Svitlo: experimental photography exhibition at Looiersgracht 60
Image design by Studio Veronica Datting
Svitlo
9 June – 19 June 2022
In collaboration with Mira Matić and Kateryna Snizhko, Looiersgracht 60 is pleased to present the group exhibition, Svitlo. This exhibition brings together the work of 12 artists, including Nettie Edwards (UK), Cristina Fontsare (ES), Liz Harrington (UK), Poppy Lekner (NZ), Ky Lewis (UK), Anna Luk (UK), Sonia Mangiapane (AU/NL), Emilie Poiret-Brown (UK), Megan Ringrose (UK), Erika Gabriela Santos (US), Kateryna Snizhko (UA/NL), and Lauren Spencer (UK).
‘Svitlo’ is the Ukrainian word for 'light' and follows an initial presentation in 2021 titled Struck by Light in which presented artists came together to explore the expansive potential of light as a medium. The titular reference to light is also a nod toward the artists’ collective hope and desire for peace within times of darkness and uncertainty. The exhibition focuses on image-based work as a reflection of how various physical realities can be captured, remembered, and projected in order to imagine greater potential of change.
The works exhibited question the material and representative conditions of 21st-century photography. Employing a variety of mediums and techniques, the artists manipulate imagery, material, and the conceptual underpinnings of photography. This departure from transitional lens-based practices invites analogue and digital methods of image-making such as cyanotype, risograph, and experimental processing to expand the ideas of what the photographic process can be. Considering the semantic root of photography to mean drawing with light, these artists play with light as a tool of graphic expression, capturing the ephemeral, the unseen, and the momentary meeting of light, object, and gesture. The work on view moves beyond the representational aspect of photography and questions the relationship between light and shadow, perception and image, and the multifaceted potentials of reality.
The exhibition was initiated by participating artist and co-curator Kateryna Snizhko, whose homeland of Ukraine continues to endure the darkness of war. Funds realized by the sale of the artworks on view will benefit Zeilen van Vrijheid Foundation to support ambulance and medication funds for the victims of the war in Ukraine. Please enquire at snizhko.kateryna@gmail.com if interested in purchasing an exhibited artwork.
This exhibition is made possible by the support of Drimensa Decoratief Plaatmateriaal, Martin Zwaan Fotografie & Presentatie, Rocka Art Sign Druk, Michael Valk transportation and Looiersgracht 60.
The exhibtion will be opened on June 8 with opening remarks from Mira Matić and Kateryna Snizhko as well as a special presentations from Andrea van Pol and Zeilen van Vrijheid Foundation beginning at 18:00.
Guided tours of 'Svitlo' will take place on Fridays beginning at 17:00, and Saturdays and Sundays beginning at 16:00 for the duration of the exhibtion.
