All are invited to the exhibition opening of Still City on Thursday, November 14, at 17h00 for 17h30 at the
KZNSA Gallery’s Park Gallery. Free entrance
For one week only, view the mesmerizing photographic exhibition by Aik
Christodoulou, as mentored by Matt Kay.
The photographic body of work, Still
City, looks closer at familiar spaces. In a world that is moving ever
faster, these photographs are about slowing down and taking time to examine the
small moments and structures we forget to look at in the rush of everyday life.
(Left: Aik Christodoulou)
Photographed on an analogue camera, with no light meter, the process was
intended to help photographer Aik Christodoulou slow down and to properly
consider what is and what is not of interest to him.
Pushing back against the instant gratification of the digital world,
against the use of quantity in the search for quality, these photographs allow
for mistakes and the unexpected.
This city, like film, can be scratched, rough and imperfect but it is
more, not less, because of that.
Over the past three years, Christodoulou has been mentored by Matt Kay,
a fine art and documentary photographer based in Durban. This work is the
result from the last year focusing on putting together a finished body of work.
It is Christodoulou’s first solo exhibition.
Christodoulou (b. 1997) grew up in Kokstad in the KwaZulu-Natal
countryside. He currently resides in Durban where he is pursuing a career in
photography. Shifting between black and white, colour, digital and film. his work
covers multiple genres, however, his primary interests lie in fashion,
architecture and landscape photography.
Matt Kay (b. 1985) is a Durban-based South African photographer. His
work has been shown in numerous group shows including SITE – “Photography and national trauma in South Africa”, GUS
Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa (2014). He was awarded the Ithuba Arts Fund
and was a selected photographer in the inaugural Joburg Photo Umbrella (both in
2014).
He was the recipient of the Tierney Fellowship (2014), mentored by David
Goldblatt. His solo shows include The
Front at The Photo Workshop Gallery, Johannesburg (2015) and KZNSA Gallery
(KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts) in Durban (2015). Kay was featured in the
British Journal of Photography as one of 25 “Ones to watch” global survey of
emerging photographers (2015).
His work Losing Ground was
selected and shown as part of the 20th Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography in
Switzerland (2016). He was nominated for the Paul Huf Award in 2017. In
November 2017, Kay’s work Synapse was
exhibited as part of the 12th edition of the Printemps Photographique Festival
titled Resist(e) in Nîmes, France.
Losing Ground was shown at the
Tunisian International Photography Festival. Of traps and tropes, curated by John Fleetwood, Kerkennah #1(2018).
Still City runs from November 14
to 22 in the KZNSA’s Park Gallery. The KZNSA Gallery is situated at 166 Bulwer
Road, Glenwood, in Durban. More information on 031 277 1705 or cell 082 220
0368 or visit www.kznsa.co.za
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