Paris Photo Grand Palais, Paris
Photo courtesy of Nguyen Wahed
Nguyen Wahed presents new works by Sarah Meyohas, Zach Lieberman, Rik Oostenbroek, Lars Wander, Nicolas Sassoon, and collaborations by Andreas Gysin & Sidi Vanetti, and Vera Molnár & aurèce vettier.
Heterotopia showcases a curated selection of photography, virtual photography, and code-based artworks, highlighting various approaches artists use to engage with light through distinct media (mirror, algorithm or in-software techniques) to capture and manipulate light in physical and virtual environments.
Foucault defined heterotopias as "counter-sites" or "spaces of otherness" disrupting and challenging the norms of everyday life, whilst offering alternative experiences and perspectives. Here, heterotopias are virtual environments where light takes on multiple layers of meaning - they are the digital spaces, created and manipulated through algorithms and software, outside the constraints of physical reality and becoming sites of imagination, reflection, speculation.
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