Making Magazines | Making Exhibitions

The ever-stronger bond with the web has created, in reaction, a diffuse interest in printed paper and the desire for – slower and even visual – reading has come to the surface. This renewed interest in paper seems a reaction to the social dematerialization that occurred with the digital: forms of independent publishing promote real physical exchanges. Saul Marcadent  is curator of projects related to cultural and artistic production with a deep interest in printed magazines and books. His projects are always looking for a relationship, collaboration and analysis of a scenario; despite the areas are very different and the topics diversified, the common thread is that the starting point or the medium of communication remains the paper.

The seminar crosses few personal curatorial projects such as L’edicola, an installation focused on niche journals, Flou, a group show that investigates the link between fashion photography and independent publishing and Reading photographs, an exhibition curated in collaboration with three book collectors.

Saul Marcadent
Curator and Researcher, actually PhD Candidate in Design Sciences - Fashion Design at Iuav University of Venice. Among his research interests are the relations between publishing, fashion and visual culture, magazines and the territories of graphic design and contemporary photography. Saul Marcadent is the co-curator with Maria Luisa Frisa and Gabriele Monti of Desire and Discipline: Designing Fashion at Iuav (Marsilio, 2016), a book that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Iuav’s fashion courses. He works on publishing and exhibition projects, using his activity also as a research tool. Recent exhibitions include Maybe we are the waves (Berlin, Archive Kabinett, 2015) and Searching for Ramya (Milano, Pomo Galerie, 2015).

In Kooperationen mit der Università Iuav di Venezia / Culture del progetto www.iuav.it
In Partnerschaft mit AFA - Austrian Fashion Association, Salon für Kunstbuch / Wien, Bruno Books / Venezia