Time
7:30-9 p.m., April 27
Tickets
Free English lecture by Swiss photographer| April 27
Venue
Metro
Line 1 to Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A
Free English lecture by Swiss photographer| April 27
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Swiss photographer Salvatore Vitale will give a lecture on his project “How to Secure a Country” at OCAT Shenzhen this Friday. No sign-up is necessary.
Started in 2015, the project, which has already been awarded various accolades including the 2017 PHM Grant, is to show the Swiss security system from within by accessing the whole apparatus to almost become part of it while at the same time refraining from adopting an investigative approach or a judgmental outlook.
In 2015-2016, he is in the recipient of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia’s grant for his long-term research on the production of security in Switzerland.
“The reason that led me to want to explore such a matter is a personal one: It all started with something akin to an identity crisis. On Feb. 9, 2014, the Swiss people voted in favor of a federal popular initiative ‘against mass immigration’ and, having lived in Switzerland since the age of 18, such outcome was unexpected and hit me very hard. I felt very angry and started investigating how such hostile attitude had originated,” said Vitale in a recent interview on Vogue magazine.
Vitale is also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of YET magazine, a Switzerland-based international photography magazine which showcases works by both emerging and established photographers as well as in-depth content focusing on the evolution of photography with a particular eye on the contemporary field.
Vitale is currently exhibiting his photo series “The Moon was Broken” at the newly opened “Follow_Me” exhibition at OCAT Shenzhen which runs until June.
萨尔瓦托雷·瓦塔伊尔出生于1986年，是一名瑞士艺术家和编辑。
在完成了传播学的学习后，2014年，他参加了Allen Frame在国际摄影中心（ICP）的课程，并被选中参加Andrei Polikanov和Yuri Kozyrev主持的ISSP国际大师班课程。2015年，他被提名2014年度最佳瑞士摄影奖。
瓦塔伊尔的创作兴趣聚焦于运用不同的语言和媒介来探索讲故事的策略。2015-2016年，瓦塔伊尔发起的关于瑞士安全生产的长期研究项目荣获瑞士文化基金会津贴支持。该项目旨在探讨瑞士这一全球最安全国度的国家安全生产，分析了那些晦涩难懂的概念——比如安全（safety）、安保（security）——如何通过标准操作程序而产生恒定的意义。
瓦塔伊尔是《YET》杂志的联合创办人兼总编辑，“YET”既是摄影杂志，也是展示平台，呈现了新锐和资深摄影师的作品，以及当代视野下围绕摄影发展这一主题富有真知灼见的评论内容。
瓦塔伊尔是德意志证券摄影基金会大奖和温特图尔摄影博物馆Plat(t)form奖提名委员会成员，曾担任国际摄影暑期学院（ISSP）和“ShowOFF”克拉科夫摄影节等国际项目评委。他的作品在全球各地广泛发表；同时，他也是工作坊导师、作家，并围绕自己的创作进行演讲和讲座。
Time: 7:30-9 p.m., April 27
Venue: Library in OCAT Shenzhen, South Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园南区OCAT深圳馆图书馆)
Metro: Line 1 to Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A