With this vision, they opened the space K! in Turin, which will host exhibitions, workshops, and talks, bringing socially engaged photography to Italy—a tradition already well established in Northern Europe and the UK. Through a method of practical reflection, the political discourse surrounding images is translated into tangible experiences.
K! will be a space open to the city and its inhabitants. It will host artist residencies focused on co-creation with the local community. Throughout the year, a curated library of photobooks and publications on collaborative practices in photography will be available by appointment.
Emilio Nasser
The inaugural exhibition is La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan by Emilio Nasser. Based on a local legend from the city of Tlacotalpan in Veracruz, Mexico, the story intersects with the imagination of the community. Some fishermen believe that La Cornuda lives in the Papaloapan River; she is said to be a creature who appears and disappears, frightens people, and uses her horns to carry them away, making them vanish from the Earth. Nasser reimagines and playfully reinterprets this myth with the local community: participants drew and wrote their own versions of the story, creating alternative endings.
Emilio Nasser