INTERLUDE - The space between the forms

The group exhibition Interlude is part of the 2025 curatorial program, which is dedicated to the evolution of photographic forms of expression. It explores how this art form—now more than ever—is transcending its traditional boundaries and blending with other visual and material worlds.
Interlude is a state of limbo, a meeting point between different forms of expression, where photography intertwines and transforms itself in contact with other arts. The exhibited works tell of a hybrid photography in constant metamorphosis: from digital to analog, from conceptual to painterly, from minimalism to Arte Povera, to installation and multimedia solutions. Here, the image is no longer just a document or representation, but becomes a gesture, material, sign, and space.

The group exhibition brings Italian, Austrian, and German artists into dialogue and draws a geographical line that—like an invisible thread—unites different sensibilities in a common field of research. In some works, photography meets painting, creating new, unpredictable forms of expression; in others, it is transformed into an installation, a three-dimensional object, or a fragment that is reassembled in conceptual collages—an original development of a new visual language that also represents the quintessence of the Stadtgalerie Brixen's exhibition program for 2025. Curated by Marco Pietracupa, it highlights various perspectives of current international photographic research.

This diversity of approaches is not merely a technical gimmick, but a profound reflection on our way of perceiving reality and constructing meaning through images. Photographic surfaces become textures, pixels become digital brushstrokes, analog photographs regain their materiality, while the installation-like character transforms the exhibition space into a landscape that invites visitors to traverse it.

Interlude invites us to look beyond definitions and follow the thread of an ever-evolving language that combines contemporary sensibilities and pioneering practices—offering the audience a lively, participatory experience of an art form that continues to speak, create connections, and redefine the boundaries of photography.

Curated by Marco Pietracupa