John Cohen - Look Up to the Moon

John Cohen - Look Up to the MoonIn the summer of 1955 a relatively naive and uninformed John Cohen crossed the straits of Gibraltar. He arrived in Tangier with a handwritten note in cursive Arabic; the man who had composed it in New York had told him to keep this paper far from your passport. Cohen had no idea why or indeed what the note said; it was not addressed to a specific person. He was simply instructed to look for a certain man when he arrived, who would then send him to the

like muffled sounds when swimming beneath water

Considered to be the fastest sport on grass

In the book form we created a connection between the artist’s works and private images taken from her phone that shows her daily life

plastic extruding robot

in which Jair Bolsanaro’s victory may seal the destruction of the irreplaceable Amazon forever

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directing and literally layering players upon one another

It's about the little stories that have defined our history

or the way two rocks gently hold a hard shadow

These aspects of the city interrelate and overlap

Colours have not been approached in a literal way but as a starting point

is a documentary photographic project realized during the Hong Kong protests between June and October 2019