Manuela Marques, Météores 1, 2016
ENG ⭢ FR
2026 June 5 - July 5
Opening days on June 5-6-7
In 2026, the 7th edition of the BPM - Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse invites to explore geological and mental geographies, drawing on the notions of sedimentation, matter-flux, and the plasticity of collective and individual memories.
This theme is linked to the location of the city of Mulhouse in Alsace, where the festival is taking place. 33 million years ago, the Alsace plain was a seabed. The sea deposited thick layers of limestone and marl what now is Mulhouse. This perpetual action of combined flux and sediment, this animate geological organism, propagates a living collective, cultural history of a region and its inhabitants in its topographical expression, as a backdrop to innumerable lives. Its inhabitants excavate it for shelter, mineral resources, and to explore their own histories and narratives over the millennia.
In the same way as these sedimentation phenomena, the BPM's 2026 edition brings together photographers who explore the past, interested in excavations both geological and memorial. Mining, excavating, and digging serve as methodologies of investigation, enabling the exploration of both Earth and mind. The exhibitions intertwine individual and collective stories, both human and non-human.