Jörg Brockmann, Nicolas Delaroche, Teodelina Detry, Nacoca Ko,
Mila Mayer, Maya Rochat, Julien Spiewak and Gabriel Wickbold
Throughout its history, photography has been shaped by surfaces—both those it captures and those on which it appears. Early processes like the daguerreotype and calotype made photographs fragile, tactile objects. Reflective metal, absorbent paper, and hand-applied emulsions revealed the medium’s material roots.
In this exhibition, eight contemporary artists explore surfaces in distinct and complementary ways. Jörg Brockmann perceives the surfaces like a constantly changing playground where everyday life poetry is written. Teodelina Detry reflects thru her work, in a quiet and poetic way, a search for freedom and the fragility of life. Nicolas Delaroche examines how spaces retain the traces of their use, working through photography of collections, interiors, and built environments, alongside ceramic pieces in which images are fired into enamel, until image and material merge into one. Nacoca Ko researches synthetic materials inherited and persistent across deep time—plastic and concrete—reflecting on artificiality, transformation, and the geology of anthropogenic matter. Mila Mayer traces the passage of time and personal memory, combining her photographic practice with digital fluency to capture life’s textures. Maya Rochat investigates the perceptual and material qualities of the photographed subject. Julien Spiewak interrogates the human body in relation to space, highlighting the tension between skin, object, and architectural interiors. Gabriel Wickbold explores human body using its surface as a field for transformation. In his work texture acts as an extension of the body, revealing its tensions, its metamorphoses, and its layers of identity, turning the photographic surface into a symbolic, sensory, and embodied territory.
By working across both physical and digital media—scratching negatives, sculpting prints, or confronting the immateriality of screens—these artists demonstrate that photographic surfaces are not just visual records; they are spaces where light, matter, and meaning converge. This exhibition invites viewers to experience photography as a surface where light, matter, and meaning converge.