Based on the work of nine young artists, this exhibition presents a diversity of contemporary practices that uses one of the oldest photographic techniques: the photogram.
Whenever photography is forced to reinvent itself, it often harks back to the photogram. This happened in the twenties of the previous century when photography became a true mass-medium and it is happening again right now when the digital revolution is radically reshaping the production, dissemination and reception of photographic images. So, where does this allure of the photogram come from? One simple answer would be to point out that the photogram is the closest we could get to the core of the photographic system. In the photogram light is simultaneously theme and medium, form and content: it is photography reduced to its bare essence as ‘writing (playfully) with light’.
With works by Francesco Del Conte, Marta Djourina, Sascha Herrmann, Berit Schneidereit, Dries Segers, Sophie Thun, Sine Van Menxel, Marianne Vierø and Jeff Weber
Curated by Steven Humblet
Wednesday 22 October, 19:00: guided tour by Steven Humblet + artist talk by Dries Segers
→ This exhibition is part of the research festival ARTICULATE 2024 I ANONYMOUS CREATIVITY - ART WITHOUT ARTISTS
(images: Berit Schneidereit and Marianne Vierø)
Artists: Sine Van Menxel, Dries Segers, Francesco Del Conte, Marta Djourina, Sascha Herrmann, Berit Schneidereit, Sophie Thun, Marianne Vierø, Jeff Weber