BADLANDS
Photographs by Tomeu Coll
Synopsis
A pochi metri da dove le turbine degli aeroplani, affollate di turisti che solo per le spiagge, nell’isola di Maiorca, c’è un’area in cui nulla sembra accadere per più di un secolo. Le storie dalle terre interne di questa isola galleggiante, come quello di ogni sobborgo, a parte ciò che sembra importante per il resto mondo. Badlands è più dell’universo all’interno di un fotografo, è la notizia nascosta in ogni tristezza del giorno, cronaca del degrado di un territorio di tangenziale che si sta svolgendo dritto alla desolazione. Tomeu Coll ha catturato l’insondabile e quasi irreale territori della sua isola: Maiorca. Uno sguardo allo specchietto retrovisore per capire che tutto il la stranezza che lo circonda è anche nei suoi occhi. La mostra sarà anche il luogo per presentare il catalogo del progetto, che ha è stato pubblicato da Kehrer Verlag e Institut d’Estudis Balearics.
Bio Tomeu Coll, nato nel 1981. Mallorca. Per definizione, un’isola ci fa pensare all’isolamento. Tomeu Coll viene da un’isola. Nacque la sua indagine sul lavoro attraverso la fotografia quando ha deciso di provare a capire il mondo da dove si trovava, su un isola. Sentiva il bisogno di sperimentare nuovi aspetti dell’isolamento. Il suo lavoro di documentario è stato premiato in diverse occasioni ed è stato mostrato in molte istituzioni in tutto il mondo, come la Aperture Gallery e la National Gallery di New York. Ha ricevuto numerosi premi fotografici ed è stato presentato come Emerging Photographer di Smithsonian Magazine (USA) per il suo progetto in corso “Badlands”. Informazioni tecniche per la mostra al CSF Adams. Roma. Inaugurazione: 22 novembre 2019 Pama di Maiorca 26 novembre 2019 Berlino 29 novembre 2019 Numero di foto: 20 fotografie Black’n’White Dimensioni: 30×40 cm Carta Canson Infinity Baryta Prestige 340gr. Editore Kehrer Verlag & IEB(Casa editrice insieme a IEB – Institut Estudis Baleraics) © Tomeu Coll 2019
BADLANDS
Photographs by Tomeu Coll
Synopsis
Just a few meters away from where the turbines of airplanes, crowded with tourists that
only search for sun and beaches, in the island of Mallorca, there is an area where nothing
seems to happen for more than a century. The stories from the inner lands of this island
float, like those of every suburb, apart from what seems important to the rest of the
world.
Badlands is more than the universe inside a photographer, it’s the news hidden in every
day’s sadness, the chronicle of the degradation of a beltway territory that is going
straight to desolation. Tomeu Coll has captured the unfathomable and almost unreal
territories of his island: Mallorca. A look at the rearview mirror to understand that all the
weirdness that surrounds him it’s also in his eyes.
The exhibition will also be the place to present the catalogue of the project, which have
been published by Kehrer Verlag & Institut d’Estudis Balearics.
Bio
Tomeu Coll, born in 1981.
Mallorca.
By defnition, an island makes us think of isolation.
Tomeu Coll comes from an island. His work investigation through photography was born
when he decided to try and understand the world from where he was standing, on an
island. He felt the need to experiment new aspects of isolation.
His documentary work was awarded on several occasions and was shown in many
institutions worldwide, such as the Aperture Gallery and at the National Gallery in New
York. He has been the recipient of several photography awards and was featured as an
Emerging Photographer by Smithsonian Magazine (USA) for his ongoing project
“Badlands”.
Tomeu
Since 2014 is co-founder of Erotic Eye Trilogy and Sacred Eye workshops, with Donna
Ferrato. Currently shoots for Stern, Der Spiegel, L’Illustre and other international
publications, while developing his own arstitic works approaching to the concepts he use
to work with. His work is mostly based on the subject of forgotten fghts as well as places,
but always trying to refect the life that remains when everything looks dead.
Technical Information for the exhibition at CSF Adams. Roma.
Opening: 22 November 2019
26 November 2019 Palma di Maiorca
29 November 2019 Berlin
Number of photos : 20 Black’n’White Photographs
Size: 30x40cm
Paper Canson Infinity Baryta Prestige 340gr.
Publisher
Kehrer Verlag & IEB (Publishing house along with IEB – Institut Estudis Baleraics)
© Tomeu Coll 2019
Gallery is open from mandey to friday (4 pm to 8 pm) in the morning and saturday with appointment
Info
Kromart gallery / CsfAdams
Via biagio pallai 12 Roma
338.5785977
06.5344428
