“Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri”.
(The old world is dying. The new one is slow to appear. And in this chiaroscuro the monsters are born.)
Antonio Gramsci
The old world (photography as a promise of truth and memory) is dying and the new world (images created by artificial intelligence) is struggling to emerge.
From document to speculation, from natural images to fake images, Joan Fontcuberta has accustomed us to a work that tracks the chiaroscuros, highlighting the emerging monstrosities: monstrosities of language, monstrosities of technology,...