Franco Vaccari (B. 1936)

'After the Exhibition in Real Time at the 1972 Venice Biennale, all the Photomatic kiosks operating in Italy were made available to me. This proved that the project I started in Venice could grow in complete autonomy outside the privileged space of the gallery and spread to the streets. About 1000 Photomatic kiosks were involved in the project. On a 24 hours basis, in every urban crowded corner, there was a Photomatic kiosk inviting the passer by to a moment of self-consciousness, self-awareness, and offering a pause in the rigid chain of events. Those who accepted to play the game had at their disposal an autonomous private space immersed in public space, where one could freely release their desires and dreams'
Franco Vaccari, 1974