locations in Ivrea: from the factories to the spaces dedicated to company canteens, to nurseries, schools, residences for employees and managers, to the Library of Palazzo Canavese dedicated to Community Editions.

The work has been exhibited in 2003 in San Donato Milanese, Milan by Cascina Roma Contemporary Gallery for a special exhibition "Costruire un sogno", dedicated to Olivetti and Mattei families, as an example of modernity and capacity of social and working developement. In 2015 in Ivrea, Turin the same exhibition has been realized by SpazioBianco. Pictures from 120 film, printed on aluminium, 20cm x 20 cm.

Facce da Blogger

Facce da Blogger

Galleria Vittoria - Rome, Italy

30/01/2015 - 15/02/2015

30 portraits reveal the faces behind the computer screens of the Italian digital creatives of web 2.0: new communication figures who talk about social change through blogs. Our renewed approaches to art, fashion, technology, design, food and travel are witnesses of cultural changes and mirror the evolution of our society, today simultaneously immersed in the real and virtual dimensions.

Edited by: Tiziano M.Todi

La Viassa Di Federico

La Viassa Di Federico

Galleria Vittoria - Rome, Italy

15/10/2009 - 15/11/2009

Reportage dedicated to the "Viassa" road in Torre Canavese, Turin: an ancient shortcut in the town animated by sculptures depicting the most famous characters from Federico Fellini's films. The sculptures were made of marine wood by Antonello and Milo Geleng, historical set designers of the Master Director Federico Fellini and of Cinecittà.

Concept and realization: Marco Datrino

Edited by: Tiziana and Enrico Todi

Building a dream: Adriano Olivetti and Contemporary Art

Building a dream: Adriano Olivetti and Contemporary Art

Cascina Roma - San Donato Milanese, Milan

01/02/2003 - 15/03/2003

Reportage of the main places where the historic Olivetti was born and developed. From the work buildings to the employee housing areas in Ivrea, Turin.

The reportage was exhibited in 2003 at the Cascina Roma Contemporary Art Gallery in San Donato Milanese on the occasion of the exhibition "Building a dream", dedicated to the Olivetti and Mattei families, as examples of modernity and capacity for social and work development. In 2015 the same exhibition was exhibited at the SpazioBianco in Ivrea with more integrative images.

Photographs from 120 negative, printed on aluminium, 20cm x 20cm.

Electronic Identity

Electronic Identity

Festival Portfolio in Piazza - Savignano sul Rubicone (FC), Italy

10/09/1998 - 15/09/1998

Personal research on the nature of identity representation and digital and multimedia expression - photography and video.

Color Polaroids, 9cm x 6cm and reproductions, prints on matte paper 40cm x 50cm.

The service was exhibited in 1998 at the "Porfolio in Piazza" International Festival in Savignano sul Rubicone, edited by Mario Cresci

Electronic Identity

Electronic Identity

Festival Les Rencontres - Arles, Francia

01/07/1998 - 01/08/1998

Personal research on the nature of identity representation and digital and multimedia expression - photography and video.

Color Polaroids, 9cm x 6cm and reproductions, prints on matte paper 40cm x 50cm.

The service was exhibited in 1998 at the "Les Rencontres" International Photography Festival in Arles, France, edited by Edward Rozzo