Photographer: Sofia Cambiaggio — Editing and direction: Sofia Cambiaggio — Supervisor: Erik Kessels — ISIA U 2023
My father never told me much about his past.
Recently I found an old photo album of his. It turned out that when he was young, he took a picture from
a window of our house in Milan. Over the years I have taken the same picture several times...
So I decided to talk to him.
That window is a project that addresses a personal theme and was created during a workshop called 'Come to See My Backyard' led by Erik Kessels in November 2023 at ISIA of Urbino. We were invited to try to show something from our backyard, meaning that place, that part of ourselves that is usually hidden, personal, and often not shown because it causes us embarrassment or pain.
My father never told me much about his past.
Recently I found an old photo album of his. It turned out that when he was young, he took a picture from
a window of our house in Milan. Over the years I have taken the same picture several times...
So I decided to talk to him.
That window is a project that addresses a personal theme and was created during a workshop called 'Come to See My Backyard' led by Erik Kessels in November 2023 at ISIA of Urbino. We were invited to try to show something from our backyard, meaning that place, that part of ourselves that is usually hidden, personal, and often not shown because it causes us embarrassment or pain.
Photographer: Sofia Cambiaggio — Editing and direction: Sofia Cambiaggio — Supervisor: Erik Kessels — ISIA U 2023
Sofia Cambiaggio is an artist born (2000, Italy) and raised in Milan. Working predominantly with photography and graphic she explores different media like installations, video and editorial displays. She is now attending a MA Photography at ISIA Urbino.
FACT-BASED BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
[MA]2022–/ Photography – ISIA Urbino
[BA]2019–22 Communication Design – Politecnico di Milano
WORKSHOP+TALK
[T]2024 Making Visible the Invisible. Body, Archive and Resistance – Angelica Pesarini
[T]2024 Museo delle opacità – Matteo Lucchetti
[W]2023 Come to see my backyard – Erik Kessels
[W]2023 Counter-surveillance – Adam Broomberg
[T]2023 Immagini e Processi: per una sperimentazione tecnica e concettuale – Giorgio Di Noto
[W]2023 Re-reading the museum – Joan Fontcuberta
[W]2023 Incontrare gli archivi nel mezzo della ricerca comunitaria – Viviana Gravano, Maria Thereza Alvez
[W]2023 Index Naturae. Il Libro Dei Libri – Stefania Rossl, Massimo Sordi (OMNE)
[W]2023 Fotografo quindi stampo – Antonio Manta
[W]2022 Unsafe Game – Politecnico di Milano, ATS Insubria
EXHIBITION+SCREENING
[S]2024 Archivio Aperto 17th edition, Lezioni d'archivio: INCOMbenze – Ex Chiesa di San Mattia, Bologna
[E]2024 Positioning Practices – Villa Romana, Firenze
[E]2023 Incomplete Itinerary. 24 contemporary churches in Lombardy – Spazio Rumore ISIA U, Urbino
[E]2023 INVENTARIO, Archivio Atena – Atena Lucana
[E]2023 Camere con vista. San Benedetto/Pesaro. Andata e ritorno – Rocca Roveresca, Senigallia
[E]2023 I frammenti e il tutto: Catalogo in Catalogo – Palazzo Ducale di Urbino
WORK
2024–/ Digital Assistant at D2Uno Photography Studio.
PUBLICATIONS
2024 – "The Art of Memory", catalogue of Archivio aperto 17th edition – Fondazione Home Movies
2024 Positioning Practices curated by Jonathan Pierini, Matteo Guidi, Silvana Amato, Alessandro Carrer, Armin Linke – Corraini Edizioni
2023 Il Palazzo Ducale di Urbino. I frammenti e il tutto curated by Luca Molinari – Marsilio
CONTACTS
Sofia Cambiaggio is an artist born (2000, Italy) and raised in Milan. Working predominantly with photography and graphic she explores different media like installations, video and editorial displays. She is now attending a MA Photography at ISIA Urbino.
CONTACTS
FACT-BASED BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
[MA]2022–/ Photography – ISIA Urbino
[BA]2019–22 Communication Design – Politecnico di Milano
WORKSHOP+TALK
[T]2024 Making Visible the Invisible. Body, Archive and Resistance – Angelica Pesarini
[T]2024 Museo delle opacità – Matteo Lucchetti
[W]2023 Come to see my backyard – Erik Kessels
[W]2023 Counter-surveillance – Adam Broomberg
[T]2023 Immagini e Processi: per una sperimentazione tecnica e concettuale – Giorgio Di Noto
[W]2023 Re-reading the museum – Joan Fontcuberta
[W]2023 Incontrare gli archivi nel mezzo della ricerca comunitaria – Viviana Gravano, Maria Thereza Alvez
[W]2023 Index Naturae. Il Libro Dei Libri – Stefania Rossl, Massimo Sordi (OMNE)
[W]2023 Fotografo quindi stampo – Antonio Manta
[W]2022 Unsafe Game – Politecnico di Milano, ATS Insubria
EXHIBITION+SCREENING
[S]2024 Archivio Aperto 17th edition, Lezioni d'archivio: INCOMbenze – Ex Chiesa di San Mattia, Bologna
[E]2024 Positioning Practices – Villa Romana, Firenze
[E]2023 Incomplete Itinerary. 24 contemporary churches in Lombardy – Spazio Rumore ISIA U, Urbino
[E]2023 INVENTARIO, Archivio Atena – Atena Lucana
[E]2023 Camere con vista. San Benedetto/Pesaro. Andata e ritorno – Rocca Roveresca, Senigallia
[E]2023 I frammenti e il tutto: Catalogo in Catalogo – Palazzo Ducale di Urbino
WORK
2024–/ Digital Assistant at D2Uno Photography Studio.
PUBLICATIONS
2024 – "The Art of Memory", catalogue of Archivio aperto 17th edition – Fondazione Home Movies
2024 Positioning Practices curated by Jonathan Pierini, Matteo Guidi, Silvana Amato, Alessandro Carrer, Armin Linke – Corraini Edizioni
2023 Il Palazzo Ducale di Urbino. I frammenti e il tutto curated by Luca Molinari – Marsilio