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CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE 14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024Clervaux - Cité de l'image enters its new season 2023-2024 with 6 new open-air exhibitions. We dive into a world full of fantastic forms, approaches, themes and techniques. The six photographers invited this year use their own formal language to express emotions, convey stories or present certain concepts. In this open-air exhibition, the focus is on playing with contrasts, experimenting with techniques or on the most diverse stylistic elements. With depictions of fundamental them… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Christine ErhardBUILDING IMAGES Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN Architectural fragments in combination with abstract forms, colour surfaces and lines are the main components of Christine Erhard's photographs. Photographic perspectives and graphic elements are in dialogue with each other, this kind of collage and montage runs through the entire artistic work of Christine Erhard. Her photographic works develop out of a sculptural process in her studio. No digital post-processing, the object of the image has been conceived and built by the artist, a… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Tina LechnerBODY IS REALITY Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN The female body is the starting point in Tina Lechner's analogue black and white photography. The body acts as a projection surface and is covered, supplemented and distorted with self-made, futuristic-looking costumes and prostheses. These eerily majestic objects combine fashion and sculpture - originally created as metaphorical armour to respond to transience and vulnerability, serving simultaneously as a medium for empowerment. Enlargements of reality, non-functional, sometimes heavy… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Sanja MarušićSELFPORTRAITS Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN With her luminous landscape portraits, Sanja Marušić creates new worlds with her images. They are depictions of fundamental themes in the life of a young woman, in particular, she tries to visualize new phases and personal periods of life. In her creative process, which resembles meditation, the process of photography is intuitively controlled. Inspired by the landscape, sunlight, shadows or feelings, the artist creates a moment in time and lets her imagination flow in the cre… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Steph MeyersCONTREVUES Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN The series "Contrevues" (Juxtapositions) was realised at the Rencontres d'Arles in July 2023. It questions the gaze of the viewer of photographs, which is anonymised by the framing of the image. Strictly speaking, it is the seeing that is simultaneously emphasised and negated by the photographer's gaze. The experience of visiting a photo exhibition is represented by the mise en abîme (also known as the Droste effect, an infinite repetition of an image within an i… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Liz LambertUNENDLICH VERGÄNGLICH Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN Relationships are often based on an idea of infinity. And yet, like everything in our world, they are transient. Depending on the situation and personal feelings, both transience and infinity can be a factor of hope or fear. No end without a beginning, no beginning without an end - what does this dynamic do to us? In a poetic and partly symbolic way, the artist Liz Lambert explores the questions of how relationships come into being and develop, what role mental health and past experiences… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Thaddäus BiberauerEUROPE IN DREAMS Saison 2023 – 2024: FORMENSPRACHE14 Oct 2023 – 7 Oct 2024EN Photographer Thaddäus Biberauer takes us on his journeys through the nature of Europe. From the gloomy forest landscape, wild rivers, dancing flower fields to the sand dunes and the sea. The blurred snapshots, staged almost picturesquely, invite us to dream. Reality blurs, one loses oneself in space and time. By deliberately manipulating the photographs, he puts his own stamp on his pictures, while photographing with filters offers a multitude of possibilities for experimentation and d… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope 30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023Various photographic installations throughout the city of Clervaux transform it into an openair gallery. Discover the work of national and international contemporary photographers in an extraordinary setting: on the walls of houses, in flowering gardens and along the narrow streets. Six different visions invite us on a journey, each uniquely opening up a world that unfolds in photography and lingers in our imagination. A play of momentary dialogues strikes up between the images, their open ai… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Veronique KolberAmerican Diorama – Streets (2011)Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023"I capture and collect with my 35 mm lens. Spontaneously, mainly unnoticed, driven by instinct. Not just people in the streets, but people in ordinary street situations. I return home. I forget. Months, maybe even years later, I go through my archive, rediscovering my pictures. Time is not relevant. Or maybe it is and how it blurs my memory helps my imagination to see the many stories that emerge from my photographs. The contrast between the Clervaux arcades and the world depicted in in my pictu… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Jeanine UnsenI love you baby. Portraits de femmes résilientes (2016-2018) Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023Jeannine Unsen's images of women, often in static pose in carefully crafted settings, address questions of vulnerability, identity and representation. Indeed, the timeless contexts in which the figures appear seem to emerge from the photographer's own inner journeying, or transport the viewer into a nether world between dream and reality. The work of this artist, elaborated with great sensitivity, focusses on portraits staged with an almost over-the-top love of detail. Jeannine Unsen (*1975, Lu… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Marie CapesiusHeliopolis (2017-2019) Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023Heliopolis was the first naturist village in Europe, founded in the 1930s on the "Île du Levant" island in the French Mediterranean. In the 1950s the French military also began using the island and till this very day a fenced off missile testing base occupies 90% of its surface. Intrigued by these two opposite worlds existing side by side, Marie Capesius met the occupants of Heliopolis and explored its history. Inspired by the story of Adam and Eve, she questions the notion of paradise. In fact… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Boris LoderParticles, 2016-2019 Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023Identities are complex - as is, quite often, their representation. However, considered as a container that can be filled with very different, even contradictory contents, the concept of identity takes on an aspect that is both tangible and abstract at the same time. "Particles" transforms this concept into a study of sculptural photography. The cubes contain found objects that reflect the character of various sites in Luxembourg in compressed form. In this way, assumptions about urban planning i… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Bruno OliveiraCoentro e Cachorros (2018) Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023"Cape Verde is true to its name. There, colour is a place, a room, a landscape, a person, a memory. It underscores the lives and stories of its inhabitants. When I travelled to my boyfriend's native island, Santo Antao to visit his family in the summer of 2018, everything felt so familiar and yet so foreign. The scent of coriander perfumed the air and the local food. Its vibrant intensity, its green in my eye and its flavour on my palate, confused both my senses and my ideas. Across the island, … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUClervaux - cité de l'image +352-27 800 283 Marc SchroederCorona 2020 – Scenes of the Pandemic (2020) Saison 2022 – 2023: Kaleidoscope30 Oct 2022 – 9 Oct 2023The eleven "tableaux", composed of only architectural and urban details, were shot during the summer and autumn of 2020, following the end of the first Covid-related lockdown. The individual scenes impose a strict visual order by way of sharp geometrical forms, yet emanating from them is an air of both emptiness and sterility. They depict public spaces, devoid of any human presence, where our freedom of movement is hindered by various actual physical obstacles or shadows thereof. The series is h… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Jean-Christian BourcartImanaho / You Can Wake Up Now, The Universe Is Over 25 Mar 2022 – 24 Mar 2023During an "Ayahuasca ceremony" a few years ago, I found myself facing an entity whose appearance was completely unstable; it constantly changed shape, texture, color, from animal, to human, to flora, to abstract with graceful and dizzying fluidity. What was my surprise when I discovered that artificial intelligence could produce images - interpretive composites generated by algorithms available on the internet - which "resembled" this entity that I had named Imanaho and … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Yohanne LamoulèreVirage - Manger Tes Yeux, Ici Ment La Ville - Gyptis & Protis 22 Oct 2021 – 21 Oct 2022Every city has its history, its own rhythm and a particular way of life rooted in its evolution. The metropolis of our time is a living organism, both sheltering and devouring the individual. Neighbourhoods are delineated by buildings, turning into microcosms. The houses and blocks are ephemeral, mutating cells. The further they are from the city’s core and the more they lie on the external membrane of the vibrant central substance, or even outside of it, the more their existence is subjec… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Arno Rafael MinkkinenSelf-Portraits (From Last Three Decades Of Five) 17 Dec 2021 – 21 Oct 2022The human condition is a dynamic and changing process, marked by circumstances and situations that must be confronted and surmounted. Challenges present themselves in the form of mysteries to resolve, tasks to take on, landmarks to reach. Thus, existence our is defined by evolution - not to be confused with "revolution". It can happen in silence, in the intimate setting of an individual life. Multiple strategies can help the fluidity of this existential process along. Photographer Arn… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Brooke DiDonatoAs Usual 15 Oct 2021 – 14 Oct 2022Brooke DiDonato's photographs tell of artistic subversion in a soft, bewitching tone. The photographer shows a seemingly peaceful and idyllic universe, a calming atmosphere dominated by 1950es aesthetics. The viewer can't help being reminded of the American Dream, with the cosy home and well-tended garden reflected in her motifs. The cultural and domesticated landscape is depicted in carefully composed images. The chromatism is pleasing to the eye, the décor enticing, reminisc… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Nina RöderChampagner im Keller & other series 24 Sep 2021 – 23 Sep 2022Nina Röder’s quest for the essence of what she depicts leads her to scratch at the surface of her subjects. Visually, this is communicated through distortion: veiling, hiding, overlapping or camouflaging the displayed form. The familiar contours of faces and bodies are variously cracked open and dissolved in order to place them in a new dialogue. The well-known traits of those around her, including her own mother, or her surroundings are expanded and completed. Through rejection … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Donovan WylieNorth Warning System 9 Apr 2021 – 8 Apr 2022A landscape, almost entirely white, soft as cotton. Dense and heavy clouds blocking all sunlight. A snowy expanse, the horizon barely discernible. Where on earth are we? The view is reminiscent of the meteorological phenomenon known as "whiteout", often disorienting and potentially dangerous. Full snow coverage and heavy clouds in mountainous regions create diffuse, uniform lighting conditions, where reference points such as contours, shadows and the horizon line all but disappear. O… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Santeri TuoriSky & Forest 26 Mar 2021 – 25 Mar 2022The Finnish photographer Santeri Tuori points his camera at the landscapes of Kökar, an island of the Åland Archipelago. His work is known for his interest in the attributes of nature and their change through time. The series of images titled "Forest" is based on the repeated representation of the same motives and locations spanning many years (2011-2019). By overlaying and combining individual negatives, he creates new images which perfectly illustrate the natural metamorp… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Evgenia ArbugaevaMammoth Hunters 23 Oct 2020 – 22 Oct 2021The Russian Republic of Sakha in north-eastern Siberia, also known as Yakutia, is the setting to a story worthy of Jules Verne. Due to global warming, the permafrost in the region is melting - a phenomenon with yet unknown geological and climactic consequences for the planet, but a fascinating window into the past for historians and biologists. The soil is releasing what it has been preserving for 4000 years: the remains of the woolly mammoth. This has turned some of the population around th… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Jeroen HofmanZeeland 16 Sep 2020 – 14 Oct 2021"(…) a place where endless thoughts make way for endless horizons." Jeroen Hofman From the Luxembourgish vantage point, "the North" – provided it doesn’t begin within its own borders – is only three hours away by car. "Zeeland" is a popular holiday destination in general. People from various nationalities gather here, at the edge of the North Sea. The coastline still shows so-called natural traces within the cultural landscape, meaning th… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Christian AschmanÉtat des Lieux, états d’un lieu; Clervaux 25 Sep 2020 – 24 Sep 2021Clervaux is in the north of Luxembourg. The name designates both a town and a municipality. In terms of area, Clervaux is about the second largest municipality in the country. By population numbers, however, it is far less dense than other municipalities further south. This is explained by its very rural geographic situation. Nowadays, rural areas tend to be underestimated and reduced to simple, agricultural stereotypes. But the rural regions of Luxembourg are part of a political strategy p… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Paolo VerzoneArctic Zero 25 Sep 2020 – 24 Sep 2021Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Its territory is tied to Norway, but as a demilitarised zone it has a neutral status. The name "Svalbard" in Norwegian denotes a "cool coast", which seems somewhat of an understatement, as the average temperature lies around -6°C. Not every story has its origin in the thousand roots of the Orient. Some come to us from the northern reaches; their intensity and tension can easily keep up with their famous cousins from the E… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Gilles CoulonWHITE NIGHT 10 Jul 2020 – 9 Apr 2021Light is a global phenomenon. In its natural cycle, it is subject to the laws of a rhythmic iteration, but in an artificial context, it defies all laws. In contrast to its natural counterpart, industrial light is a convenient and easily controlled source of illumination. The subtle differences in intensity and rich colours observable during the authentic transition from day to night are missing in the human-created scenario. Think of a universally applicable system presented in a linear form: t… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Hans-Christian Schink1h 27 Jul 2020 – 26 Mar 2021"1h" – One hour is the duration of Hans-Christian Schink’s gaze towards the sun, and the name of its pictorial representation through photography. He uses overexposures, called solarisations, which are only possible through analogue methods. The sun is rarely considered as a physical element. Its constant presence as a star is largely ignored by our consciousness. Human optical perception registers degrees of brightness and uses contrasts for orientation. Hans-Christia… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Mona KuhnShe Disappeared Into Complete Silence 25 Oct 2019 – 23 Oct 2020The quality of light, according to Mona Kuhn, is measured in nuances of colour and – as strange as it may seam – even in sounds, or the absence of sounds. The photographer has translated this empirical experience into photographic images. Her journey towards the light took her to the Joshua Tree desert in California. As a classical symphony is built upon rhythm and the development of an initial motif, so the potential of light is observable through its rhythmic and evolving intens… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Andreas GefellerSOMA 27 Sep 2019 – 25 Sep 2020Andreas Gefeller "SOMA" Exhibition: 27 September 2019 – 25 September 2020 "A brave new world". The work of Andreas Gefeller shows parallels to Aldous Huxley’s novel. This also explains the title of the collection of photographs: “Soma”, the name of the drug which is meant to alter and make reality bearable in Huxley’s literary universe. The photographic work "Soma" by the German photographer offers insights into an artificial, sin… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Anna Lehmann-BraunsSun in an Empty Room 27 Sep 2019 – 25 Sep 2020Anna Lehmann-Brauns photographs rooms and architectures. She does not consider herself to be an architecture photographer, however, and denies doing documentary work. Born and based in Berlin, she sees her role as much more akin to that of a director of photography. Just like in film, she creates visual worlds by using light and shadow. Choosing her position carefully, she combines perspectives with subjective, spatial ideas, based on moods and memories. These are quiet compositions, empha… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 François FontaineCosmos 17 Sep 2019 – 16 Sep 2020To enter the pictorial world of François Fontaine, there is no way around the Big Screen and film. Cinematography works with a collection of animated images, whereas its cousin photography is based on the static image. But both media rely on a common source: light. Light fuels the universe. It braves this deep and anonymous space with its creative force. The look to the stars arises from every man’s desire to discover the origin of all existence. Light offers an opening into this … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 David SperoSETTLEMENTS 29 Mar 2019 – 27 Jul 2020David Spero‘s "Settlements" draw the portrait of a few communities in Britain that have chosen to partially separate and live in parallel from so-called mainstream society out of ecological considerations. Spero uses documentary-style imagery to illustrate the creative potential and pioneering spirit displayed by these groups on their quest for new, alternative modes of existence. His work shows homemade houses and their inhabitants, as well as the gardens that allow them to su… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Denis DailleuxTANTE JULIETTE My aunt Juliette12 Apr 2019 – 10 Jul 2020In his series "My aunt Juliette", Denis Dailleux sees his gaze returned in a unique and playful way by his great-aunt. The dialogue between the two protagonists is a constant exchange, making the series appear like a power play. This aunt Juliette is a strong character: she plays the queen, poses as a peasant, appears as grandmother, defies her age which shows her fragility, all the while maintaining her rebellious gaze. She confronts the photographer and claims the camera's v… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Charles FrégerYokainoshima - Island Of Monsters 25 Oct 2018 – 24 Oct 2019Charles Fréger Yokainoshima - Island Of MonstersPHOTOGRAPHY IN OPEN SPACE SEASON 2018/2019 – Portrait, hors cadre Part I Jardin du Bra’haus II, Montée du Château, Clervaux Ogres, spirits, ghosts or demons. In Japan, myths and folklore have survived since ancient times and into the present. Every fantastic or supernatural creature is attributed to a class called “yōkai". Owing to the geological nature of the archipelago, the Japanese people … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Susan A. BarnettNot In Your Face 28 Sep 2018 – 27 Sep 2019Susan Barnett‘s "Not In Your Face" is a collection of photographic images approaching the portrait genre from an unconventional angle. The entire series by the U.S. photographer is based on the principle of the figure seen from the back. In the Visual Arts sciences, this is a design element of symbolic significance: the figure’s back reproduced in two dimensions enables the real life viewer to take the subject’s place in the picture and see what the depicted pers… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Isabelle GraeffExit 28 Sep 2018 – 27 Sep 2019Isabelle Graeff moved to England after a death in the family. Coming to terms with significant events in a person’s life requires time for recentering and questioning of identity. The personal circumstances intuitively put the German photographer in tune with the particular atmosphere in a country on the threshold of the Brexit decision. Her work is not beholden to a specific genre. Isabelle Graeff’s snapshots seem to draw a portrait of the country. Just as the change of seasons… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Peter BialobrzeskiHeimat & Die zweite Heimat 18 Sep 2018 – 17 Sep 2019The concept of the "Heimat" – the Home(land) – can be found in all languages, though not every language has a single, familiar term for it. “Heimat” unites different layers of meaning. At the geographic level, the home represents a specific place, a region defined by its familiarity. Exploring no longer presents a challenge, but instead evokes a feeling of comfort. At the social level, it is analogous to community and belonging: the bosom of the family or t… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Kati BruderWIR ANDEREN 17 May 2018 – 16 May 2019The title of Kati Bruder’s work combines two concepts, which are in fact opposites: we and the others. What usually stands in confrontation to one another meets in agreement, on the same level. The title becomes a statement calling for reconciliation, for an acceptance of differences and contrasts, and even for new reflections and encounters. The "We" prevents a comfortable distance wherefrom the observer can look at and judge the world in order to dissociate himself from wha… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Mårten LangeCitizen 13 Apr 2018 – 12 Apr 2019The word "citizen" comes from the Latin civis and refers to those who have the right of citizenship, thus those who belong to the inhabitants of a city. In the course of time, history broadened the concept of citizenship to the level of the nation, referring to the citizens of a country. Nowadays, the term can refer to an even larger territory, such as the citizens of the European Union for instance. To be a citizen or not to be a citizen? This question is an existential one, be… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Henrik SpohlerTHE THIRD DAY 30 Mar 2018 – 29 Mar 2019For his work The Third Day Henrik Spohler travels in stages from the north of Germany through the Netherlands to Spain and onwards to the USA, close to the Mexican border. The photographer from Hamburg searches for what human beings have redefined, reproduced and commercialised under the term “nature” in the course of the last few decades. His search is rewarded. He finds a monumental world, or a parallel universe even, which surpasses the imagination of the unsuspecting consumer. Th… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Yvon LambertHistoires de Frontières / Border stories 29 Sep 2017 – 28 Sep 2018Yvon Lambert has an interest for borders and what they symbolise. Ten year long has he been traveling throughout border crossings. His impressive black & white photographs bring us deep within the historical context behind the scenes. "The common factor linking all the locations depicted in these photographic stories is that they were or still are home to border crossings. This roaming, cultivated by the dialogue between the observer and the photographer, is to be viewed and un… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Sophie HatierMarilyn 29 Sep 2017 – 28 Sep 2018Sophie Hatier photographs the residents of the "Académie Equestre de Versailles", run by Bartabas. The way she looks at them, make them look fragile and vulnerable. Each horse expresses a personality, unmistakably recognizable, although they remain optically very similar. Lacking colour and contrast, the images are instead like monochromes invoking multi-layered interpretations. Observers instinctively recognise the elegance, temperament, passion, kindness, sovereignty, indivi… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Olaf Otto BeckerReading the Landscape 29 Sep 2017 – 28 Sep 2018Olaf Otto Becker is concerned with traces left behind by humankind on nature and that are visible. He is a witness of our time, revealing the damages caused by modern society’s careless attitude towards nature, always requiring more space. The photographs show us the impact of human activities on nature, as well as the existence of artificial nature "substitutes". "My pictures are an attempt to report on what I've seen with my own eyes and what has, deeply moved… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Ina SchoenenburgDe tous les noirs et blancs 19 Sep 2017 – 18 Sep 2018The German photographer Ina Schoenenburg is concerned with the psychology of human interpersonal relationships. Her pictures seem familiar and outlandish at once. With her camera in her hand, she studies existential and social settings that affect our lives. The photographic installation by Ina Schoenenburg features excerpts from four different image series: > Flashback > Blickwechsel > Portraits > Schmale Pfade Despite this, the photographs on display all appear "relat… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Le Fonds de la Conserverie, MetzC’était où ? C’était quand ? & les fonds de la Conserverie, Metz ALBUM PRIVÉ18 May 2017 – 17 May 2018The association "C’était où ? C’était quand ?" was created in July 2008 under the impulse of the photographer Anne Delrez. The association found shelter at the Conserverie in Metz, a place dedicated to vernacular photography. What makes a human life? It can be seen as a variable entity, made up of different elements – known as memories and experiences – collected in a linear chronology and attaching themselves like chemical molecules, o… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Sascha Weidner(NARRATIVES) 14 Apr 2017 – 13 Apr 2018In art, as in other areas of society, it is com- mon to take a stand, to disclose what one believes or else does not believe. This is a polarising attitude that demands clarity and distinctness. It is a game of “take it or leave it”, a phenomenon of western society, which has seemingly become an end in it- self, that of pursuing a single objective, a single truth, in a bid to assume global pro- portions in a globalised world. Everything is tangible, doable and can be explained. An … more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCLERVAUX - CITÉ DE L'IMAGE +352-27 800 283 Tamás DezsöNOTES FOR AN EPILOGUE 31 Mar 2017 – 30 Mar 2018Tamas Dezso paints a summary portrait of contemporary Romania. The country is struggling to shed the shackles of its political past, which has pervaded the country’s tangible and intangible rural heritage. This tenuous situation threatens to bury an entire cultural world. At the same time, it gives the photographs a surrealistic and narrative feel. A stage curtain reveals a small triangular opening at floor level. Wooden floorboards extend beyond the gap, beyond the boundary drawn by th… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUChristian TagliaviniVOYAGES EXTRAORDINAIRES Saison Photographique 2016-17: CONTES D'IMAGES30 Sep 2016 – 29 Sep 2017"Extraordinary Voyages" by Christian Tagliavini is a photographic work that transports the observer into the world of literature, a world in which images adopt a distinct 19th-century aesthetic and evoke an almost cinematographic language. The work's title is both tribute and citation: it refers to the eponymous collection of 54 works penned by French writer Jules Verne. The photographs, composed according to visual art rules, divulge a third passion of their author, namely tha… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUCorinne MercadierUNE FOIS ET PAS PLUS Saison Photographique 2016-17: CONTES D'IMAGES30 Sep 2016 – 29 Sep 2017"Once time only" is a metaphor of the finiteness of all things and living creatures. Corinne Mercadier expresses what is a categorical fact, the universally acknowledged inescapable principle of life: the beginning of every story inexorably leads to its end. Disregarding its ontological and slightly oppressive reality, the photographic series comes across as subtle, ambiguous, joyful and dreamlike. The figurative motifs recount the mythical tales of the wind, this mystifying and unb… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUVincent FournierSPACE PROJECT Saison Photographique 2016-17: CONTES D'IMAGES30 Sep 2016 – 29 Sep 2017Dreams and visions are a fleeting product of our brain and yet they require a projection surface outside the conceptual world. What could be better suited to this than the vastness of space? Space has thrilled and fascinated mankind since time immemorial. Man's yearning to conquer this abstract concept in all its dimensions - terrestrial, aerial, planetary and celestial - is a reflection of a constantly evolving existential quest. Voyages of discovery date back to protohistoric times and… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUJanne LehtinenSACRED BIRD Saison Photographique 2016-17: CONTES D'IMAGES19 Sep 2016 – 18 Sep 2017In his images, Finnish photographer Janne Lehtinen captures the individual and human aspiration of continuously wanting to push one's boundaries. "Sacred Bird" showcases various flight contraptions designed by the author himself. The images convey a sense of creative freedom and possess a subtle humour; even so, the photographic sequences may appear strange, occasionally absurd. For all their poetic winsomeness, the contraptions seem anachronistic and fragile and will never ful… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUAnne Müchler & Nico SchmitzFIELDWORKS Saison 2016-2017: PICTURALITÉ & GRAPHISME18 May 2016 – 17 May 2017In the work of Anne Müchler and Nico Schmitz, while the transition from "Fieldworks" to "Colour field" appears entirely unprompted, the photographs nevertheless have more of a connection to a concrete environment rather than gravitating to a pure and context-free colour experience.<br> A useful hint is the literal translation of the work's title, which focuses the attention back to nature, an open terrain or an empty field. The fieldwork of the two photogra… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUJérémie LenoirMARGES Saison 2016-2017: PICTURALITÉ & GRAPHISME15 Apr 2016 – 14 Apr 2017The starting point of French photographer Jérémie Lenoir's research is always the landscape. Depicted in a tangible and realistic manner, the landscape environment reflects a society heavily affected by economic challenges and policy issues. In the grip of functional profitability, the landscape threatens to take on forms that are hostile to the human condition. Lenoir's photographic compositions resemble abstract paintings that appear both pictorial and graphic... Th… more CITÉ DE L'IMAGELUGrace Euna KimCONSTELLATIONS Saison Photographique 2016-17: CONTES D'IMAGES1 Jul 2016 – 30 Mar 2017A "constellation" is an entity originating from something concrete yet still able to evolve freely. It is flexible and can gather and assemble additional elements and take on various forms under the influence of a creative and irrational spirit. The term is also associated with the more illustrative world of astronomy. This paradigm is born from the subjective view of an observer, who traces the fragments by interconnecting them to form a new entity, a fictive pattern that in itself … more |
