.tiff is a project by FOMU (Museum of Photography / FotoMuseum, based in Antwerp). Each year, FOMU supports 10 emerging artists and photographers who live or work in Belgium. Through its exhibition and magazine, .tiff offers a fresh perspective on the diverse facets of emerging photography, which is constantly evolving, and reflects the diversity, artistic vitality and relevance of the themes in contemporary Belgian photography.
Following the initial exhibition at FOMU, the .tiff exhibition in Liège will enable these young, emerging talents to reach a different audience, in a different context and setting.
To select the ten artists, FOMU is working with an external jury which, this year, comprises Magali Elali, founder and artistic director of The Constant Now; Cale Garrido, curator of the Hamburg Photography Triennial; and Youqine Lefèvre, artist and winner of the 2021 .tiff.
The exhibition, curated by Muhiba Botan and Sonia Mutaganzwa, presents the work of:
Chloé Azzopardi, with ‘non-technological objects’ made from natural elements gathered and assembled to mimic the prosthetic devices of our everyday lives;
Téo Becher, with a series shot across the province of Alberta in Canada, offering a reflection on the exploitation of landscapes for oil and the ambiguities of our relationship with nature;
Aliki Christoforou on the Mediterranean as a space haunted by ecological collapse and colonial legacies;
Yaqine Hamzaoui, with a personal diary, a journey into the intimate and a unique creative process where photography intersects with drawing, writing, textiles, and more;
Tatjana Huong Henderieckx, who maps an emotional landscape between Belgium and Vietnam, exploring the complex narratives of adoption and a distant family;
Simen K. Lambrecht, with a reflection on masculinity, its myths, its armour and its allure;
Tom Lyon, who challenges and puts into perspective the images and media narratives surrounding European border control policies and measures;
Natalie Malisse, who examines the insidious violence of family intimacy, the invisible wounds of childhood and the shadows in memory, re-enacted through photography;
Anthony Ngoya on the speculative possibilities of family archives, between displacement and remembrance;
Darwin Taday Cabrera, who weaves together family narratives to explore migration and the ways in which personal and collective histories are passed on or, conversely, fade away.
The .tiff programme is more than just an exhibition: it is a journey that meets the needs of emerging photographers (coaching, networking, publication of a magazine). The .tiff programme is part of the European photography network Futures, supported by the European Union’s ‘Creative Europe’ programme.