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EXHIBITION · Microlight · Jansen van Staden · CPF
12 June 2025 - 18 June 2025
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EXHIBITION · Microlight · Jansen van Staden · CPF
Years after Jansen Van Staden’s father died in a microlight plane crash, a letter from his father describing horrific accounts of violence committed during the South African “Border War” was found. This insight into his father’s early life became pivotal for Van Staden and the starting point for his project ‘Microlight’.
Van Staden’s project was selected among nearly 1000 applicants to be featured with a solo exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025 and engages with the overarching theme of Fremkaldelser / Into the Light.
The project unfolds van Staden’s emotional journey trying to come to terms with his father’s and his family’s history as well as the generational aftermath of violence and war in South Africa in a broader sense. ‘Microlight’ asks us to contemplate on the consequences of war and wishes us to start facilitating conversations to try to grasp this very difficult phenomena and bring it into the light.
About the theme · Fremkaldelser / Into the Light
The Danish word ‘Fremkaldelse’ is specifically connected to the photographic process. Namely, as the moment of truth, when the image comes to light – or literally is “called forth” – on film or paper after having lain hidden in the camera’s dark house.
In our time, the complexity of everyday life can feel like a blow to the stomach. We are confronted daily with war, conflict and climate challenges. But the intricacies of this contemporary complexity call to be brought into the light. To be seen, scrutinized patiently, shown and told about.
With the 2025 theme ‘Fremkaldelser | Into the Light’, we want to call out what was hidden in order to create understanding, insigh and not least hope in a complicated time. This year’s theme is a call to sharpen your gaze, shed light on your own and others’ blind spots or practice simply seeing.
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12-18 June, 11 am – 20 pm
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