Exhibitions and Festival
KINDRED
Date
08 October 2025 - 11 October 2025
Time
18:30 PM - 19:00 PM
Where
Via Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 4, Milan - Italy
Fruition
In-person event
BA Photography graduate students present their final projects in a collective exhibition curated by a second-year students
Kindred is a reflection on the ways we connect - to one another and to the world around us - through the work of fourteen emerging artists. This exhibition brings together artists’ books, prints, video installations, and ceramics, the outcome of a collaboration between second and third-year photography students at IED Milan under the guidance of their lecturer.
At its heart lies an exploration of relationships between humans and nature, approached from diverse perspectives: the rebirth of Bassano, a village devastated by an earthquake; a journey through Sardinia as a cathartic response to past trauma; the creation of imaginary landscapes; or the classification of species through taxidermy. Other works turn inward to examine intimacy and personal bonds: a poetic tribute to a Vietnamese grandmother, a collage of loved ones, the portrait of a friend whose life revolves around music, and reflections on the notion of ‘muse’ within romantic relationships.
Several artists use self-portraiture, abstraction, and text to give form to the complexities of mental health, including struggles with suicidal thoughts. Elsewhere, an audiovisual piece questions the influence of pornography on human behavior, while a surrealist short film weaves together abstraction and reality in an intimate narrative.
Kindred invites viewers to consider the many dimensions of relationships: our ties to ourselves, to others, and to the environments we inhabit.
Participating artists (3rd year BA Photography Graduate Students):
Alice Antonietti, Andrea Padulo, Chiara Grando, Denise Cataldo, Eva Cerasi, Guglielmo Benassi, Lara Marušić, Lora Lutova, Martina Capocchiani, Mila Fergola, Nicole Pagliuca, Nicoletta Castroianni, Thomas Voltan, Valeria Arrigo.
Curators (2nd year BA Photography Students)
Abigail Hope Michaels, Chris Harman, Davide Consonni, Fiorella María Villagrán Serrano, Ihor Kshyzhevsky, Lucas Cárdenas Lozano, Niccolò Gregorio, Sharon Baita, Ugné Andrejūnaité with the support of Magali Avezou.
Exhibition Opening times:
- Wednesday October 8th October: 6:30 - 9pm
- Thursday October 9th and Friday 10th: 1 - 7 pm
- Saturday October 11th: 11 - 7pm
Program:
Opening Event and DJs Set with David Manev and Luka Kekikj
Wednesday October 8th: 6:30 - 9pm
Talk with Rita Lino, Photographer and Visual Artist
Saturday October 11th - 5 pm