Project description :
Lotfi Ghariani designed the project "Family photos - تصويرة عائلية" by observing social networks during the period of confinement. As it was impossible for him to move around, Ghariani was faced with social isolation and reflections of the networks. The latter showed family recompositions and new proximities that were reborn between individuals. This situation led Ghariani to ask himself two questions, the answers to which will lead to the "Family Photos" project. Here are the two triggers that pushed the artist on this path:
- How do Tunisian families pass their confinement?
- How to create by being confined oneself, a photographic archive of the confinement?
To respond to these emergencies, Lotfi Ghariani has developed a project in three phases: The first phase consists of collecting photos of families taken by themselves during confinement. The second phase of the project will see the photographer going to these families to take photos himself. Finally, in a third phase, the photos collected or created will be collected in a photo album of Tunisian families in confinement.
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Lotfi Ghariani biography :
Lotfi Ghariani (Tunisia) was born in Sfax and currently lives and works in Tunis. He holds a degree in computer management and a professional degree in photography. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in his country and abroad, including: Spring Fair of the Arts of Tunis 2011, F.I.A.P - Maharès in Tunisia 2007. He represented Tunisia at the 3rd photography workshop. Mediterranean of Alexandria - "Artists in the City", in Egypt, in 2008 and at the 6th Biennale international of arts of Tunis, in 2010. He was invited to the pan-African group exhibition at the Biennale of African Photography in Bamako, Mali 2011, at the project "Façade...s" with the Goethe-Institut Tunis, 2012, at the exhibition "Dialogue" at the Fondation Maison de la Tunisie - Paris, 2013 and at "L'Autre(s)", collective exhibition at the Claude Samuel Gallery, Paris 2014. He has mounted two solo exhibitions, the first one in 2015 "Dialogue Silencieux" in Lokal. Harmony - Duisburg, Germany and the second, "Democracy is not a ready-to-wear", at the Pakhuis in Zwijger - Amsterdam 2016. He has taken part in photography workshops in Tunis, Germany, Spain, Italy and has done art residencies such as "Was sie sehen ist, was sie denken" with - ARTverwandt e.V., 2011 and "Irony as form of protest" with Ruller Haus e.V. 2014 - Osnabrück - Germany.
