Undercurrents: A Photobook Exhibition
What lies beneath the surface - beneath the obvious and known? What truths are revealed upon closer inspection? Our world consists of endless undercurrents, hidden from view. This exhibition explores the invisible and often chaotic forces that shape the world around us and influence how we interpret and experience contemporary life. Featuring over 70 photobooks from around the globe, this exhibition cycles through psychological themes of intimacy, strangely familiar yet otherworldly landscapes, and puzzling urban atmospheres that oscillate between a sense of perplexing disorientation to moments of transcendence, immersed in mystery and awe. The books chosen offer the reader a unique opportunity to reflect on our contemporary experience and resonate with the current cacophonous moment of conflicting ideas of truth, perpetual gaslighting, cultural anxiety, and climate change denial. Each is an invitation to question our engagement with fresh eyes - a friendly reminder that what you see is not always what you get.
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What lies beneath the surface - beneath the obvious and known? What truths are revealed upon closer inspection? Our world consists of endless undercurrents, hidden from view. This exhibition explores the invisible and often chaotic forces that shape the world around us and influence how we interpret and experience contemporary life. Featuring over 70 photobooks from around the globe, this exhibition cycles through psychological themes of intimacy, strangely familiar yet otherworldly landscapes, and puzzling urban atmospheres that oscillate between a sense of perplexing disorientation to moments of transcendence, immersed in mystery and awe. The books chosen offer the reader a unique opportunity to reflect on our contemporary experience and resonate with the current cacophonous moment of conflicting ideas of truth, perpetual gaslighting, cultural anxiety, and climate change denial. Each is an invitation to question our engagement with fresh eyes - a friendly reminder that what you see is not always what you get.
Artists on show
- Aaron Schuman
- Ahndraya Parlato
- Albarrán & Cabrera
- Albert Elm
- Anastasia Davis
- Antoinette Nausikaä
- Awoiska van der Molen
- Barbara Bosworth
- Barbara Diener
- Batia Suter
- Bertrant Flueret
- Camille Vivier
- Carly Steinbrunn
- Carmen Winant
- Daisuke Yokota
- Daniel Reuter
- Deana Lawson
- Drew Nikonowicz
- Eliot Dudik
- Elspeth Diederix
- Emmanuelle Andrianjafy
- Erin O鈥橳oole
- Felix Wilson
- Feng Li
- Geert Goiris
- Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine
- Gregory Halpern
- Jason Fulford
- Jen Ervin
- Jermone Ming
- Jess T. Dugan
- Joanna Piotrowska
- John Edmonds
- Justine Kurland
- Katrin Koenning
- Kristina Jurotschkin
- Larry Sultan
- Lieko Shiga
- Lisa Barnard
- Lynn Alleva Lilley
- M L Casteel
- Maja Daniels
- Mårten Lange
- Masao Yamamoto
- Matteo di Giovanni
- Meg Griffiths
- Melanie Bonajo
- Melissa Catanese
- Michael Ashkin
- Mike Mandel
- Mike Mandel & Larry Sultan
- Mike Slack
- Misha de Ridder
- Nick Meyer
- Oscar Monzon
- Pawel Jaszczuk
- Peter Bogaczewicz
- Petra Collins
- Piero Percoco
- Pino Musi
- Rinko Kawauchi
- Robin Friend
- Ron Jude
- Sarah Pannell
- Sarah Walker
- Sarker Protick
- Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
- Stefanie Moshammer
- Stephan Keppel
- Stephen Gill
- Susan Lipper
- Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
- Takashi Homma
- Tim Coghlan
- Wiktoria Wojciechowska
- Zanele Muholi
- Zora Murff
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