How can we make sense of what we know just intuitively or emotionally, or how do we accept and relate to the unexpected experience of another? What effects do improved sight and hearing have on communication and shared experiences?

The exhibition Listen Until You Hear encourages visitors to fully experience the artworks on show by focusing their full attention on them. The works on display by each of the participating artists probe the therapeutic potential of listening from a variety of personal, political, and imaginative perspectives. The artists’ use of representation serves as a kind of investigation into what goes unseen and unheard, drawing attention to the ways in which the way we listen to and regard people affects the meaning and worth we assign to things.

The power of attentive listening to increase Fotografiska understanding of their selves and our surroundings is the subject of this exhibition. Artists in this show contemplate life’s complexities through visual representations of ideas like independence, family, love, suffering, survival, and the future.

Best in Show

There are pieces by Walter Chandoha, the world’s first professional cat photographer; Sophie Gamand, noted for her heartfelt images of dogs bathing; and William Wegman, known for his portraits of his Weimaraners.

This show is meant to honour and recognise the many facets of their relationship with these animals, as well as their place in Western art and popular culture. They hold these creatures in the highest esteem, considering them in all contexts, including those of life partners, symbols of social status, companions, members of the family, and artistic creations.

Cara Romero

They at Fotografiska are thrilled to showcase some of Cara Romero’s most recent works. Romero creates fantastic, colourful pictures in this collection that act out an Indigenous Futurity, rooted in Indigenous sciences and knowledges.

According to the creator, “the work I’ve made within the genre of Indigenous Futurisms really came from a deep creative space of wanting to play, wanting to be imaginative, and wanting to talk about those connections to time and the power of Indigenous women.”

Frank Ockenfels 3

Each section of Ockenfels’s journal, which he kept throughout his career, ties into the next as Introspection moves chronologically through the artist’s life and work. What started as a technique to rapidly record lighting setups and plans for the next day on a polaroid photo evolved into a tool to capture talks with his subjects, as well as a way to generate ideas, process influences, and track his progress.

This exhibition features both new photographic works and other creative works in which photography plays a supporting role. Ockenfels’s brush, pen, and paint instead adorn skateboards, newspapers, and discarded metal. His images, which he often treats roughly, become less like portraits of actual people and more like a window into his own mind and the realms he inhabits.