Imago Lisboa
Imago Garage
Lisbon, Portugal – 2024
The Heavy Loads of Our World was shown as part of the group exhibition "Action for a Green Future II" at Imago Garage during the 6th edition of Imago Lisboa Photo Festival, from 27 September to 26 October 2024. The exhibition, curated by Rui Prata, brought together six photographers whose work addresses climate change and its consequences.
The exhibition featured work by Catarina Nogueira (Raíz), Nigel Dickinson (Hurricane Mitch), Roberto Fernández Ibáñez (Mountains of Uncertainty), José Artur Macedo (Regadio), Micael Espinha (Pluvis Es), and Remco de Vries (The Heavy Loads of Our World). Through The Heavy Loads of Our World, visitors were invited to reflect on how excessive consumption habits contribute to the depletion of raw materials and the pollution caused by the massive global transportation of goods.
Lisbon, Portugal – 2024
The Heavy Loads of Our World was shown as part of the group exhibition "Action for a Green Future II" at Imago Garage during the 6th edition of Imago Lisboa Photo Festival, from 27 September to 26 October 2024. The exhibition, curated by Rui Prata, brought together six photographers whose work addresses climate change and its consequences.
The exhibition featured work by Catarina Nogueira (Raíz), Nigel Dickinson (Hurricane Mitch), Roberto Fernández Ibáñez (Mountains of Uncertainty), José Artur Macedo (Regadio), Micael Espinha (Pluvis Es), and Remco de Vries (The Heavy Loads of Our World). Through The Heavy Loads of Our World, visitors were invited to reflect on how excessive consumption habits contribute to the depletion of raw materials and the pollution caused by the massive global transportation of goods.
Fotodok Open Palace
Palácio do Raio
Braga, Portugal – 2023
During the 33rd edition of Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal, five Dutch photographers organized a self-initiated group exhibition at Palácio do Raio from 15 to 18 September 2023. The exhibition was part of the first FOTODOK Talent Embassy, a program supported by Pictoright Fund that connects emerging Dutch photographers to international photography festivals.
The participating photographers were Ilias Bardaa, Isa de Jong, Yara Jimmink, Michelle Piergoelam, and Remco de Vries. The exhibition took place in Palácio do Raio, an eighteenth-century baroque palace distinguished by its blue azulejo-tiled facade. I presented new work from The Heavy Loads of Our World: three photographs of mess rooms aboard container ships, accompanied by an installation recreating a mess room table with the condiments found on virtually every ship I visited. A copy of the book accompanied the installation.
Braga, Portugal – 2023
During the 33rd edition of Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal, five Dutch photographers organized a self-initiated group exhibition at Palácio do Raio from 15 to 18 September 2023. The exhibition was part of the first FOTODOK Talent Embassy, a program supported by Pictoright Fund that connects emerging Dutch photographers to international photography festivals.
The participating photographers were Ilias Bardaa, Isa de Jong, Yara Jimmink, Michelle Piergoelam, and Remco de Vries. The exhibition took place in Palácio do Raio, an eighteenth-century baroque palace distinguished by its blue azulejo-tiled facade. I presented new work from The Heavy Loads of Our World: three photographs of mess rooms aboard container ships, accompanied by an installation recreating a mess room table with the condiments found on virtually every ship I visited. A copy of the book accompanied the installation.
Discovery Awards Projections
Encontros da Imagem
Braga, Portugal – 2023
The Heavy Loads of Our World was selected for the Discovery Awards Projections during the 33rd edition of Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal. The Discovery Awards aim to give visibility to photographers and projects not yet widely known in the field. Each year, around thirty photographers are selected: half receive a physical exhibition at the festival, while the other half have their work presented in projection format.
The screening of fifteen selected projects took place at Galeria do Largo do Paço, in the historic center of Braga, from 15 September to 28 October 2023.
Encontros da Imagem
Braga, Portugal – 2023
The Heavy Loads of Our World was selected for the Discovery Awards Projections during the 33rd edition of Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal. The Discovery Awards aim to give visibility to photographers and projects not yet widely known in the field. Each year, around thirty photographers are selected: half receive a physical exhibition at the festival, while the other half have their work presented in projection format.
The screening of fifteen selected projects took place at Galeria do Largo do Paço, in the historic center of Braga, from 15 September to 28 October 2023.
Light-Up
Utrecht, NL – 2022
During HKU Exposure 2022, the graduation festival of HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, selected students were invited to participate in Light-Up: a projection mapping event organized by Light-Up Collective in collaboration with HKU. On the evening of 1 July 2022, images from The Heavy Loads of Our World were projected onto the facades of three buildings across Utrecht and Bunnik.
Starting after sunset, the event took visitors on a cycling route past HKU Theater at the Janskerkhof, Kanaal30 on the Kanaalweg, and Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd in Bunnik. At each location, the work was mapped onto the architecture, transforming the buildings into temporary screens for the typological ship portraits.
During HKU Exposure 2022, the graduation festival of HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, selected students were invited to participate in Light-Up: a projection mapping event organized by Light-Up Collective in collaboration with HKU. On the evening of 1 July 2022, images from The Heavy Loads of Our World were projected onto the facades of three buildings across Utrecht and Bunnik.
Starting after sunset, the event took visitors on a cycling route past HKU Theater at the Janskerkhof, Kanaal30 on the Kanaalweg, and Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd in Bunnik. At each location, the work was mapped onto the architecture, transforming the buildings into temporary screens for the typological ship portraits.
