Un artista argentino inaugura a Torino le attività di un nuovissimo spazio dedicato alla fotografia
A new photography space called K! has opened in Turin's San Salvario district, inaugurated by Argentine artist Emilio Nasser with his exhibition "La Cornuda de Tlacotalpan." The space is the latest curatorial project of the Kublaiklan collective (Rica Cerbarano, Francesco Colombelli, Elsa Moro, Aleksander Masseroli Mazurkiewicz) and focuses on research, production, and education centered on the relational power of photography. Nasser's exhibition reinterprets a fading Mexican legend from Tlacotalpan by involving the local community in a collective reconstruction through drawings, transcriptions, and mud masks, resulting in a choral portrait of the mythical Cornuda creature.
This opening matters because it strengthens Turin's cultural identity as a photography hub, arriving alongside the EXPOSED Photo Festival and The Phair art fair. K! positions itself as a dedicated center for collaborative and participatory photographic practices, with plans for talks, workshops, residencies, and a library of photobooks. While the article notes that Nasser's community-engagement approach is not entirely original, the exhibition raises timely questions about value, memory, and belief in contemporary art, contributing to broader dialogues about how art can preserve intangible cultural heritage.