Dépaysement Exhibition

My name is Josie Rae Turnbull. I’m from London and have lived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for the last year, working as an artist educator. Most of the works I’ve submitted centre around my ongoing research into various forms of amusement parks in and around Saigon.

Umberto Eco’s text ‘Travels in Hyperreality’ discusses the impetus for the ‘hyperreal’, present in amusement parks and waxwork museums such as Disney World and Universal Studios. The theme parks in Vietnam disrupt this criteria, presenting frequent instances of fallibility and liminality.

Photographing the “backstage” areas of theme parks, outside of peak times, is an intrusive act, the photographing of collateral detritus an act of aggression which violates the performance of these objects and spaces.

Documenting unseen ‘trickery’ razes the suspension of disbelief, centering the private apparatus of public entertainment.

The amusement parks all incorporate Vietnamese iterations of animism. How does this relate to varying states of animation? Attractions, spaces and sculptures are constantly in the process of being inanimate-d, literally and through disposal or disrepair.

Nica Aquino is a multidisciplinary artist, analog photographer & educator originally from Los Angeles, California.

Aquino holds a BFA in Photography from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon and an MA in Visual Culture from the School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Her work reveals place, identity, diaspora and the cross-cultural experience through a photographic lens and a variety of mixed medias. Via photography, viewers see through the eyes of a first generation Ilokana-American attempting to navigate North American culture and drawing inspiration from the people and places around her, exploring the commonality of diverse immigrant diasporas and communities in the US and beyond.

Aquino has been working in non-profit organizations since 2015. She is now residing in Northeast Los Angeles, where she is an art educator for Center for the Arts Eagle Rock’s art program, Imagine Studio. She works with predominantly POC students of Title 1 status and is excited to share art with the kids in her community.

Shot all in 35mm film, this series of photographs is an exploration of various Asian diasporas across the US & British landscapes. How do we connect in terms of community? What familiar imprints are reminiscent of our cultures?

My Name is Soumyabrata Roy. I live in Tehatta (West Bengal, India). I am 25 years old. I have studied World’s one of the oldest language Sanskrit from Calcutta University. I love photos; Photography and painting are my brother and sister. My pictures have been featured in Canon-India, Nat Geo editorial favorite (3 times), editorial note. LensCulture editorial favorite, featured in India biodiversity portal. Featured in Don’t Take Pictures magazine, fovi8 magazine. Shortlisted in WSIS Forum (UNESCO, UNCTAD, UNDP). My photo has been exhibit in University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada), Belgrade Photo Month (Serbia) exhibition.

Kutch district (also spelled as Kachchh) is a district of Gujarat state in western India. It is the largest district of India. In this district little village Hodko is an India-Pakistan border side remote village. Most of these villagers are illiterate. At one time they were nomadic. The main source of income is handicrafts. They also have little livestock for their own needs. This area submerged in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons, so agriculture is very difficult in this region. Girls have been married before 16-17 years. Women are always keeping their face covered with a traditional colorful veil, except chief lady and children. Women of the village Hodko hold a mysterious charm. They are both beautiful and hardworking but are vary of coming in front of the camera. I was very fortunate to see some faces.

I’m an American street photographer based out of Mumbai, India, primarily known for my black-and-white photography featuring India’s people through candid and street portraits. I completed my 2017 365-day street photography project called #3StrangersAday – have a look on my blog for details. I’m currently running street photography workshops out of Mumbai and have plans to take the show on the road to Europe in 2018. My images have been featured in Le Monde Diplomatique, Verve Magazine, and The Hindustan Times.

Vasai Fort lies north of Mumbai and is situated near the banks of Vasai Creek, which resembles more of a vast river with distant banks barely visible at sunrise. After visiting the fort I wanted to capture the sunrise at the creek and finally discovered the correct route. When I got there, I was in for a treat. A boat was approaching which would be loading up with ice from an awaiting truck.I shot the sequence quickly as the men worked very fast and were loaded up and motoring away in under ten minutes.

Haryo Kurniawan lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. He started street photography the last three years. He’s a student in journalism. He is also a member of IndoStreetProject (ISP), one of the street photography community in Indonesia. For him, street photography became a part of his life. And want to frame it into a photo.

This is a project related to the activities of children playing and jumping from a ship at the port of Sunda Kelapa, Indonesia. Some children do it as a side job because people give some of their money as a token of gratitude