Korte beschrijving/Annotatie

Experimental, photographic art book constructed as a fictional narrative that immerses the reader in a nocturnal and mysterious atmosphere of anticipation.

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Event Horizon is constructed as a fictional narrative that immerses the reader in a nocturnal and mysterious atmosphere of anticipation. Instead of the carefree, light-heartedness with which one would usually associate childhood, Roland (BE) shows the gravity and mysteries that this period of life also involves. She depicts frozen and absent children as well as their ‘mental images’. Visions of the future, disturbing memories and strange dreams from the subconscious. A singular world where a magic ball can become an unidentified planet, a horse floats in the night sky and an astronaut is lost on a construction site. Both utopian and dystopian, this project has become a playing field of multiple photographic experiments.

Slogan/Promotie

Event Horizon is constructed as a fictional narrative that immerses the reader in a nocturnal and mysterious atmosphere of anticipation. Instead of the carefree, light-heartedness with which one would usually associate childhood, Roland (BE) shows the gravity and mysteries that this period of life also involves. She depicts frozen and absent children as well as their ‘mental images’. Visions of the future, disturbing memories and strange dreams from the subconscious. A singular world where a magic ball can become an unidentified planet, a horse floats in the night sky and an astronaut is lost on a construction site. Both utopian and dystopian, this project has become a playing field of multiple photographic experiments.

Biografie

Stéphanie Roland (1984, Brussels) is a belgian visual artist who studied media arts in Brussels and Berlin. Her work is internationally acclaimed and exhibited in institutions including Louvre Museum (Paris), Benaki Museum (Athens), Botanique (Brussels) and festivals like Breda Photo, Belfast Photo festival, Manifesto (Toulouse), Encontros da Imagem (Braga), BIP Liège, MOPLA (Los Angeles) and Unseen (Amsterdam). She regularly gives talks about her practice; among others, she was TEDx Brussels speaker in 2018. Her recent films are on show at Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin. Event Horizon is her first photo book.

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