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Beginnings

  • 29th January 2017/
  • Under : Assignments

This was supposed to be the first post in a series, covering in english the first year of monthly assignements for BombaCarta. Unfortunately, I was devoured by a number of issues and time constraints, so I couldn’t keep up. If you can speak italian, many reports about the year 2016-17 (including assignements and workshops) are on BombaCarta‘s website. This assignment was given on November 2016 and terminated on December 2016.

Choose your medium

Choose your medium carefully: you will stick to it for the whole year. For writing and photography a clear path will be provided but you are encouraged to experiment with any other form of art as long as you accept the duty to “translate” the assignment accordingly. Some forms of art work better in a group: if you have one, you could consider cinematography or dance for example. This is less obvious and more challenging as it may seem: if you do it, I’d love to know how it goes.

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Variations

  • 5th January 2017/
  • Under : Assignments, Officina

In a video on his YouTube channel, Ted Forbes launched the first of a series of assignments. As an avid follower of his videos, I decided to join. The topic is “Variations”, the assignment is to take ten shots at the same scene. This is how it went.

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