The city is more than a base in common for Krystina Stimakovits, Pete Gardner and Malcolm Phillips. Daylight and artificial illumination in turn are seen to transform the structures of the urban environment. The city becomes a dial casting indecipherable messages onto itself. Objects and buildings are displaced in distorted negative images. Not the city of monuments and symbols, but a more fragile and elusive place.
These three photographers seemingly subvert the camera’s unwavering scrutiny to present images of uncertainty and mystery. This is how and where we live, slipping and shading in and out of sight.
Runs 16-21 October 2012
Private View October 16th, 6.30-8.30pm
Open Tues-Sat 12.30-7pm; Sun 12.30-5pm
Mile End Art Pavilion (off Clinton Road)
Mile End
London E3 4QY
Transport: 4 min from Mile End tube (Central Line)