The exhibition presents a street reportage from a three-week journey from the south to the north of Vietnam. The photographs on show were taken during hours-long walks through the streets of cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Dalat and Hanoi. The camera was guided by curiosity, at times outright nosiness; the twenty-four millimetre lens demanded closeness, craved confrontation. The title of the exhibition refers to journeys during which we steal into the daily rhythm of thousands of protagonists; it is an exchange of hundreds of glances, rarely longer than a few seconds. The flash is provocative, it is my greeting; it arouses interest, a smile, embarrassment; it meets indifference, reverie, joy, worry.
Being at the very centre of events, the idea was born of creating a video art piece, a visual diary of the journey, which together with the rest of the show is an attempt to materialise the rhythms passed along the way.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vũng Tàu, Mũi Né, Dalat, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hanoi, Hạ Long
Curators: Julia Rapior, Wojciech Kacprzak
Tommy Block – a photographer of the young generation from Lublin. He has five solo exhibitions, five magazine editions, dozens of poems and many art projects to his name. In his work he devotes most attention to people and motoring. In human bodies and the shapes of cars he finds emotions and stops time, building storytelling situations. On a daily basis he is a professional photographer and assistant on large commercial productions.
exhibition dates:
26 April – 12 May 2024
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