Francesco Chiot

Photographer/Videographer

www.chiot.it

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Location: Trieste

Nationality: Italian

Biography: Francesco Chiot is an independent photographer and videomaker. During his ten year activity as a photographer he collaborated with visual artists, musicians and performers to explore the connections between identity, perception and expression... MORE

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Updated Apr 2020

Location Trieste

Topics Action, Activism, Adolescence, Affluence, Black and White, Civil Rights, Community, Discrimination, Documentary, Editorial, Fine Art, Globalization, Human Rights, Immigration, Isolation, Joy, Lifestyle, Migration, Minority, NGO, Oppression, Parenting & Family, Photography, Politics, Portraiture, Poverty, Protests, Racism, Relationships, Religion, Senior Citizens, Street, Womens Rights, Workers Rights

A global patecipatory art project conceived by JR TED Prize artist, has involved nearly 200,000 people from more than 112 countries & territories. It revolves around the idea of conveying a statement through a portrait. The italian chapter named “L’Italia sono anch’io”, supporting the rights of Italians of foreign origin, ended up using 2000 portraits. In Trieste, the project became a city-wide install of large format portraits under the patronage of the municipality, coordinated operationally on voluntary basis by the Architect Elena Carlini and the artistic curator and photographer Elisa Biagi, together photographers Francesco Chiot, Escapista, backstage of Giuseppe Anello and help casting of Eleonora Cavallo.