We warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition by Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein. «Tactics and Mythologies» (2020-2024) explores the intersection of documentary and fictional elements and examines the connection between mythological narratives and disinformation tactics in the context of our networked present.

Their artistic archive reveals a repertoire of image types, codes, patterns and motifs that form a dynamic typology within the ever-expanding visual world of disinformation. Orejarena & Stein have transformed this investigation of images – some of which playfully question our relationship to reality – into their own photographic concept, loosely inspired by an atlas of places that carry myths of constructions of truth and simulation across the landscape of the USA.

Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein’s (b. 1994, Colombia and UK respectively)
conceptual and documentary multimedia works utilise the intersection of technology, memory and desire to explore American mythologies and narratives.
Orejarena and Stein’s multimedia works often involve extensive research into how their images relate to collective image production and the networked set of images that surround us. These works are set against a backdrop of social tensions or the lingering echoes of past conflicts – present as subliminal currents, but never dominating the narrative. At the centre of her practice is the valorisation of collective processes and collaboration.

Evening programme :

17:15 : Speeches by Paul Bernard (Director Kunsthaus) and Amelie Schüle (Director Photoforum)

18:00 : Guided tour with the artists Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein

Enjoy the great aperitif and food !