Anush Hamzehian and Vittorio Mortarotti are an artist duo.
Over the last few years, they made projects involving political refugees, former miners, prostitutes, tsunami survivors and war veterans.
Their video-photographic installations, exhibited among others at Maxxi (Rome), at the BlueProject Foundation (Barcelona) and at the Casino de Luxembourg, investigate the dynamics of memory and how History interferes with private fates.
Their practice also includes publishing art books (The First Day of Good Weather was shortlisted for The First Book Award) and making documentary films (L’Académie de la Folie was awarded with the Étoile de la Scam).
In 2018 they released Monsieur Kubota, a film on the search for immortality.

Selected Exhibitions

L'Isola, Le Cap, Saint-Fons, France
L'Isola, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
The First Day of Good Weather, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Most Were Silent, Galleria Alberto Peola, Torino, Italy
Towards The Other, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Most Were Silent, FotoFestiwal, Lodz, Poland
PhotoBook Phenomenon, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
Looking for the Clouds, Casino, Luxembourg
Eden, FotoForum, Bozen, Italy
Eden, Maxxi, Roma, Italy
Eden, Festival Images Vevey, Switzerland
Eden, BlueProject Foundation, Barcelona, Spain
Disparition(s), Arsenal, Metz, France
The First Day of Good Weather, MUO, Zagreb, Croatia
Artissima, Fondazione CRC, Torino, Italy
The First Day of Good Weather, Van Der Gallery, Torino, Italy
Hidden Places and Identities, Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium
Italian Emerging Photography, Mois de la Photo, Paris, France
Emergentes, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Topos, Archeological Museum, Photobiennale, Thessaloniki, Greece
Behind Walls, Fries Museum, Noorderlicht Festival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Films

Yonaguni, La Bête Production
Monsieur Kubota, Les Films du Tambour de Soie - France 2
Après, La Maison du Directeur
L’académie de la folie, Point du Jour
Les enfants de l’Odysseé, Cargo Films
Le Jardin des Merveilles, Point du Jour
La main et la voix, Zoulou Compagnie

Awards

Shortlisted LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award, Arles, France
Mention Premio GraziaDei, Roma, Italy
Étoile de la Scam, France
Leica Prize, Images - Festival des Arts Visuels de Vevey, Switzerland
Shortlisted First Book Award - MACK, London, UK
Level 0 - Maxxi, ArtVerona
Shortlisted Descubrimientos PhotoEspana 13, Madrid, Spain
Shortlisted Grand Prix Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
Shortlisted Emergentes dst, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal

Books

L'Isola, Quodlibet - Skinnerboox
Most Were Silent, Skinnerboox
Eden, Skinnerboox
The First Day of Good Weather, Skinnerboox
Contemporaneos, 30 Fotografos de Hoy, Editorial La Fabrica
These are the days, Manifesta 9 (self-published)
Originals, Manifesta 9
Italian Emerging Photography, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Parigi