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Founded in 1984, the Centre de la photographie Genève is a research laboratory since 2001 with 4 to 6 exhibitions and 2 to 3 books published each year. It elaborates new forms of presenting and thinking about photography in relation to other arts and contemporary society as a whole.

Edmund CLARK, Crofton BLACK
Cosmopolemos

29.10.26 – 20.02.27

Longue collaboration entre l’artiste visuel Edmund Clark et le journaliste d’investigation Crofton Black, Cosmopolemos livre une analyse du complexe militaro-industriel étasunien par l’interrelation entre images, données et langage. À partir des transactions et des galeries de photographies du Département de la Défense, ils construisent une analyse encyclopédique des relations commerciales qui sous-tendent l’hégémonie des États-Unis, afin de rendre compte de ce vertigineux édifice de pouvoir.

A long-term collaboration between visual artist Edmund Clark and investigative reporter Crofton Black, Cosmopolemos delivers an analysis of the American military-industrial complex through an interplay of images, data and language. Drawing from the Department of Defense’s transactions and photography galleries, they build up an encyclopedic analysis of the commercial relations that sustain the United States’ hegemony, trying to comprehend the meaning and scale of such power.

Image : ‘Last Soldier to Board’ photographed by Army Master Sgt. Alex Burnett, 2021. The appearance of US Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Maj. Gen. Donahue is the final American service member to depart Afghanistan; his departure closes the U.S. mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and vulnerable Afghans. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Alex Burnett)
Louise DESNOS
Acedia

12.10.26 – 08.01.27
Maison de l’enfance et de l’adolescence des HUG

Le mot acédie désigne un état de profond ennui et d’apathie. Avec ce projet, la photographe française Louise Desnos fait l’éloge de la paresse, si souvent décriée dans nos sociétés contemporaines toujours plus orientées sur la productivité et sur une optimisation constante de soi. L’artiste propose de repenser la paresse comme acte créatif, et comme posture de résistance face à l’aliénation au travail, à la compétition sans relâche et au consumérisme du système capitaliste.

The word acedia refers to a state of profound boredom and apathy. With this project, French photographer Louise Desnos celebrates idleness, so often disparaged in a contemporary society increasingly focused on productivity and constant self-optimisation. The artist proposes rethinking idleness as a creative act, and as a stance of resistance against alienation at work, relentless competition and the consumerism of the capitalist system.

Image: Louise DESNOS, Acedia