Joris Jansen »
Kosmos
Exhibition: 15 Jan – 16 Mar 2011
Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Keizersgracht 609
1017 DS Amsterdam
Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
Keizersgracht 609
1017 DS Amsterdam
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Mon-Wed 10-18; Thu-Fri 10-21; Sat-Sun 10-18
Foam_3h presents work by Joris Jansen, winner of the 2009 Steenbergen Stipendium. Kosmos is an ode to analogue photography.
The exhibition revolves around a single old analogue photo. This picture does not actually appear in the presentation, rather Jansen uses word and image to analyse all the information conveyed by the photo. The result is on the one hand a kind of encyclopaedia of everything relating to the photo. On the other, the material of the photo itself is examined. Using microscopic images in which the chemistry and grain are magnified hundreds of times, Jansen presents an abstract world in which the structure and texture acquire an extraordinary appearance.