Metamorphosis
Transformation is an inevitable movement, often barely perceptible yet fundamental. Metamorphosis presents eight artistic approaches that explore how social structures, modes of perception, and memory evolve over time. These are not sudden reversals but gradual processes—subtle shifts that shape our experience and inscribe themselves onto our environment and visual language.
The featured projects address urgent political and social issues of today—from the impact of conflicts across the Eurasian continent to ecological and introspective themes. They interweave myth, both collective and personal memory, and shifting narratives that shape our ability to understand the past and navigate the present. The participating artists investigate how identity is formed between reality and fiction, between individual story and broader societal framework.
Ksenia Ivanova, Benedetta Casagrande, Vitalii Halanzha, Emilia Martin, Anna Orłowska, Yana Wernicke, Viktoriia Tymonova, and Balázs Turós differ in visual language and initial context, yet are united by their sensitivity to liminal and transitional states. Their works depict the world as a space of constant change.
The exhibition is based on an open call for artists involved in the European photographic platform FUTURES Photography. The selection of projects was prepared by curators Emese Mucsi (Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest), Raphaëlle Stopin (Centre photographique Rouen Normandie, France), and Svetlana Malina (Fotograf Zone, Czech Republic). The exhibition’s theme was developed in close collaboration with Nestan Nijaradze (Artistic Director and co-founder of the Tbilisi Photo Festival) and Ángel Luis González and Julia Gelez (PhotoIreland / OVER Journal). The exhibition is presented for the first time as part of the Fotograf Zone Festival in Prague.
Andrej Pešta – Baro frajeris
We’re opening an exhibition at the Fotograf Zone gallery dedicated to an extraordinary figure—not just in Roma culture, but also in the visual history of Central Europe: Andrej Pešta. His passion for documenting the world—and himself—has become a unique visual archive of Roma life during socialism. This archive has now been given a new frame by curator and visual artist Emília Rigová. The exhibition Andrej Pešta – Baro frajeris is part of this year’s Khamoro Festival of Roma Culture and will be on display at the gallery until September 18.
Maya Schweizer – The starfish
Video installation Starfish by the French-German artist Maya Schweizer is part of the Video Room curatorial programme, which has been running in the gallery's underground space since 2025. In form and content, it is designed to evoke the atmosphere of a small cinema. The aim of the project is to introduce the Prague audience to prominent personalities of the international and local film scene.
Opening of the 15th edition of Fotograf Zone Festival 2025 – TALK TOGETHER
We are pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the Fotograf Zone Festival – an international showcase of contemporary photography and visual art.