The exhibition, which opened on Tuesday night, showcases exquisite photographic images sure to catch anyone's eye, at the same time giving someone a memorable picture of certain events, people or some aspects of certain cultures. The exhibition simply termed 'Other Sides: An Investigation of Boundaries' explores various types of social boundaries.
"Political boundaries and tribal boundaries are sometimes obvious, sometimes not. Temporal boundaries separate an old Us from a new Us, creating a Them out of an older version of ourselves. Children are the most versed in this particular boundary. Linguistic boundaries instrumentalise the Other using a difference in communication. Then there is the intelligence boundary, including the 'idiots' who don't wear condoms. A recognition of one's own identity and community is a prerequisite for Otherness. Images of the Old and of the New elucidate some activities through which one affirms identification as X individual, member of Y community. Discrepancies in the concepts of identity and community between Then and Now between Here and There, between Them, and Us and between photographer and subject will present themselves to the idle viewer. As will harmonies," explains the exhibition foreword.
