H+Matthieu GafsouFrom February 23 to March 26 | Wed - Sun 11:00 AM - 7:00 PMThe photographic works are available for purchase in two formats on the Forma Edizioni website at the following link: SHOP OPEREThe NFTs of the videos on display are available for purchase on the KnownOrigin platform at the following link: SHOP NFTSPRESS RELEASECREDITSPRESS TEXTHow do you invent the future? And how do you document it through photography?H+ by Matthieu Gafsou – the third stop in the SuperNatural exhibition cycle – is a visual and visionary investigation into transhumanism, an intellectual movement aiming to enhance the human… body through science and technology.From the daily use of technologies that are already an integral part of our lives, such as pacemakers or smartphones, to fantasies about overcoming the physical and mortal dimensions of the human being, the Swiss artist’s series traces, from Switzerland to Russia, France to the Czech Republic, the people, objects, and core concepts of this movement, revealing its complexities and shadowy areas in subtle ways.The exhibition, curated by Irene Alison and Paolo Cagnacci, presents a new interpretation of the photographic journey undertaken by Rifugio Digitale in exploring the dialogue between the natural and the artificial, as well as between the earthly and the spiritual dimensions. It is seen through the eyes of photographers who have examined the tensions that traverse contemporary life, reflecting on the position humans occupy on the planet. In this context, Matthieu Gafsou’s images not only reveal the boldest frontiers and the greatest paradoxes of technological progress, but also the existential dilemmas that the transhumanist projection presents: will we ever be ready to abandon the physical body in favor of a dimension increasingly hybridized with machines? How could we reconceptualize our existence if, in a post-human future, we could delay our encounter with death indefinitely? MEET THE ARTISTMATTHIEU GAFSOULives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland (CH, F, 1981). After obtaining a master's degree in philosophy, literature and cinema at the University of Lausanne, he studied photography at the School of Applied Arts in Vevey. Since 2006, Gafsou has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and has published six books. In 2009, Gafsou received the “HSBC Foundation Award for Photography' and was subsequently invited to contribute to the reGeneration2 exhibition created by the Musée de l'Elysée. In 2014, the same museum produced the solo exhibition Only God Can Judge Me. In 2018, the H+ exhibition is one of the highlights of the Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles and then travels around the world (China, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, etc.). In 2022, the project Vivants is presented in extenso at the Pully museum and at Paris Photo where Gafsou wins the Ruinart prize. Gafsou has been teaching for several years at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL). He is also a founding member of the MAPS agency.Self-portrait of the artist as a cyborg. © Matthieu Gafsou H+, 2015-2018Press2023_03_27 I’M FIRENZE DIGEST2023_02_18 VIVICREATIVO2023_02_22 FIRENZETODAY2023_02_22 VENTI4ORE2023_02_23 ARTRIBUNE2023_02_23 JULIET ARTMAGAZINE2023_02_24 LA NAZIONE WEB2023_02_24 LA NAZIONE2023_02_24 IL TIRRENO2023_02_28 EXIBART2023_02_28 LA REPUBBLICA FIRENZE2023_02_28 REPUBBLICA.IT2023_03_01 CORRIERE FIORENTINO2023_03_01 LA REPUBBLICA FIRENZE