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Damaso Reyes
EU: An ever closer Union
Text, Audio & Video
March 19 - 25, 2017
Vernissage March 19 18:30-21:00 Uhr
Finissage March 25 17:00-19:00 Uhr
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Damaso Reyes has been a photographer, journalist and artist for over 15 years.
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This multimedia exhibition takes visitors through more than ten years of European transformation captured by Reyes. For over a decade he has been documenting, primarily through still images, how Europe and its people are changing. His project, The Europeans, explores how European identity is evolving in the early 21st century.
Through images, sounds, interviews and words the audience hears and sees how the large scale historical changes Europe is experiencing is felt and lived by ordinary people. Identity and the impact that immigration and migration has had on it, is a special focus of the photographic based videos that are shown in one room. In the other we hear from Germans of African descent who talk about their lives and experiences in a two part audio documentary.
On the walls visitors will also see texts from articles Reyes has written throughout the years. When combined with the images and audio those attending this exhibition will be immersed in a conversation about how Europeans see themselves and each other.

Damaso ist auch der Hauptfotograf eines mehrjährigen Dokumentarprojekts mit dem Titel The Europeans, das die Veränderungen untersucht, die Europa und seine Menschen erleben, während sich die Europäische Union erweitert und weitere Staaten integriert. Sie können mehr über seiner Arbeit auf www.damaso.com und www.theeuropeans.net erfahren.

Who am I? This is the first and perhaps most important question we ask ourselves. How we see ourselves, and whether or not that vision is reflected in the eyes of others, marks whether we are considered insiders or outsiders. Reyes photographed four individuals in Europe who are struggling with reconciling how they understand themselves and how their fellow citizens see them.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Damaso Reyes has been a photographer and artist for over fifteen years. His credits include: The New York Times, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, The San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine. In addition to being a 2008 Fulbright Scholar Damaso is the recipient of several visual arts fellowships and residencies.

Damaso ist auch der Hauptfotograf eines mehrjährigen Dokumentarprojekts mit dem Titel The Europeans, das die Veränderungen untersucht, die Europa und seine Menschen erleben, während sich die Europäische Union erweitert und weitere Staaten integriert. Sie können mehr über seiner Arbeit auf www.damaso.com und www.theeuropeans.net erfahren.