ICONS, the photography exhibition by Vittoria Ghiotto, the winning project at the OUT OF FOCUS call for young photographers.

ICONS by Vittoria Ghiotto is the second of the three winning projects from the OUT OF FOCUS call, to be hosted at the showcasing venue in the Mario Gromo Library/Mediatheque, from 5 February to 6 April 2018. The artist plays with the themes of pop icon, of image and depiction, so central in contemporary art, posing the issue of divergence between faces and identity in images proposed by Twentieth century media, with irony and skill. Vittoria Ghiotto  transforms digital elaborations of the faces of some great Twentieth century divas into "cyberfaces" which stretch the artificial character of Star System images to the limit.

OUT OF FOCUS, the call promoted by the National Cinema Museum and reserved for young photographers whose age ranges between 18 and 31 years, was born with the intention of welcoming and disseminating youthful photographic production in multiple aspects such as its artistic expression, as a visual document, and a narrative project. The new generations’ interest for the art of photography merges with the museum mission for the enhancement of the theme of photography and of the role of young people as active producers of culture. OUT OF FOCUS offers a space for dialogue and comparison, intended for a generation of authors who are often left out from more institutional circuits.