Michael Ackerman’s Hunger – Epilogue (published by Void) arrives like a specter, a haunted fragment of something we recognize but cannot name. The book feels soft, heavy, and jagged at its edges. I’d call it a map of human states, a plunge into mental spaces...
Emilia Martin I saw a tree bearing stones in the place of apples and pears Stories I carefully read through countless myths and tales on meteorites from around the globe, some too old to trace their sources back. There are stories about how cosmic rocks were sent by...
SARAB Collective's Lungo i margini del mondo (published by grani edizioni together with a vinyl) plunges into the crevices of monochrome photography, blurring the line between light and shadow, memory and absence. Their images evoke and whisper stories from the edges of perception. Founded in...
Showcasing war as a form of a metaphor, a visual experience rather than direct representation of reality is something we can find in Vic Bakin’s (b. 1984, Ukraine) Epitome. Newly created imagery in war-torn areas is merged with his archive documenting male adolescents in transitory...
Jenny Rova’s (b. 1972, Sweden) work boldly navigates the complex terrain of love, identity, and the blurred boundaries between personal and public life. Her three distinct photography projects—Älskling: A Self-Portrait Through the Eyes of My Lovers, I Would Also Like to Be: A Work on...
Daria Nazarova Natura Stories " I could still feel that optimism vibrating through the decades: that our bodies are full of power, and furthermore that their power is not despite but because of their manifest vulnerabilities." Olivia Laing. «Everybody». It’s been a year and a half since I started working...
Ren Hang’s work defies the conventions of both life and photography in a way that feels more like an existential plunge into the unknown. Ren Hang by Peter Coeln (b.1954, Austria), published a decade after the artist’s "Wild" photobook, presents a raw and hauntingly...
Ada Marino Virgins on the Cross Stories In the realm of motherhood, an aura of romanticism often envelops the experience, obscuring the raw truth that lies beneath. “Virgins on the Cross," aims to cast a different light on this journey, documenting the ambivalence that is innate to motherhood....
Zoé Hollebecq L'Entaille Stories My photographic approach manifests a desire to blur the boundaries between reality and fiction. Based on personal questions or intimate stories, I create visual narratives that question our tangible reality, exploring the complexity of our relationship between the visible and the invisible. L'Entaille is...
The ongoing period from 1 July 2023 - 1 July 2024, is an important one for Dutch history since it marks 160 years since slavery was officially abolished in Suriname and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and 150 years since forced...