IRÆ ISSUE 1
The mantra of this first issue is the Japanese character MU 無 which signifies a void, in the most authentic sense of pictorial space.
The infinite as a dimension of photography, color as an absolute. The codes governing artistic practice become essential elements to configure a new view of the world around us.
Void is the perfection tells us Rai Kawakubo and so, from the emptiness of the Po Valley told by Wu Ming - where Wu is the Chinese for Mu - most of the images of the first issue of IRÆ lead towards absence, lack, emptiness .
Publisher: NFC Edizioni / Publication date: March 2021 / Language: English / Size: 28x23.5 cm / Pages: 210 / Print run: 500 copies
Editor In chief & creative director
Angelo Cricchi
Photo editor
Valeria Ribaldi
Fashion director
Simonetta Gianfelici
Digital contents production
Jordi A. Bello Tabbi
Translators
Scott Ahearn | Jessica Polsky
Graphic design
Alessia Mastriforti
Paolo Canevari
Cristiana Perrella / Paolo Canevari
Black by artist Paolo Canevari. Black as rebellion, emptiness, power imbuing the artist's works, obtained with average materials such as rubber, ink and exhausted oil. Canevari uses art to make us feel and meditate. ...
The food The design and a new collaborative eco intelligence
Patrizia Boglione / Shinya Masuda
The pandemic has shaken the world, prompting a reflection on technology, consumption and sustainability. Thus, are emerging new perspectives on food and its environmental impact, a possible solution being offered by ...
Tutto ciò che frana distrugge con colpa e senza colpa
Tiziana Cera Rosco / Nicola Bertellotti
A deep reflection to consider survival and transformation. Cera Rosco's verses explore concepts of discontinuity, rupture, pain, and embrace human vulnerability ...
Isolated system
Daniela Billi / Jordi A. Bello Tabbi
The once barren Earth has become alive, but the extraterrestrial habitat requires enormous technical challenges. Earth's ecology teaches valuable lessons to explore and preserve life in the cosmos ...
The world without us
Santiago Zabala / Andreco
In an era of climate crisis, Andreco's art stimulates thoughtful reflection, using scientific data to challenge, question and raise awareness of environmental issues ...
Δ
Wu Ming 1 / Angelo Cricchi
A reflection on the impact of climate change on the coastal lands of North-Eastern Italy. A focus on the risk of flooding and the inevitable and consequent transformation of the landscape ...
The long thin white lines
Michele Freppaz / Claudio Orlandi
Climate impacts: Earth's cryosphere, its effects on climate change and the mitigation attempts, highlighting glacier recession and the economic challenges implied by the suggested solutions ...
Human landscapes
Carola Blondelli
Fire - Chronicles from Montiferru
Dario Coletti
A post-fire visit to Sagama, in Montiferru - west coast of Sardinia - to reflect on that sense of oppression and pain perceived when confronted with a landscape wrecked by a blaze ...
Avevo una ferita in fondo al cuore
Patrizia Sardo Marras / Antonio Marras
In Montiferru, an idyllic forest is devastated by flames triggered by a hellish summer. Among traditions associated with fire and surreal visions, youngsters explore the haunted land, looking for hope and rebirth ...
Brights ligths, big city
Ezio Amato / Giacomo Costa
War marks the end of peace, as well as of states of mind and natural balances. Left-over weapons from conflicts threaten the environment, making it harsh ...
Building the future
Ketty Di Tardo / Birgit Rusten
FutureBuilt is a pilot project involving architectural quality, social sustainability, circular economy, rainwater management and biodiversity. Different shapes for zero-emission cities ...
The ark
Angelo Cricchi
The true face of mermaids
Luca Marini
Do mermaids exist and are they dwelling in territories less haunted by humans? It is a plausible assumption standing on the theories of marine biologist Alister Hardy who, in 1960, presented the theory of the «Aquatic Ape» and its human evolution ...
Isola
Marcello Pietruzzi / Simona Ghizzoni
Exploring the connection between nature, human existence and the mystery of life. Here it is the intent of Petruzzi's verses, whose poetic language addresses themes such as darkness, light, time and persuasion, portraying life as a knotty tangle ...
