MC2.8

OPERA NOSTRA

“Ho visitato tantissimi luoghi per fare campionamenti insieme a scienziati e ricercatori, e abbiamo trovato sacchetti ovunque: nei ghiacci polari e nel mare Artico, nel fiume Po e nel Mediterraneo. Ne abbiamo visti perfino sulle vette delle montagne.” (Franco Borgogno - autore de “Un Mare di plastica”)

To change something, just "do" something. Anyone can contribute to a change, with their own means. We have realized a photographic project. The whole world throws its nets receiving plastic waste in exchange. The same net gives life to a small red fish that is representing the entire marine community, in which plastic fragments are recognizable (constantly present). In Asia, Africa, America and Europe the rivers that pour most pollution into the sea are: The "Yangtze" in China that transports up to 1.5 million tons of plastic into the sea every year, the "Nile" that flows into the Mediterranean Sea , the "Amazon River" in Brazil and the "Danube" in Romania that carries from 530 to 1500 tons. Using Google Earth servers we have imprinted the course of these rivers in photographs, which have been inkjet printed on transparent plastic sheets. Photographed on a white wall that, with its texture, brings us back to the stalemate of pollution on the sea. The subject itself is the executioner and victim of its own waste. Consider that every person brings inside his body 50k of plastic particles with food and water. Supported by one of the industrial realities, that deals with the recycling of plastic materials in the Italian territory: Italrec srl.Here, large HD polyethylene walls, industrial material and polypropylene have new life with recycling.

MC2.8: Maria Chiara Maffi and Chiara Giancamilli are a female duo of fine art photographers. What bounds them together is the passion for art and photography.

Maria Chiara Maffi was born in Bergamo in 1992. She graduated in economics and languages in Treviglio (Bg), when she discovered her real passion: photography. In 2013, she attended the photography course at the European Institute of Design in Milan. Afterward, she worked for a year and a half, as an assistant photo- grapher in a communications agency in Milan. She won a scholarship at the Raffles Fashion and Design Insti- tute of Milan and she attended a Master in photography directed by Denis Curti. She designed the photo- graphic project "Genera-azioni" about the city of Milan. Then, she took part in a workshop of several months with Giovanni Gastel, Matthias Harder, Margaret Courtney-Clarke and Aida Muluneh. In June 2018, she presented the project "Quarantacinque" in the exhibition "The Embarrassment Show" curated by Erik Kessels at Oʼgallery (Milan). In 2018, three photographs of her project "(S)Oggetti" have been published in the magazine "The Fashionable Lampoon" (Issue14). In the same year, she founded the photographic duo MC2.8 with Chiara Giancamilli. In 2018, she won PHOTOLUX in Lucca with the best portfolio. This success consented her to be featured on the famous Italian website amica.it. It is among the ADG Photo Contest 2019 finalists announced by ADGALLERY. In May 2019 she participates in the MILAN PHOTO FESTIVAL at the gallery "Gli eroici furori" in Milan with DOPPIO SGUARDO presents her photographic research: I HAVE BROWN EYES, curated by Alessia Locatelli. She wins the MALAMEGI Lab.12 Art prize acquisition with an exhibition at Hernandez Art Gallery (Milan). Presents MC2.8's solo exhibition at SPECCHIO41 (Brescia), curated by Pietro Bazzoli. In July 2019 it is selected as a finalist of the CIRCUITO OFF in the contest of the PONTREMOLIFOTOFESTIVALChiara Giancamilli was born in Rome on 6 August 1993. After her artistic high school diploma in 2013, he enrolled in the Faculty of Photography at Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA), and graduated. In 2017 she participates in the exhibition “IL MIO SGUARDO" - MICRO (Rome). In the same year one of his videos, entitled "IL VENTO COME IL TEMPO", was selected to participate in "SCREENING" at the Live Cinema Festi- val - MACRO in Via Nizza (Rome). In 2018 she began a Masters in Photography at Raffles Milan directed by Denis Curti, where she met prominent figures such as Matthias Harder and Ferdinando Scianna. After the workshop with Erik Kessels, she exhibited in a collective exhibition in "THE EMBARRASSMENT SHOW" - O ʼgallery (Milan), curated by the same. In the same year, she founded the photographic duo MC2.8 with Maria Chiara Maffi. In 2019 she exhibited at the 7th modern and contemporary art exhibition / market Pavia Art, later at VeniceArt - the Arsenale (Roncade). MC2.8 solo exhibition “LA TRASPARENZA DELLʼIMMAGI- NE" opens at SPECCHIO41 (Brescia), curated by Pietro Bazzoli and selected as a finalist in the CIRCUITO OFF in the context of PONTREMOLIFOTOFESTIVAL and PREMIO NOCIVELLI.

MC2.8: Maria Chiara Maffi and Chiara Giancamilli are a female duo of fine art photographers. What bounds them together is the passion for art and photography.

Maria Chiara Maffi was born in Bergamo in 1992. She graduated in economics and languages in Treviglio (Bg), when she discovered her real passion: photography. In 2013, she attended the photography course at the European Institute of Design in Milan. Afterward, she worked for a year and a half, as an assistant photo- grapher in a communications agency in Milan. She won a scholarship at the Raffles Fashion and Design Insti- tute of Milan and she attended a Master in photography directed by Denis Curti. She designed the photo- graphic project "Genera-azioni" about the city of Milan. Then, she took part in a workshop of several months with Giovanni Gastel, Matthias Harder, Margaret Courtney-Clarke and Aida Muluneh. In June 2018, she presented the project "Quarantacinque" in the exhibition "The Embarrassment Show" curated by Erik Kessels at Oʼgallery (Milan). In 2018, three photographs of her project "(S)Oggetti" have been published in the magazine "The Fashionable Lampoon" (Issue14). In the same year, she founded the photographic duo MC2.8 with Chiara Giancamilli. In 2018, she won PHOTOLUX in Lucca with the best portfolio. This success consented her to be featured on the famous Italian website amica.it. It is among the ADG Photo Contest 2019 finalists announced by ADGALLERY. In May 2019 she participates in the MILAN PHOTO FESTIVAL at the gallery "Gli eroici furori" in Milan with DOPPIO SGUARDO presents her photographic research: I HAVE BROWN EYES, curated by Alessia Locatelli. She wins the MALAMEGI Lab.12 Art prize acquisition with an exhibition at Hernandez Art Gallery (Milan). Presents MC2.8's solo exhibition at SPECCHIO41 (Brescia), curated by Pietro Bazzoli. In July 2019 it is selected as a finalist of the CIRCUITO OFF in the contest of the PONTREMOLIFOTOFESTIVALChiara Giancamilli was born in Rome on 6 August 1993. After her artistic high school diploma in 2013, he enrolled in the Faculty of Photography at Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA), and graduated. In 2017 she participates in the exhibition “IL MIO SGUARDO" - MICRO (Rome). In the same year one of his videos, entitled "IL VENTO COME IL TEMPO", was selected to participate in "SCREENING" at the Live Cinema Festi- val - MACRO in Via Nizza (Rome). In 2018 she began a Masters in Photography at Raffles Milan directed by Denis Curti, where she met prominent figures such as Matthias Harder and Ferdinando Scianna. After the workshop with Erik Kessels, she exhibited in a collective exhibition in "THE EMBARRASSMENT SHOW" - O ʼgallery (Milan), curated by the same. In the same year, she founded the photographic duo MC2.8 with Maria Chiara Maffi. In 2019 she exhibited at the 7th modern and contemporary art exhibition / market Pavia Art, later at VeniceArt - the Arsenale (Roncade). MC2.8 solo exhibition “LA TRASPARENZA DELLʼIMMAGI- NE" opens at SPECCHIO41 (Brescia), curated by Pietro Bazzoli and selected as a finalist in the CIRCUITO OFF in the context of PONTREMOLIFOTOFESTIVAL and PREMIO NOCIVELLI.

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