Narni: NARNIMMAGINARIA – STILL MOVING | Pinhole Photography Festival

NARNIMMAGINARIA – STILL MOVING

When: 28/03/2026 - 06/04/2026
Where: Narni (Complesso Monumentale di San Domenico and ex Brefotrofio Beata Lucia)

NARNIMMAGINARIA returns as an international festival entirely devoted to pinhole photography and slow art practices. The event converts Narni’s historic center and selected exhibition spaces into a distributed workshop focused on analogue techniques, urban memory and textile-art dialogues.

What to see

The program includes an international exhibition and a curated show exploring the relationship between embroidery and pinhole photography. The works emphasize time-based processes and handcrafted imaging methods that resist instant reproduction.

• International section: works by European authors experimenting with pinhole cameras and alternative exposures.
• “Un tempo altro – Aesthetics of slowness”: a joint photography-and-embroidery exhibition reflecting on slowness as an aesthetic and cultural stance.
• Workshops and practice: hands-on labs and demonstrations to build pinhole cameras and learn historic photographic techniques.

Featured artists and projects

• Inga Dinga – experimental pinhole narratives.
• Diana Pankova – research on time, space and multisensory art.
• Jorma Onkinen – DIY cameras made from everyday objects and creative double exposures.
• Massimo Marchini – 19th-century photographic processes and slow photography education.
• Vincenzo Marzocchini – territorial research and historical-photographic projects.
• Massimo Stefanutti – long-term engagement with pinhole practice at national level.
• Marco Scataglini – works about the temporal deposition of light in pinhole photography.
• Francesco Capponi – group portraits realized with a custom multi-aperture pinhole camera.
• Gianfranco Lunardo, Raffaele Alecci, Paolo Roscini – projects ranging from ethnographic photography to collodion and travelling portraiture.

Why attend

The festival is ideal for those interested in process-driven photographic practices, analogue techniques and creative collaborations between visual and textile arts. It offers international perspectives, practical workshops and site-specific projects across historic venues.

Practical info: exhibitions and activities take place over two consecutive weekends in central Narni. The program includes displays, performances, workshops and guided visits. Check the festival program for exact times and ticketing information.