Sinestesia, Eleonora Agostini solo exhibition
Supported by the Italian Council program (13th edition, 2024)
“Sinestesia” establishes a collaboration between Fonderia 20.9, and ISSP, an international organization based in Latvia, with the aims to realize a solo exhibition featuring the work of Italian visual artist Eleonora Agostini. A Study on Waitressing, Agostini's multi-year research focused on everyday life as performance, will be presented through a combination of photography, collage, moving images, and text.
Curated by Fonderia 20.9, the exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events, including a private tour with the artist, a public talk with the artist and curators, and guided visits for local schools, led by ISSP curators. Running from June to July, 2025, at the ISSP Gallery in Riga, the exhibition seeks to explore new perspectives in contemporary photography while fostering cultural exchanges between the two institutions and their respective countries.
The project is supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (13th edition, 2024), which aims to promote Italian contemporary art worldwide.
The Artist – Eleonora Agostini
(Italy, 1991) works primarily with photography, while also incorporating collage, performance and installation within her practice, to create works that explore themes of identity in relation to private and public spaces. After graduating with an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries, museums and festivals, such as FOAM Amsterdam, Venice Biennale, South London Gallery, MAR Ravenna, Peckham24, Getxophoto International PhotoFestival, Fotografia Europea, Circulations Festival, among others. Agostini was selected for Futures Photography 2021, FOAM Talent 24, and Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2019. She was shortlisted for the Foam PaulHuf Award in 2024.
The Hosting Location – ISSP
ISSP is a platform for contemporary photography based in Latvia, operating at an international level. As an organization, we offer high-quality educational and networking programs for photographers, organize exhibitions and events, and develop new ways to facilitate the exchange of ideas within the field of photography.
Since its founding in 2006, ISSP has run the International Summer School of Photography, launched educational and exchange programs, curated numerous exhibitions and publications, and established a contemporary photography education program in Latvia. Most importantly, ISSP has fostered a vibrant community of young photographers both in Latvia and worldwide.
Project Leader - Fonderia 20.9
Fonderia is a cultural space dedicated to the promotion of photography and contemporary art founded in 2015 in Verona. With an annual exhibition program involving emerging and established artists, the association promotes aggregation and cultural education with a collaborative and sustainable approach.