Currently on view at L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey

Only one month left to visit the exhibitions at L’Appartement, presented as part of the Biennale Images Vevey 2024!

LES CHAMBRES

ZOSIA PROMIŃSKA
Future Perfect

Installation of Zosia Promińska, Future Perfect at L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey
© Kim Chanel

To succeed in the international fashion capitals, models must be at least 16 years old. However, in Poland, specialised agencies identify children with potential from an early age and place them under contract. Former professional model Zosia Promińska documents this reality in Future Perfect. In the privacy of their bedrooms, she photographs these pre-teens who dream of a career in fashion and makes them pose as models. The installation highlights the commercialisation of youth by an industry that pushes them to grow up too fast, luring them into a falsely perfect future.

“FUTURE PERFECT” – THE BOOK
THE PRESS IS TALKING ABOUT IT!

LE SALON

JACK LATHAM
Beggar’s Honey

Installation of Jack Latham, Beggar’s Honey at L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey
© Kim Chanel

The value of a person is now measured by the number of ‘likes’ they get on social networks. Beggar’s Honey reveals the behind-the-scenes of click farms: these clandestine companies aim to artificially inflate content engagement on social media by manipulating algorithms. Jack Latham photographs the insides of click farms for the first time. The project also shows images posted by people on TikTok and Instagram who have used this illegal marketplace. Latham warns of the dangers of this phenomenon on democracy and urges us to question the validity of content with many ‘likes’.

A production by Images Vevey presented in its world premiere as part of the Mention Reportage by Grand Prix Images Vevey 2019/2020

The Beggar’s Honey project is co-published by Here Press and Éditions Images Vevey in 2023.

“BEGGAR’S HONEY” – THE BOOK
THE PRESS IS TALKING ABOUT IT!

LE CINÉMA

AMANDINE KUHLMANN
Cash Me Online

Installation of Amandine Kuhlmann, Cash Me Online at L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey
© Kim Chanel

Cash Me Online is a satirical project combining photography, performance, and social media footage. Amandine Kuhlmann creates a hyper-feminine alter ego that she embodies online and during performances to achieve viral fame. She imitates TikTok and Instagram trends or dramatizes her everyday life to get noticed. The artist draws on her algorithm’s suggestions and the female stereotypes portrayed on social media. These images reveal the ambiguities of virtual profiles, between the objectification of the body and the desire for individuality. The installation reflects a generation obsessed with their appearance.

In collaboration with ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne

LE COULOIR

TAMARA JANES & NATALIA FUNARIU
Funny Snow Face

Tamara Janes and Natalia Funariu explore the link between creation and artificial intelligence. The title of their project comes from a prompt submitted nearly 5,000 times to DALL·E to generate countless images. These funny faces evoke the human act of drawing a head in the snow, formed by two dots and a line. By placing these images on a curtain, the artists create a dialogue between the material and immaterial, the domestic and the domotic. The project invites reflection on the omnipresence of technology in the home and reminds us of the importance of the personal touch in a world dominated by screens. Funny Snow Face highlights childlike gestures and the playful use of technology.

In collaboration with Photo Elysée, which simultaneously presented Tamara Janes’ exhibition “Set and Setting”, ending on September 29, 2024.

Free admission exhibitions
Main hall, Vevey Train Station, 2nd Floor
From December 6, 2023 to April 14 , 2024
Wednesday to Sunday
14:00 to 18:00