One night Show from Desire Press

Jon Cuadros' (Berlin, DE) photographic approach draws from his affinity for poetry. Creating visual diaries that eschew the traditional narrative elements, presenting a story through shadowy vignettes of urban nightscapes, low-fi fine art photography and off-the-cuff snaps that explore the intersection between the autobiographical and the universal. A dark grainy abyss that oscillates at the pace of someone urgently trying to find their way in the dark, between alternating signifiers of loss, isolation, hope and sometimes humour.

This will be Cuadros’ first photographic display since the release of his book “Lichtquellen” in 2017 published by Pogo Books.

Ben Barbetta Thompson (Manchester, UK) is a multi-disciplinary artist creating pieces exploring ceremony, offerings and deep-rooted human rituals, often referencing popular culture and religious iconography. Walking a tightrope between high and low-brow imagery; combining both original photography and found archival imagery like CCTV stills and forgotten moments from the backwaters of the media landscape, reinvented via heavy printmaking processes and xeroxing works within an inch of their lives, purposefully done to shield fragments of himself in the works under a safety blanket of texture. Familiar enough to resonate, but distorted enough to provoke.

This is Thompson’s first showing in Berlin after releasing his solo publication “Wreaths” published by Desire Press in 2021 and debut solo show “Gilding The Lily” at Village Gallery, Manchester in 2022.

Lucas Chemotti (Los Angeles, USA) is an artist also working as a photographer and director. Focusing on a non-narrative structure in his use of multimedia, Images, video, and text, his work is marked by an expressive poetic tone.

This exhibition coincides with the release of Chemotti's third photobook, “Performer“ published by Zoo.

Performer is both a written and visual poem channeling the process of self recognition. The performance is that of being alive, exploring thought patterns and learned behaviors using the messaging of self help and modern rituals. The photos and videos of still lifes, landscape, and figures are all shot on black backdrops, warping the sense of space where perspective is lost as the subject moves inward.

For this exhibition, Chemotti utilizes multiple mediums in the form of projected films, video installations, traditional photo prints, and images printed on fabric to create an exhibition as multi-layered as the human experience it explores.