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ATELIER LAURA CADELO BERTRAND

by Laura Cadelo Bertrand

#DEPROFUNDIS The Fontanelle Cemetery, Naplesan imposing underground cathedral. hovering between darkness and the swathes of light cutting through it. thousands of bones and skulls. 40,000 anonymous human beings. a peaceful place where death is no longer an insurmountable boundary.

#DEPROFUNDIS The Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples
an imposing underground cathedral. hovering between darkness and the swathes of light cutting through it. thousands of bones and skulls. 40,000 anonymous human beings. a peaceful place where death is no longer an insurmountable boundary.

Laura Cadelo Bertrand #TheGalleristborn in 1968 in Carpi, Modena. artist daughter of an artist. qualified as a mime at the school of #MarcelMarceau in Paris. stage designer. choreographer. butoh dancer. sculptress. #JewelDesigner. she collects. absorbs. reworks. it’s art that flows through her veins, her mind and her breaths, art that carves the metal of her jewels. but the desire for beauty never pauses. so her Atelier often hosts the works of other artists, exhibitions, performances, which in turn are created in collaboration with the art space viaduegobbitre in Reggio Emilia. Luciano Bertrand #TheManagerborn in Bruxelles in 1959. polyglot. learned man. fond of cinema theatre literature gastronomy and music. music agent specialized in jazz and Brazilian music. musical events manager. but above all husband and manager of #TheGallerist. he smiles benevolently, he sits peacefully. the right words. the proper remark. the perfect pronunciation, in any language. even if – he confesses – he prefers French. master of ceremonies. talent coordinator. Ivan Cenzi #TheAuthorexplorer of the disturbing. collector of exotica. mad about #wunderkammer, #anatomy, the history of circus, science, photography, classic and contemporary art, music, literature but also #anthropology, #thanatology, psychology, cinema, sexuality, humour... a lover and an apparently healthy carrier of diversity. a good man above suspicion. rubicund with soft curls. always polite. never losing nor altering his zen composure except when he meets the #bizarre. then he is shaken by a slight tremor. a smile and a strange light appear in his eyes. if we were not distracted by the pink flesh, the gentle behaviour, the irreproachable education of a cultivated man, in that light we might recognize a sardonic iconoclastic vein. born in 1978 in Asiago, Vicenza. he graduated in Communication Studies in Siena and film direction at #Cinecittà. he is director and producer for Interzone Visions. but above all the author of #BizzarroBazar, the Italian blog which is a benchmark for anything weird, macabre and marvellous. Carlo Vannini #ThePhotographerthe photographer of #Culture: artworks, archaeological finds, restoration works, architectural structures, city views. but also ordinary artefacts, permeated with a strong historical feeling. he was born in Reggio Emilia in 1956. his uncle, a painter, and his father, a decorator, introduced him to the art world. sunburned skin, tensed muscles. a hard stare, sometimes fixed and violent, sometimes cold and primitive. in contrast with a sensitive soul that knows light’s delicate balance. he gets closer and captures objects like an animal hunts its prey. guided by instinct he possesses them, transfigures them. shining silences caress matter, deep blacks absorb the story of his subjects, majestic shadows are outlined through the reflections of the camera lens, turned into a brush or a voice capable to whisper ancient stories. today he is acknowledged as one of the most important art photographers in Italy. #DEPROFUNDIS The Fontanelle Cemetery, Naplesan imposing underground cathedral. hovering between darkness and the swathes of light cutting through it. thousands of bones and skulls. 40,000 anonymous human beings. a peaceful place where death is no longer an insurmountable boundary. #MORSPRETIOSA italian Religious Ossuarieswhat you are we once were, what we are you will be…a way of exorcizing death. the body is only a container for the soul. five small chapels. decorated with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin Friars. #THEETERNALVIGIL The Capuchin Catacombs in Palermothe mummies are standing upright in white niches. wearing their ancient clothes. posing. 1,252 preserved bodies. 600 wooden coffins. a historical and artistic guide to the largest collection of spontaneous and artificial mummies in the world. an extraordinary expression of the ancient tradition of mummification.

PHOTO EXHIBITION OF CARLO VANNINI FOR #BIZZARROBAZAR
ORGANIZED BY LAURA CADELO BERTRAND AND #LOGOSEDIZIONI,
IN COLLABORAZTION WITH SPAZIO ARTE VIADUEGOBBITRE FOR FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA

ATELIER LAURA CADELO BERTRAND
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