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EN \u2b62 FR<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Settled<\/span> <\/em><\/h1>\n

Mahmoud Alhaj, Adji Dieye, Jennifer Douzenel, Eric Gyamfi, Kapwani Kiwanga, George Mahashe, Otobong Nkanga, L\u00e9onard Pongo<\/h2>\n

La Filature, Mulhouse<\/strong>
\nMay 16- July 11<\/span>
\nTuesday through Saturday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (closed on Sundays in July), and on performance nights
\nThursday June 4 at 12:30 a.m. : guided tour and shared meal, on reservation at 03 89 36 28 28<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nOpening on saturday June 6 at 11 a.m.\u00a0<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Curator : Ange-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Koffi\u00a0<\/p>\n

Settled<\/em> <\/span>employs sedimentation processes as a metaphor for the modes of visibility and invisibility that characterise our era. Geological strata are at once visible and buried, present yet millennia-old, disclosing a history whilst simultaneously revealing its gaps. The artists gathered in this exhibition navigate the tension between accumulation and erasure, between revelation and concealment. Conceptually, the exhibition draws upon the notion of ambivalence currently explored within photographic scholarship. Rather than signifying mere indecision, ambivalence emerges here as the juxtaposition of antagonistic, often irreconcilable positions that permeate different strata of perception. This tension fundamentally shapes our relationship to the photographic image: even as photography enables us to unveil and archive reality, it simultaneously confronts us with the limits of that very visibility\u2013with all that remains beyond the frame, inaccessible or fugitive.<\/p>\n

The exhibition Settled<\/em><\/span> is a co-production of La Filature, Mulhouse\u2019s National Theater, and BPM – Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kapwani Kiwanga, Subduction Study #10<\/em>, 2018 \u00a9 Courtesy de l\u2019artiste et de la Galerie Poggi, Paris – ADAGP<\/p>\n

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Mahmoud Alhaj<\/h2>\n

Mahmoud Alhaj (b. 1990, Gaza) is a visual artist whose practice is built on a direct engagement with memory, systems of oppression, and the architecture of violence. Through photography and experimental video, he works to dismantle military archives and low-resolution imagery, rebuilding them into narratives that challenge official records. His background in journalism deeply informs his work, allowing him to apply a critical media analysis to his artistic practice. Alhaj\u2019s video work has been featured in numerous international festivals, including FID Marseille (Special Mention, 2025), the Best Short Film Prize at FICPBA in Argentina, and Margenes Festival \u2013 Madrid (Special Mention) , and Gent Film Festival in Belgium.<\/p>\n

www.mahmoudalhaj.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Adji Dieye<\/h2>\n

Adji Dieye (*1991, Milan) is a visual artist living and working between Dakar, Milan, and Zurich. Her practice interrogates notions of representation and identity to examine the socio-political structures shaping our globalized world. By exploring the role of culture in advertising, architecture, and national archives, she scrutinizes the forms of aesthetics of self-determination within neoliberal contexts. Photography is central to her work, serving both as a versatile medium and as a means to question representational \u201cknowledge\u201d and processes of othering across Western and Non-Western societies. She has participated in several international biennials, including the 16th Lyon Biennale (2022).<\/p>\n

instagram.com\/adjigiagi<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer Douzenel<\/h2>\n

Born in France in 1984, Jennifer Douzenel lives and works in Paris. Her work\u2014primarily films shot while traveling, but more recently also works derived from photographic images\u2014captures the world in a snapshot. Imbued with the challenges of our humanity, the artist\u2019s contemplative works draw on the history of painting and seek to awaken our sensitivity to the unfamiliar. Her work explores minute temporalities and micro-events that usually escape the eye, formalizing what might be called an \u201caesthetic of the interval\u201d\u2014an exploration of the gaps between the visible and the latent, between presence and erasure.\u00a0 She recently participated in the Regards du Louvre<\/em><\/span> project (Louvre Museum), as well as in the exhibitions L\u2019\u00eele int\u00e9rieure<\/em><\/span> at the Fondation Carmignac and Voyage Voyages<\/em><\/span> at the MUCEM.<\/p>\n

instagram.com\/jenniferdouzenel<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Douzenel, Mirage<\/em>, 2023. Vue de l’exposition Hirafen<\/em>, Tunis, 2023\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eric Gyamfi<\/h2>\n

Eric Gyamfi (b. 1990, Ghana) is a Photographer\/Artist, living and working in Ghana. His photographic practice explores the construction of visual archives, processes of social memory, and shifting identities. His work blends vernacular imagery, alternative photographic processes, and long-term visual investigations, treating photographic bodies of work as living, reconfigurable layers. His practice, situated at the intersection of expanded documentary and material experimentation, questions the stability of the image and its modes of transmission. His work has been exhibited at the Vienna Biennale (2021) and the Rencontres de Bamako (2017\/2019), among other venues. He is the recipient of the FOAM Award (2019).<\/p>\n

Kapwani Kiwanga<\/h2>\n

Kapwani Kiwanga (b. Hamilton, Canada) is a French and Canadian artist. She creates a transdisciplinary body of work (installation, photography, film, sculpture) that explores the relationships between power, history, and materiality, employing methods akin to investigative research and speculative ethnography. Winner of the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2020) and Canada\u2019s representative at the Venice Biennale (2024), she has exhibited at the New Museum, the Serpentine Gallery, the Kunsthaus Z\u00fcrich, MOCA Toronto, and numerous international biennials. Her work is widely collected and has been the subject of numerous publications.<\/p>\n

kapwanikiwanga.org<\/a><\/p>\n

George Mahashe<\/h2>\n

George Mahashe is an Associate Professor in Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a practicing artist. He convenes the research platform Defunct Context<\/em><\/span>, which centres the curatorial as artistic practice. His work combines photography, anthropology, archives, and storytelling, foregrounding transdisciplinarity in responding to indigenous knowledge systems and engaging both its historic and emerging practices. His work explores the social performativity of the image and its historical layers, from the photography studio to contemporary public spaces.<\/p>\n

georgemahashe.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n

Otobong Nkanga<\/h2>\n

Otobong Nkanga explores the connections between extraction, territories, bodies, and the circulation of materials through installations, drawings, performances, textiles, and photographs. Her work highlights the sedimentation of resources and narratives, as well as the affective cosmologies that arise from them. Her works are included in major international collections and have been the subject of numerous publications. A recipient of international awards, she regularly exhibits her work, such as at Documenta 14 (Kassel, 2017), or in solo exhibitions at the Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, 2020) and the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2025).<\/p>\n

otobong-nkanga.com<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u00e9onard Pongo<\/h2>\n

L\u00e9onard Pongo is a visual artist living and working between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Belgium. His practice interlaces a lens-based approach with textile design, experimental printing techniques and moving images to form immersive mixed-media installations. Dividing his time between long-term projects in the DRC, teaching and commissions, Pongo is committed to expanding the visibility of African narratives. A recipient of awards and residencies, he has exhibited internationally in museums, biennials, and festivals. He is co-director of The Photographic Collective<\/em>, a platform dedicated to supporting and amplifying the voices of African artists; mentors emerging artists at MINO Lab Antwerpen; and serves as a research associate at Thinking Tools at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp.<\/p>\n

lpongo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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L\u00e9onard Pongo, screenshot from the video Tales from the source<\/em>, 2023<\/p>\n

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