The exhibition "Sinomocene" will be premiered at the Stapferhaus Museum during the fifth edition of Lenzburg Foto Festival.

August 27 – October 2, 2022

“While there has been concern raised in the West, recently, regarding a possible end of Globalization as we know it, Davide Monteleone’s long-term project investigates the immense efforts by China to reshape the global movement of goods, services and capital by an infrastructure initiative known as “Belt and Road” or “New Silk Road”, and by doing so tilt the geopolitical balance towards the East. However, there is a certain break between the economic and geopolitical processes at work and how they are manifested in the real world. Much of it remains simply invisible or is too all-encompassing to be pictured, which poses a challenge to an artist working in photography and interested in presenting us with more than the facts. But Monteleone finds intriguing images that back up his extensive research and rich data that informs his stunning photographs.”

Monteleone’s photographic project is realised with the support of the National Geographic Society. The exhibition Sinomocene at Stapferhaus is a world-premiere and it will be accompanied by the publication of the book by Artphilein Edition.

Director of the Festival: Margherita Guerra

Curator: Daniel Blochwitz

Prints by: IMAGO by Massimiliano di Teodoro

With the support of: Caterina De Pietri / Artphilein Foundation

Galleria Valeria Bella

Giuseppe Violetta/Heillandi Collection Trust Fund