GHOST KARAOKE
Raed Yassin
Palazzo Vizzani, Bologna, 2023
With GAME, the 2023 biennale of Foto/Industria is
dedicated to the theme of the ‘game’.
Photography that documents industry and work, the
basis of each edition of Foto/Industria, this year explores the production of
objects and devices that fall within a vast and solid sector that has been able
to reinvent itself over time to meet changes in taste and habits, and is always
extremely receptive to technological innovation.
Memory is the
leitmotif in this exhibition, in which the artist recalls the time when he was
still a child, singing with his mother at religious festivals near Beirut,
Lebanon. Karaoke acts here as both a narrative and an elaboration of past
events. Play, memory, tradition, family relationships and loss are interwoven
in his works and into the itinerary of the entire exhibition, which starts with
Yassin’s individual experience and expands to include an in-depth analysis of
the mediums used to track it.
DESIGN TEAMFrancesco Librizzi
Anna Carcano
CONSULTANTS
Tosetto Allestimenti
CURATOR
Francesco Zanot
CLIENTFondazione MAST
PHOTOSLuca Capuano