10.21.2016-11.20.2016
Christian Vium & Marta Zgierska
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie
For the first time, le Prix HSBC pour la Photographie* will exhibit its laureates in Geneva.
Christian Vium & Marta Zgierska will present their artwork at Gowen Contemporary Gallery.
Diane Dufour, artistic advisor 2016 comments on the work of the 2 laureates:
“Equipped with a medium format camera, a notebook and a GPS, Chrisitan Vium cartographies Nouakchott, the capital of the Islamic Republic of Mauritius. Starting in 2010, “The Nomadic City” is a project which draws a portrait of this megalopolis at a time of explosive growth […] across the juxtaposition of his own photos and numerous unedited documents”.
“In 2013, Marta Zgierska survived a serious car accident and numerous months of intensive treatment (surgery, rehabilitation, depression…). The traumatic experience, completely redefined her photography and gave birth to the series ‘Post’. In searching to embody her trauma through the media of photography, Marta Zgierska practices it as a lean of expressing her inner emotions/feelings”.