Centre for Contemporary Photography's new winter exhibition set to open

10 July 2023

Vic's Centre for Contemporary Photography's new winter exhibition Walking Through the Darkness, opens next Friday 21 July.

Li Yang, From the series 404 NOT FOUND, 2016, Inkjet prints.

According to the CCP, Walking Through the Darkness 'embraces the potential of photography to bring stories out of the darkness and into the light through the medium’s capacity to explore, comprehend and record new landscapes and impressions, to remember and ensure posterity across time and absence, or to combat censorship and draw attention to forgotten or suppressed histories.'

Darren Tanny Tan, Lingchi #2, 2021. Archival pigment prints.

The exhibition features works by emerging and established artists from Australia and abroad, working with photography and film today, including Rushdi Anwar Liss Fenwick, Todd Hido, Rinko Kawauchi, Fassih Keiso, Morganna Magee, Darren Tanny, and Vanessa Winship, among others.

In addition, the exhibition will feature a camera obscura, representing the link to the origins and early histories of photography.

Morganna Magee (b.1983, Australia), Dandenong Creek, 2021. Part of the series Extraordinary Experiences (2020-ongoing), Inkjet prints.

Curator Catlin Langford says the exhibition reflects on photography's origins.

“The artists in this exhibition use photography and film as a means of journeying: reflecting on past histories, contemplating experiences and place, as well as capturing and communicating those things which are usually hidden or unseen. In doing so, their works evoke new ways of thinking and seeing,” she says.

A launch event is set to take place on Friday, 21 July, from 6-8pm, followed on Saturday 22 July, between 2-3pm when exhibiting artists will discuss their work in the gallery spaces in a tour led by Curator Catlin Langford.

Chloe Dewe Matthews (b.1982, United
Kingdom) In Search of Frankenstein, 2016-2018. C-type prints and canvas wallpapers. Images of Mary Shelley’s manuscript
courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries. — Chloe Dewe Matthews (b.1982, United Kingdom) In Search of Frankenstein, 2016-2018. C-type prints and canvas wallpapers. Images of Mary Shelley’s manuscript courtesy of the Bodleian Libraries.

Other events include a launch of exhibiting artist Morganna Magee’s new publication Beware of People who Dislike Cats on Saturday, 29 July between 2-4pm, in addition to a range of talks and workshops for all ages.

You can find out more about the exhibition here.