#OVERVIEW – Uno sguardo dall’alto sulla fotografia in Turin
The Gallerie d'Italia in Turin presents #OVERVIEW - Uno sguardo dall'alto sulla fotografia with a rich agenda of events on famous contemporary photographers
Program of the events: dates and times
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2025 - Screening of the documentary "Tehachapi" by JR
TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 2025 - "Il teatro del reale" with Alex Majoli
THURSDAY OCTOBER 16, 2025 - "Either/Or - Either/And - Everything: A history of photography in the 21st Century" with Charlotte Cotton
TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 2025 - "American Geographies" with Matt Black and Alessia Glaviano
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2025 - Screening of the movie "Mi ricordo di Mario Giacomelli" with Lorenzo Cicconi Massi
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2025 - "Roger Ballen, a trip to Dante's Hell and back" with Roger Ballen and Didi Bozzini
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25, 2025 - “Occupied Territories” with Fabio Bucciarelli
TUESDAY DECEMBER 2, 2025 - Screening of the movie "The salt of the earth" by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
TUESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2025 - “5k from the Frontline” with Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Alessia Glaviano
TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2026 - Screening of the movie "Finding Vivian Maier" by John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 2026 - “Jacopo Benassi - Doomed to Photograph” with Jacopo Benassi and Rica Cerbarano
TUESDAY JANUARY 27, 2026 - “Photography, from alchemy to algorithm” with Joan Fontcuberta
Screening of the documentary “Tehachapi” by JR
Date: October 1, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m
Format: screening
Introduction: Valentina Noya
JR's Tehachapi is an intense and evocative documentary (in French, with Italian subtitles) that chronicles the artist's three-year workshop at the Tehachapi maximum security prison (USA). The work is part of the programme of the fifth edition of LiberAzioni - Festival delle arti dentro e fuori, a biennial project of the Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema (AMNC) dedicated to the themes of detention and artistic languages as tools for reflection and change.
The film will be introduced by the deputy chair of the National Cinema Museum Association, Valentina Noya, who is also the director of the LiberAzioni festival, of which the screening of Jr.'s doc is the opening event.
Screening in original language with Italian subtitles
Event in collaboration with the Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Il teatro del reale
Date: October 14, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Alex Majoli
A conversation with Alex Majoli on photography. The artist talks about his journey and his research into the boundaries between reality and representation. He uses the photographic lens to investigate the human condition, life and its representations. An invitation to reflect on how images can simultaneously reveal and stage reality.
Either/Or - Either/And - Everything: A history of photography in the 21st Century
Date: October 16, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Charlotte Cotton
In 2004, The Photograph as Contemporary Art, was first published and became a key text in charting the rise of photography as an undisputed art form in the 21st century. Published in fourteen languages, and now in the 4th edition (published in 2020), it has been an introduction to photography for a generation of art photographers across the world. This lecture by the book’s author, curator Charlotte Cotton, focuses on the evolution of photography as contemporary art and a cultural force over the lifetime of her book.
The event will be held in English
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American Geographies
Date: October 28, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Matt Black and Alessia Glaviano
American Geographies will survey photographer Matt Black's work chronicling the social and environmental landscapes of his native rural California and across the United States.
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Screening of the movie "Mi ricordo di Mario Giacomelli"
Date: November 4, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m
Format: screening
Speakers: Lorenzo Cicconi Massi
The testimonies and stories of those who knew him offer a rich and sincere portrait of Mario Giacomelli, 100 years after he was born. A largely stationary and reserved photographer, Giacomelli was able to build a personal and intimate career in which black and white stands out in a unique and now instantly recognisable way.
With the director of the film, Lorenzo Cicconi Massi
Event in collaboration with Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Roger Ballen, a trip to Dante's Hell and back
Date: November 18, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Roger Ballen, Didi Bozzini
The event features a conversation between the renewed Photographer Roger Ballen and Didi Bozzini, curator of the new volume Inferno. The dialogue will explore Ballen’s creative journey and Bozzini’s critical perspective, offering unique insights into the book. The evening will also include the exclusive premiere of a short film by Ballen and Bozzini, further expanding the visual and conceptual universe of Inferno.
The event will be held in English
Occupied Territories
Date: November 25, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Fabio Bucciarelli
Occupied Territories is not only the title of Fabio Bucciarelli's new book, but the daily condition of those who live in a space and time marked by the constant and oppressive Israeli occupation. These are not simply places on the map like Gaza, Lebanon or the West Bank. These territories are symbols of a deeper experience that goes beyond geography. Occupied Territories is the space and time of those living under constant siege. It is the feeling of time suspended, which doesn't flow as it should, and of bodies that don't have the freedom to move, to exist without limits. It is the interruption of lives, forced to constantly redefine themselves in a context of eternal conflict.
Screening of the movie "The salt of the earth"
Date: December 2, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m
Format: screening
The life and career of the great Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado between reflections on the image and accounts of now-iconic reportage. A twin perspective: that of German director Wim Wenders, passionate and emotional, and that - more intimate and intense - of Salgado's son, Juliano, in a unique, immersive work.
Event in collaboration with Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
5k from the Frontline
Date: December 9, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Alessia Glaviano
Ever since Ukraine was first invaded by Russia in 2014, millions of people in this country have been learning to inhabit war—to make it their living environment. In the process, they discovered that war looks very different from the inside than it does from the outside.
The event will be held in English
Screening of the movie "Finding Vivian Maier"
Date: January 13, 2025
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m
Format: screening
The incredible story of Vivian Maier, a leading exponent of so-called street photography, who spent her whole life working as a nanny in Chicago, without anyone knowing about her work as a photographer. It was only thanks to director John Maloof's research that many of her incredible works were recovered in 2007.
Event in collaboration with Associazione Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Jacopo Benassi - Doomed to photograph
Date: January 20, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speakers: Jacopo Benassi and Rica Cerbarano
Jacopo Benassi, one of the leading figures on the Italian contemporary art scene, crosses the boundaries of photography with a multifaceted research that is often expressed in the form of installations. The conversation traces his evolution towards a personal and material language, in which photography, sculpture and performance translate a visceral creative impulse, always anchored in an intimate relationship with the photographic image.
Photography, from alchemy to algorithm
Date: January 27, 2025
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m
Format: talk
Speaker: Joan Fontcuberta
Photography, once rooted in the mystery of alchemy, has evolved into a new kind of magic — one driven by algorithms and data. As neural networks and artificial intelligence begin to replace the camera and the human eye — long central to visual culture — we are called to rethink the role of images in shaping our perception and sensibility. More than ever, we must challenge not only how photography deals with reality, but also what the reality of photography is today. A conversation with artist, photographer, and writer Joan Fontcuberta to explore the nature of images in our time and how they contribute to shape the world.
The dialogue will be held in English