Fotoausstellung - Kontroverse & Paradoxe 2

A photo exhibition about the re-enchantment of the world.

The exhibition Controversy & Paradoxe 2 combines Photographers who question the contradictions of our time, characterized by multiple crises, and at the same time make visible rays of hope through contemporary resistance figures: modern witches, healers, researchers, committed diasporas. Faced with the dead ends of progress, photography opens paths of repair and inclusion to enable a re-enchantment of the world.

In a world where political crises are multiplying, the climate emergency is increasing, and social inequality and the suffering of minorities are becoming an everyday reality, the prospect of a better life runs up against limits and contradictions that have always been embedded in human history. Through modernization, people destroy a lot of things and through innovation they try to repair this damage. This is the paradox that the artists invited to the Fotohaus Arles 2025, as part of the MRO Foundation's Sortilèges program, grappled with. The various photographic narratives show the concrete actions of people who are committed and dedicated to confronting the gloom and horror with which our lives are flooded. The point is to use these stories to show the different forms of resistance and resilience that make it possible to overcome apocalyptic conditions and re-enchant the world. Just as new green grows on scorched earth, may we seize our opportunity to realize our vision of tolerance, inclusion, nature conservation and reconstruction - for a liveable and vibrant world. - Pascale Giffard

ParisBerlin>fotogroup, the non-profit association founded by curator Christel Boget, is a platform that has been active in promoting contemporary photography and the German-French and European photography scenes for 22 years. In 2014, ParisBerlin>fotogroup founded the exhibition concept FOTOHAUS, which has been taking place in three locations since 2022: Bordeaux, Arles, Berlin.

Vernissage on November 6th at 6:30 p.m.

Curators: Christel Boget and Pascale Giffard

Discover the equally enchanting irritating works by the following artists:
Tatiana Vdovenko
hannah goldstein
Claire Laude
Martin Lamberty & Jann Höfer
Alexandre Dupeyron

as well as Cyril Abad, Jef Bonifacino, Tjorven Bruyneel, Phyllis B. Dooney, Tim Franco, Alex Kemman, Romain Philippon, Tommaso Rada, Jana Margarete Schuler, Matjaž Tančič, Polly Tootal, Patrick Wack, Mélanie Wenger, Mathias Zwick as part of the projection Thrutopia.