Veronica Lanconelli (1987) lives in Ravenna (IT). She is a writer, teacher and curator. She cum laude graduated in Literature (BA) and Philosophy (MA) at Università di Bologna, discussing a thesis about aesthetics and photography. She is interested in literature, photography and philosophy. She attended workshops and summer schools with photographers and writers (Guido Guidi, Silvia Loddo, Cesare Fabbri, Jason Fulford, Gerry Johansson, Gus Powell, Joachim Brohm, Valentina Seidel, David Chandler, Jem Southam, Tiziana Serena, Antonello Frongia, Luigi Tomassini, Leonardo Sonnoli, Silvia Lelli) and creative writing workshops (Christian Raimo, Eugenio Baroncelli, Paolo di Paolo, Giulio Mozzi, Elena Stancanelli, Marco Peano and Lorenzo Donati). In 2013 she started working with Nicola Baldazzi and their project Piccolo prontuario di fotografia segnaletica was published by osservatorio fotografico. Since 2014 she collaborates with the independent publisher and cultural association osservatorio fotografico, founded by Silvia Loddo and Cesare Fabbri. In 2017 she won the biennial prize RAM as a curator. In 2018 she published the photo text book He didn’t believe me (osservatorio fotografico) with Nicola Baldazzi.
Curated exhibitions:
X. Xu, The Sound of Stars, curated by Veronica Lanconelli for osservatorio fotografico, CoLABoRa, Ravenna, 2017; AA. VV. RAM. Facciamo un ’77. 1° Biennale dei giovani artisti della Romagna, Museo della città di Ravenna, 2017; Tecla / City Tour, photographs by Giovanni Zaffagnini and Cesare Ballardini, curated by Veronica Lanconelli and Silvia Loddo for osservatorio fotografico, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna, 2017; Some Short Walks in Ravenna (photographs by Nicola Baldazzi, Davide Baldrati, Francesco Conti, Cesare Fabbri, Renato Gasperini, Allegra Martin, Federico Musacchi, Riccardo Muzzi, Andrea Neri, Nadia Pugliese, Mattia Sangiorgi), Galleria Il coccio, Ravenna, 2014.
Publications:
He didn’t believe me, photographs by Nicola Baldazzi, text by Veronica Lanconelli, osservatorio fotografico, 2018; In giorni diversi, photographs by Cristiano Buffa and Gian Marco Magnani, catalogue, Faenza, 2018 (foreword); Eggs and Asparagus in M. Galvani, Eggs and Asparagus, Skinnerboox, Bologna, 2017 (afterword); In una notte chiara, AA. VV. RAM. Facciamo un ’77. 1° Biennale dei giovani artisti della Romagna, GIUDA edizioni, Ravenna, 2017. Catalogue; X.Xu, The Sound of Stars, osservatorio fotografico, Fusignano, 2015; 11 storie al confine, selfpublished, 2014. Book of short stories (G. Gulminelli, V. Lanconelli), drawings (G. Costantini) and photographs (N. Baldazzi); Piccolo prontuario di fotografia segnaletica, photographs by Nicola Baldazzi, osservatorio fotografico, Fusignano, 2013; Comequando, poems by Livia Santini, Accademia degli Incamminati, Faenza, 2008 (foreword).
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