This selection of international awards, photography festivals and solo shows looks to聽national and personal identities through conceptual photography and minimal architecture.
This major retrospective looks back over 50 major projects by renowned Japanese architect Ando, demonstrating an interest in simplicity and urban space. Through minimal geometric forms and the incorporation of natural elements, the practitioner crafts unique physical experiences. Until 31 December.
Celebrating photography from Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, the prize offers a聽 unique glimpse into the identity of an underrepresented region. The finalists look to the experiences of communities through a range of conceptual and documentary approaches. Until 1 December.
Sydney-born, Los Angeles-based photographer George Byrne translates the built environment into a multi-tonal playground through a process of reduction. The vibrant images capture the anonymity of LA architecture, playing with bold colours and minimal geometry. The artist is featured in 聽From 13 October.
Looking to ideas of identity construction and performativity, this exhibition – part of the European Month of Photography, Berlin – uses self portraiture and celebrity imagery to question notions of the self and wider cultural perceptions. Contributing visual artists are Simon Annand, Katerina Belkina and Hardy Brackmann. Until 3 November.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing, increasingly connected world, Moving Worlds II offers a multiplicity of perspectives on geopolitical and psychological spaces. From abandoned structures by聽Thomas Jorion – featured in Issue 59 of – to the expansive landscapes of聽Francesco Jodice, it draws a portrait of contemporary topographies. Until 13 November.
Credits:
1.听George Byrne,聽East Hollywood Carpark,听2016.
2.听The Setouchi Aonagi Hotel by Tadao Ando.听漏聽
3.听Alnis Stakle, Heavy Waters.听
4.听George Byrne,聽Hollywood Toyota,听2017.
5.听漏 Image courtesy of the artist, Katerina Belkina.
6.听Arizona, Pichacho Butte, 2014, by Francesco Jodice.听Photograph: Francesco Jodice/courtesy of Gazelli Art House
