‘Rise’ reflects upon the historical legacy of the Pequot War, King Philip’s War, and the fear of indigenous people in New England and later throughout the United States. Fear, in this instance, comes from the acknowledgment of our continued presence, not as an extinct people, but as sovereign nations who...
Michael Koch: Left To My Own Devices
The determing element in Michael Koch’s photographic work is transformation. Private individuals change into role models who mingle with art historical and mass media patterns. This combination with private and public elements in pictures bother a kind of a psychological suspence opening the direction of motives of desire. These “archetype...
Maxim Dondyuk: Untitled Project from Chernobyl
On April 27, 1986 people in cities and villages of the Chernobyl zone heard a notice of a temporary evacuation because of the “adverse radiation situation”. Tens of thousands of people left their homes, assured by the Soviet government to come back in a few days, taking only the necessities...
Arseniy Neskhodimov: Safety Cards
Says Arseniy: A few years ago I developed a fear of flying. It’s because I started to look at the safety instructions every time I got on a plane. There are many different safety guides, in fact, all of them describe a world riddled with pending danger and give advice...
Faysal Zaman: Red
Says Faysal: I watched my father disappear from me, and leave me and never returned to my life. My whole life I watched him from the distance as I stood in the eclipses letting him. He left us with so many words unspoken. So much love, unloved. And so much...
Diana Cheren Nygren: When the Trees are Gone
Says Diana: Surroundings play a dominant role in shaping experience. I treasure the city and try to make space for quiet contemplation within it. Born out of three ongoing series, this series imagines city dwellers searching for moments of relief in a world shaped by climate change, and the struggle...
Diego Brambilla: Off The Mark
Off the Mark is a long-term series which moves from an intimate and personal reflection about the relationship between human and nature. It depicts mysterious places at times occupied by a number of installations addressing a sense of inquietude and ambiguity. In his pictures Diego draws a space in which...
Rafael Heygster: I Died 22 Times
War does not only manifest itself as a military conflict on battlefields with clear physical fronts, it also appears more abstractly in our society in various places. “I died 22 times“ deals with the question "Where does war begin?" The series combines motifs from different scenarios. Images of weapons fairs...
Ana Ferrandiz: Origin
"Origin" shows the racism and prejudices that are still present in society, delving into the construction of identity in a country where he constantly questions where he is due to his features or skin color. The project is established through the three classic areas of representation in the West that...
Taja Spasskova: Isolation
In the project “Isolation” I focus on the issue of isolation and deprivation in times of Covid-19 and the related quarantine. Through this project, I try to express the atmosphere of insecurity and loneliness during these uncertain times. The pandemic is an impulse that triggers some new social and individual...