Max Pinckers: 2020-MMXX
Forthcoming exhibition
Overview
Inspired by a heightened experience of time and space with a society in limbo during the pandemic, the scenes in 2020-MMXX depict moments of boredom, introspection and delicate human interaction.
Multiple-angle photography is used as a tool to accentuate the sense of elongated time and deconstruct the illusion of space in pictures. Through subtle gestures, the images reveal that they are photographed at precisely the same instant by multiple analog cameras operated simultaneously.
A single moment in time perceived from different perspectives calls into question the myth of the “decisive moment” and the credibility of a singular, authoritative way of seeing. These meta-images refer to their own processes of perception and relationship to their observers. Dancing around the fragility of a moment suspended in time, every point of view is unique, revealing something its counterpart cannot, reminding us that there is always something the photograph hides—that there are other angles to every story and different stories to every angle.
2020-MMXX was produced during a commission by the Capital of Rome for the Collezione Roma, curated by Francesco Zizola. Max Pinckers and his team were invited to Rome for one month during the COVID-19 lockdown in November 2020 and were given carte blanche to create work in the city that would contribute to the permanent collection of the Photo Archive Collection of the Capital of Rome.
Research and production by Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras, production assistance by Zoe Zizola and Dario Bosio (10b Photography), and technical assistance by Quinten De Bruyn.
2020-MMXX was produced during a commission by the Capital of Rome for the Collezione Roma, curated by Francesco Zizola. Max Pinckers and his team were invited to Rome for one month during the COVID-19 lockdown in November 2020 and were given carte blanche to create work in the city that would contribute to the permanent collection of the Photo Archive Collection of the Capital of Rome.
Research and production by Victoria Gonzalez-Figueras, production assistance by Zoe Zizola and Dario Bosio (10b Photography), and technical assistance by Quinten De Bruyn.
