Ties that Bind
The exhibition Ties that Bind explores the shifting forms of relationality, belonging, and closeness.Through the works of Sheung Yiu, Dev Dhunsi, Luna Mahoux, Donja Nasseri, and Alexander Chaika, it examines the ways in which traditional notions of family, identity, and social structures can be re-evaluated and reshaped. Rather than fixed categories, it offers space for open-ended, often contradictory or temporary forms of bonds that form between people, places, and species.
The presented works navigate between personal experience and broader cultural and political contexts. Language, the body, memory, and imagination are presented through photography, installation, text, and performative elements as means of creating bonds as well as disrupting them.The exhibition thus raises questions about what new forms of closeness we can envision and whether it is possible to form relationships beyond established frameworks or at least momentarily challenge these boundaries.
The exhibition was created through an international open call within the European platform FUTURES Photography and is the result of a collaborative curatorial effort by the institutions Bienal Fotografia do Porto, Fotogalleriet, Fotograf Zone, and Organ Vida Festival, who collectively curated the selection for 2024.
Co-funded by the Creative Europe program of the European Union, FUTURES is a platform to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility of it's selected artists and to bridge the gap between emerging and established artists.
TIES THAT BIND
October 4–12, 2025
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Artists · Dev Dhunsi, Sasha Chaika,
Ihar Hancharuk, Donja Nasseri, Sheung Yiu
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Curators · Světlana Malina
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Venue · Holešovice Market, H11A / the Glass Hall (Skleněnka)
Bubenské nábř. 306, 170 00, Prague 7 Holešovice
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Opening Hours · 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
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