Diaries
by Francesco Zizola
Zizola has captured conflicts, revolutions, catastrophes, and each time, a fragment of himself merged with the world. Hence the need to reopen a monumental archive, to delve into the visual grammar of “conflict,” where “conflict” refers not only to war, but also to disaster, negative change, consequence. Man against man is not always played out […]
HRTLND
by Mads Holm
The day after a massive demonstration in Copenhagen dozens of protesters are awakened early by police officers arresting them in their beds. Investigations have taken place overnight on Facebook comparing personal profiles with police footage of the protest. I am in my studio, also looking at images. As I browse through the many stacks of […]
Sléttan, Traces of Herring & Sléttan Yzta Annesið (The Farthest North)
by Jón Helgi Pálmason
Shortlisted Artist for the Charta Award 2025 This body of work was created over a period of five years and is divided into two parts ; the first, Sléttan, Traces of Herring, was primarily produced between 2022 and 2024 and focuses on the society of Raufarhöfn, a village located in Melrakkaslétta and the birthplace of […]
The Naked Truth
by Antone Dolezal & Lara Shipley
Winning project for the Charta Award 2025 This project is a response to a sea change in American and global politics and culture over the past decade, characterized by a rise in prominence of opportunists using misinformation and mistrust of institutions for personal gain. Looking to the past, we found the true story of a […]
The Golden Age of Hijacking
by Roz Doherty
Air piracy in America was astonishingly commonplace between 1968 and 1972, with over 130 planes being hijacked during this period. Happening as frequently as once a week, hijackers sought political asylum in Cuba or demanded money as a resolution to their often-desperate circumstances. The Vietnam War had proved to be massively unpopular, the idealism from […]
The Cedar Lodge
by Maya Meissner
Growing up in Northern California with horticulturalist parents, Yosemite National Park was my family’s Mecca, and in September of 1998 we took our first pilgrimage there. We stayed at the Cedar Lodge, a roadside motel. I returned to the park years later as a teenager pursuing my love of photography, excited to channel Ansel Adams […]
NIEMANDSLAND
by Daniel Chatard
In Niemandsland, Daniel Chatard (DE) investigates the impact of brown coal extraction in the German Rhineland, where energy giant RWE operates some of Europe’s largest open-cast lignite mines, in particular Hambach and Garzweiler. Not only are these mines the biggest source of CO2 emissions on the continent, they have also dramatically altered the landscape, swallowing up […]
Pollen
by Nicole Schwartz
Pollen blends nature and gesture to create images that resonate on an emotional, almost subconscious level. Soft tones, otherworldly textures, and shifting perspectives draw the viewer into a space that mirrors the delicate flow of memory and experience. In this work, I explore the intersections of nature, memory, and change, and how the fragile processes of […]
Sacre
by Uta Genilke
“The title refers to Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), the first I ever saw performed on stage as a young girl. As ballet students, we received free tickets to the opera; until recently, our teacher had danced here herself as a soloist. The ballet tells the story of the sacrifice of a […]
War is a Disaster
by Henri Airo
War is a Disaster, examines how a collective memory of war is maintained and reproduced within society through media, rituals and upbringing. For those without who’ve not lived through it, historical wars remain obscure events that challenge and defy imagination. Visual culture serves as a means of imagining and identifying with past conflict. It is […]