SPBH Space Milan opens on January 26, 2023. Conceived as a laboratory, gallery and social center founded by Self Publish, Be Happy, this original place will have a program of setups, workshops, talks and occasions through which to promote experimentation, collaboration and contamination between art, fashion and design.The first visit is It’s Photography, Stupid!, an event, curated by Bruno Ceschel, that checks out the broad limits of modern photography, presenting work by graduates of ECAL’s Master’s in Photography. Through a series of installations, screenings and lectures, visitors will be challenged, entertained and provoked, and welcomed to (re)think about the present function of photography, in an age where 3-D designs, social media and AI are consistently effecting on the medium.Starting January
26, the space will host a site-specific kinetic sculpture by German artist Clemens Fischer, an oversized machine that attempts unsuccessfully to tape pictures of itself and the audience in a frustratingly endless loop. Simultaneously funny and spirited, the sculpture welcomes the audience to reassess their reverence and worry of innovation. Fischer’s monolith is a photographic totem that demands both love and ridicule.The exact same day there will be an efficiency by the musician Tam Bor(aka Giacomo Bastianelli ), while on March 9, 2023, Augustin Lignier will occupy the SPBH Area with a large white box, illuminated by 10 rows of neon hanging from the top wall.It’s Photography, Stupid! will also include two short films by
Nikolai Frerichs and Alessia Gunawan that check out themes of love and national identity, respectively, using a range of visual tools such as CGI, discovered video, and AI images.