Some-Bodies: Narratives around the Other Body
Parallel Platform
English
Curated by Zohreh Deldadeh.
Softcover, fold out posters included.
Edition of 300
83 pages
193 x 283 mm
2020
ISBN 9788360794722
The distinction between the “self” and the “other” has always been created through a “body” and its apparently differentiating peculiarities. The body, notwithstanding the fact that it carries such differentiations, can at the same time tie the “self” to the “other”. Because of the perception we possess on the environment within which we live, and precisely due to the ties between such surroundings and the “body”, the ruptures between the two can increase or even decrease, while at the same time connections or ties between them can deepen or loosen. Therefore, from this perspective, what has actively played a role in the actualisation of hierarchies between the human-being and its surrounding environment would not simply become an ineffective entity in making distinctions between the “self” and the “other”. Encountering this cycle of “othering”, hence, is based on knowing the “self” and the “other”. As the closest entity to “us”, the body would therefore play a “mediating role” in such transformations.
“Some Bodies” is an invitation to pay close attention to the ties that connect the “body” to the “other”, whether the “other” is a part of our-“selves” or what has been projected as the “other” within sociopolitical hierarchies. Although the initial idea of this exhibition was formed a long time ago, reflecting on the “self”, the “other”, and the “body” within the ongoing context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing global protests against racism can bring new insights in this field.
Artists included in the exhibition are Anka Gregorczyk, Elsa Gregersdotter, Joshua Tarplin, Yushi Li and Yuxin Jiang.
(source: http://fotofestiwal.com/2020/en/exhibitions/some-bodies/)
About the Organisation
Parallel Platform is a platform that brings together creative European organisations committed to promoting cross-cultural exchanges and mentorships in order to set new standards in contemporary photography. Members include museums, galleries, cultural centres, festivals, art schools and publishers – 18 vibrant European cultural hubs, from 16 countries, that will participate in selecting and hosting emerging artists and curators, organising exhibitions and promoting artistic networking.
parallelplatform.org
(source: https://parallelplatform.org/curators/about/)
