Salvatore Vitale (artist)

Salvatore Vitale
Born
Palermo, Italy
NationalityItalian
Alma materLucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Known forVisual artist, educator, and editor
Notable workHow to Secure a Country
Websitewww.salvatore-vitale.com

Salvatore Vitale (born 1986) is an Italian visual artist,[1][2] educator, and editor[3] based in Switzerland.[4][5] Vitale is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of YET magazine[6][7][8] and the author of "How to Secure a Country."[9][7][10][11]

Vitale is a lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts,[3] where he leads the Transmedia Storytelling program at Camera Arts.[12]

Early life and education

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Vitale was born in 1986 and raised in Palermo,[13] Italy. In 2005, at the age of 18,[7][11] Vitale left Sicily to study[3] in Lugano,[14] in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino.[15] He studied fine arts at the Zurich University of the Arts.[6]

Early career

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After his studies, Vitale began publishing YET magazine, [16] a Swiss-based international photography magazine devoted to contemporary photography.[17] Since 2012, YET magazine has developed into a platform for debate for a community of photographers and photography scholars.[8]

Projects

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How to Secure a Country

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In 2014, he started working on his visual research project[18] called "How to Secure a Country," after Switzerland voted against mass immigration.[19] While working on his project, Vitale began to collaborate with security researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich for four years.[20][14][21][22]

According to Vitale during his interview with Vogue Italia, "The aim of the project was to show the Swiss security system from within by accessing the whole apparatus to almost become part of it without, at the same time, adopting an investigative approach or a judgmental outlook." The project has been awarded various accolades, including the 2017 Phmuseum Grant, and was presented its complete version as part of a solo exhibition opening at The Swiss Center for Photography Winterthur in Switzerland in 2019.[7]

Vitale was featured "FOAM Talent" by FOAM (Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam)[18] and his project "How to Secure a Country" was listed as one of the Favorite Photobooks of 2019 by LensCulture.[10] A wide selection of "How to Secure a Country" is in the collection of Fotostiftung Schweiz in Winterthur.[15][21][23][24]

How to Secure a Country +

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In 2021, Vitale's "How to Secure a Country +" had its first solo exhibition presented in an Italian institution and was hosted by CAMERA.[25] It was part of the series of exhibitions "Passengers. Tales from the New World", a program dedicated by CAMERA to mid-career artists who most represent examples of innovation in contemporary visual language.[26] Curated by Giangavino Pazzola,[27] the exhibition consists of more than forty works belonging to two groups of works, related to research carried out by Vitale since 2014.[25]

Persuasive System

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"Persuasive System" is an interactive installation focused on the use of CCTV in public spaces.[1]

Decompressed Prism

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Decompressed Prism is a video installation that combines of fictional and documentary elements, video archives, text, sound design and real data that create an uncertain and mischievous space.[28] Decompressed Prism was exhibited as a digital installation commissioned by the MBAL – Musée des beaux arts Le Locle.[29]

Death by GPS

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Vitale's "Death by GPS" is a multi-part project that deals with the day laborers and mining in the Gauteng region of South Africa.[3][13] The project explores issues such as labor exploitation, the gig economy,[30] and automated processes in the context of post-capitalism.[31]

Publications

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Publications paired with others

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  • Vitale, Salvatore. 2019. How To Secure A Country: From Border Policing via Weather Forecast to Social Engineering—A Visual Study of 21st-Century Statehood. With texts by Lars Willumeit, Roland Bleiker, Philip Di Salvo. Lars Müller, Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers. ISBN 9783037785973

Publications with contributions by Vitale

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  • On the Verge. Void. 2023. ISBN 9786188331891
  • MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work 2023. Corraini Edizioni. 2023. ISBN 9788894369861
  • Art for Zurich. Scheidegger & Spiess. 2022. ISBN 9783039421039
  • From Where I Stand: Biennale für Aktuelle Fotografie. 2022. ISBN 9789083165899. Edited by Iris Sikking and design by Leonie Rapp
  • Shoot & Think, Studio Image. Bozen University. 2022
  • Seven Questions. Ruby Press. 2022. ISBN 9783944074443. Edited by Jan De Vylder, Annamaria Prandi / ETH Studio Jan De Vylder
  • HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter Narrative. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Ed. Futures Photography. 2021. ISBN 9789090355993. Edited by Salvatore Vitale and Saba Askary
  • SLANTED #37: Artificial Intelligence. Slanted Publishers. 2021
  • Nummer #10: Post-Photography. Lucerne University of Art and Design. 2021. ISBN 9783033084919. Edited by Wolfgang Brückle and Salvatore Vitale
  • Challenging Black Box Technology Power Imbalances by Exposing Them: “Persuasive System” as a Prism for Decomposing Contemporary Surveillance. Surveillance & Society. Vol. 19 No. 4 (2021): Imagining Surveillance Future
  • Bally Foundation Collection. Bally Foundation. 2021. ISBN 9783039421039
  • Ideologies / Ideologien. kehrerverlag.com. 2021. ISBN 9783969000434
  • RESET: Questioning the Image, the Market, and the Role of Representation. Futures Photography. 2021. ISBN 9789090341101. Edited by Salvatore Vitale
  • Art & Energy. SternbergPress. 2020. ISBN 9783956795763
  • Non-Gasoline Stations. Artphilein Editions. 2020. ISBN 9788894518610
  • T*. Mousse Publishing. 2019. ISBN 9788867493968. Edited by Ilaria Bombelli
  • The Moon was Broken. Photopaper.
  • 1000 Words, 10 Years. 1000 Words Magazine. 2018
  • Picturing Cyberspace. Unseen Magazine. 2017. ISBN 9789082264227

Awards

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  • First prize, Photographic Museum of Humanity 2017 grant, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[7][32]
  • Won the Swiss Design Award for YET magazine in 2018[33][34]
  • Won FOAM Talent[18] and the Punctum award in 2018[35]
  • Received Swiss Art Council Pro Helvetia Grant for Visual Arts in 2020[36][37]
  • Won the Bally Artist of the Year 2020 for How to Secure a Country, Bally Foundation [38]
  • Won the Swiss Design Award for Death by GPS in 2020[39][40]
  • Finalist of MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work in 2023[16]
  • Received the Pro Helvetia Johannesburg Residency Grant in 2023[36]

References

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  1. ^ a b Biino, Marta (2021-10-14). "When surveillance and algorithms inspire art". Coda Story. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  2. ^ Di Salvo, Philip (2020-11-23). "Digital contagion". maize.io. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
  3. ^ a b c d "Data, Mines and Exploitation: On Salvatore Vitale's "Death By GPS"". Bubblegum Club - A cultural organisation working across all platforms and mediums. 2023-08-28. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  4. ^ "Salvatore Vitale analyzes the security and protection systems". C41 Magazine. 2020-03-18. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  5. ^ "Photos. En Suisse, de forts indices de protection". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  6. ^ a b "Salvatore Vitale". Wired Nextfest 2018 Firenze (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  7. ^ a b c d e Marani, Francesca (2018-04-10). "How to secure a country". Vogue.it. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  8. ^ a b Culture, © Federal Office of. "YET magazine". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  9. ^ "Photo Journal Monday: Salvatore Vitale". Musée Magazine. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  10. ^ a b "Favorite Photobooks of 2019". LensCulture. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  11. ^ a b Haider, Arwa (2021-07-14). "Us and Them: Rare images of groups shut off from the world". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  12. ^ "The Art of Photo Books – Where form and content meet". Magnum Photos Store. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  13. ^ a b Arnold, Fay (2023-04-03). "Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine – Gleichzeitigkeiten at MAST". Les Nouveaux Riches Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  14. ^ a b Rieger, Jennifer (2019-02-26). "Ausstellung "How to Secure a Country" - Nüchternes Bild der Schweizer Sicherheitsindustrie". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  15. ^ a b "What does Swiss security look like?". SWI swissinfo.ch. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  16. ^ a b Grulli, Antonio (2023-04-05). "At Bologna's MAST, a Special Exhibit Explains Photography Today". ELLE Decor (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  17. ^ "SALVATORE VITALE". fotofestiwal.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  18. ^ a b c Debost, Claire (2019-04-02). "FOAM's photographers to watch". Blind Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  19. ^ D'Aliesio, Susan. "Interview: Salvatore Vitale, winner of PH Museum 2017 Grant, on How to secure a country - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  20. ^ Clark, Tim (2017-09-26). "Salvatore Vitale". 1000 Words. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  21. ^ a b "Ein Land geht auf Nummer sicher". ZEITmagazin (in German). 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  22. ^ Cornet, Laurence (2019-06-28). "A Visual Examination of Switzerland's National Security Apparatus - PhMuseum". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  23. ^ Muscionico, Daniele (2019-03-03). "Die Angst geht um in der Schweiz – die Kunst hat die Bilder". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  24. ^ "Fotostiftung Schweiz | Salvatore Vitale – How to Secure a Country". Fotostiftung Schweiz | Salvatore Vitale – How to Secure a Country (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  25. ^ a b "Camera, in Project Room Vitale e il controllo del potere - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  26. ^ delle Rosine, Via (2021-11-03). "SALVATORE VITALE IN CAMERA". www.lastampa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  27. ^ "Persuasive System di Salvatore Vitale | OGR Torino". ogrtorino.it. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  28. ^ "Journées photographiques de Bienne, 5.–28.5.2023 | Decompressed Prism". Journées photographiques de Bienne, 5.–28.5.2023 | Decompressed Prism. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  29. ^ "SALVATORE VITALE". MBAL (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  30. ^ Kultur, © Bundesamt für. "Salvatore Vitale". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  31. ^ "Augmented Images — Conversazione con Salvatore Vitale | ATP DIARY Augmented Images — Conversazione con Salvatore Vitale" (in Italian). 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  32. ^ Smyth, Diane. "Awards: Salvatore Vitale wins the PHM 2017 Grant - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  33. ^ Spears, Tim (2018-06-11). "17 contemporary projects named winners of the swiss design awards 2018". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  34. ^ Pisani, Carlo; Simantob, Eduardo (2018-11-23). "The art of publishing art books, independently". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  35. ^ MagazineEA, Annika (2019-01-15). "Can a Photography Festival Thrive in Today's China?". Aperture. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  36. ^ a b lleiman (2023-07-22). "Selected artists in residence 2024 - Pro Helvetia %". Pro Helvetia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  37. ^ "Salvatore Vitale. How to Secure a Country + |". camera.to. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  38. ^ "Salvatore Vitale. Bally Artist of the Year Award 2020 | Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana - MASI Lugano | Galleries | Frieze". www.frieze.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  39. ^ "Swiss Art & Design Awards 2023 - BAK vergibt Schweizer Kunst- und Designpreise 2023". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  40. ^ "Fra gli Swiss Design Awards i ticinesi Birth, Kouto e Vitale". laRegione (in Italian). 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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