Urbanization in China has grown dramatically from the 1990s and exceeded the 50% threshold for the first time in 2011. By 2050, according to the United Nations prognosis, the percentage of people living in urban areas will reach 77%. As a result, the continued development of real estate infrastructure has...
Rocco Venezia: Nekyia
Nekyia is a concept used by the philosopher C. G. Jung in the early 20th century as part of his analytical psychology, for him the Nekyia represent the “introversion of the conscious mind into the deeper layers of the unconscious psyche.” More simply an inner journey of restoration for the whole...
Santolo Felaco: Here, Death Will Come Tomorrow
Rome reminds me of a man who lives by exhibiting to travellers his grandmother’s corpse - J.Joyce Rome, city of the spiritual and political power, art city and broken dreams. The capital is living a complex historical period, hostage to misrule and corruption. It has built up a debt of...
Hanna Jarzabek: Patriotic Games
In recent years Polish public schools have developed “Military Profile Classes”, an educational program destined to teenagers between 16 and 19 years old. Around 2000 schools across the country offer such courses, some allowing enrollment even at the age of 13. The program, considered a “pedagogical innovation”, is developed within...
Natela Grigalashvili: The Doukhobors’ Land
The Doukhobors, as they call themselves the spirit-warriors, are an Orthodox Protestant society, which appeared three centuries ago in Russia, Tambov province. Exiled by the Russian Tsar and relocated to Georgia, Doukhobors founded eight villages in Javakheti Region, biggest of them was Gorelovka. They consider Javakheti as a holy land,...
Francisco Diaz & Deb Young: The Lost Boys
Set within an unknown time, the undercurrent of tension in this seemingly unruly world is juxtaposed with signs of confidence and curiosity. Looking through the multi-layered dynamics of what it means to be an adolescent, this series is a metaphor for that inner/outer journey of humankind experiencing ‘transition’. What becomes...
Cody Ellingham: DANCHI Dreams – Exhibition
Japan is famed for its ultramodern cityscapes. But what happens when the ultramodern becomes old? A New Zealand photographer has turned his lens to decaying Tokyo apartments to find out with the launch of his second international exhibition. DANCHI Dreams will launch on May 12 at a former factory turned...
Adrián Domínguez: Earth Streaks
“Who can draw a river out of turn in a river” Every second, thousands tons of fresh water moves on our planet, already ten most flowing rivers occupy more than 2,500 million hectares. These are the arteries of our world, nourishing the land, renewing seas and oceans, and feeding peoples...
Daniel Coburn: The Hereditary Estate
Says Daniel: For the past decade I have made photographs to examine the family photo album as part of a visual infrastructure that supports the ideology of the American Dream. As I became an adult my parents began to reveal details of a dark family history—the evidence of which, had been...
Loïc Vendrame: Future Rust, Future Dust
This long term documentary project across several countries around the world aims to analyse the urban and architectural impact of the last world financial crisis and the burst of the real estate bubble, through a ‘concrete tsunami’ exploration of ghost cities, aborted tourism projects, or unused infrastructures which are the...