They are given the possibility to experiment at the intersection of photography and installation, and share their work with the community. UNFOLDING FUTURES residency is curated by Nuria Bofarull.

Mark your calendar for the open studios:

18 July: Open Studio by Benjamin Morrison - When it rains

When it Rains is a series of proofs that life has continuity and history. A patchwork diary of disparate narratives woven together. Sketches, ideas and words once said. In a moment of observation, between presence and absence, clarity and failure, this work is a reminder of my own reality.

1 August: Open Studio by Joseph Kennel - I Stood at the Foot of a Mountain

I Stood at the Foot of a Mountain looks at the material histories of slate as a connection point to consider the temporal and spatial realities that exist within both locations. Reconstitutions through time of the slate into culturally mediated forms, operational devices, and a post industrial landscape marks and breaks the stones’ slow lifecycle.

15 August: Open Studio by Alia Leonardi - Moi, a girl

Moi, a girl showcases the interplay of semantics and imagery on social media, in doing so highlighting the platforms’ transformative power in shaping contemporary gender expressions. This project seeks to explore gender performativity within digital and meme culture. The girls online fight against scrutinisation, can online identity and the aesthetic of the “coquette/silly girls” in fact be seen as as strategy against gender norms and societal expectations?

29 August: Open Studio by Daniel Zduniuk - Must Be Eaten

Must be Eaten, an ongoing project, questions the accessibility of contemporary art institutions to the public via a disruptive element: the silverfish. Because its diet is based mainly on paper, the silverfish is seen as an undesirable creature eager to eat paper: to eat art. Using a game of scale, perspective and composite photography, the project aims to challenge the established codes of the art market and conservation, by proposing a cyclical, organic vision of the art production process.

31 August: Collective installation and public event

About Futures

FUTURES encourages new and adventurous ways of enhancing the vital relationship between artists and the industry by creating an ecosystem that allows and stimulates cross-pollination, whilst simultaneously becoming the go-to source for emerging photography worldwide. Starting in 2017, by Menno Liauw in his capacity as a partner of the Amsterdam-based creative agency Vandejong, FUTURES has now grown to an independent non-profit foundation with its headquarters in Amsterdam at the FUTURES Hub, which serves as an office, residency, and exhibition space.