Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), made in the industrial region around Ravenna, is one of the key works in film history. Particularly due to its innovative color design, the work holds a multitude of points of contact for filmmakers, artists, and photographers. This is also reflected in the book, which features over 30 participants who respond to Il deserto rosso in their current works using the means of the photographic series. The images addressed include landscape and urban moments, related to the local situation around Ravenna. Also presented are color-analytical approaches that reflect narrative structures in photography and film and those that illuminate atmospheric echoes – quoting the color of time – from a contemporary perspective.

In Referenz zu: Die rote Wüste von Michelangelo Antonioni /
In reference to: Red Desert by Michelangelo Antonioni /
In riferimento a: Il deserto rosso di Michelangelo Antonioni
die Straßen, the streets, le strade,
die Fabriken, the factories, le fabbriche,
die Farben, the colors, i colori,
der Himmel, the sky, il cielo,
die Menschen, the people, le persone

a project of the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig / Osservatorio Fotografico, Ravenna / Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne