Exhibition 'At Night' in R.S.O.L. Art Space
"At Night" is a contemporary photography exhibition at R.S.O.L. (Room for the Study of Loneliness) in Deventer.
The exhibition features the work of nine contemporary artist-photographers exploring places with very little light—both literally and metaphorically. The concept draws a philosophical analogy between the nature of photography and the night itself:
Stripping the Illusion of Safety:
The exhibition references Franz Kafka's 1920's notation "At Night", which describes how the darkness of night strips away the false illusion of daytime safety, a human self-deception, leaving the solitary, awake person at night exposed to the raw reality.
Writing with Light:
It examines photography's traditional role (of before the introduction of AI) as a trusted, unmanipulated medium that records reality with a "cold light". Just as the night exposes our vulnerability, photography captures the raw, illusionless reality.
Featured Artists
* Aalt van de Glind (who also did the exhibition design)
* Ibrahim Kurt
* Maarten Sipma
* Marc Andres Raven
* Marcel van Eeden
* Martin van Zomeren
* Matthijs Vermeulen
* Petra Noordkamp
* Teun Vermeer
Venue Information:
R.S.O.L. Deventer is an independent, non-commercial art space located at Ossenweerdstraat 6. Founded by artist and philosopher Ton Kruse, it functions outside the standard commercial art market to focus heavily on process, critical theory, and societal critique.
