From September 30th to October 2nd, the Moorish fortress Alcazaba in Málaga was turned into a canvas on which the “thousand faces” could be seen, which the German artist Carsten Sander portrayed in his project “Faces of Europe”. The projection took place every evening at 9 p.m. as a “symbol of solidarity and cohesion in
The Düsseldorf photographer and artist Carsten Sander made a trip through all 27 member states of the European Union in order to photograph European society in its greatest possible diversity. From June to October 2020, Sander was out and about with his camera during the corona pandemic – over 1,000 portraits of people of various
Carsten Sander and XIAO Quan both chose to have cities, countries and times solely documented by their people, through portraits which are both concise and vivid. Behind each expressive photo is the culture and the life the respective sitters, as well as the dreams and thoughts they have. The juxtaposition of these two artists, with
The art project of the photographer Carsten Sander came from September 24th. to Greifswald until October 24th, 2021 After a long and even longer journey due to Corona, FACES OF EUROPE have been presented to the public since the middle of last year. The “Stories and Faces of Europe” have already been staged in various
The time has come – the exclusive illustrated book for the photo art project Faces Of Europe – Carsten Sander can now be ordered. The book, limited to 1000 copies, is produced and published by MadeByMates. We also provided active support with the creation and editing and are proud to be part of this unique
From July 3rd to July 18th, 2021, Faces of Europe will be visiting the BMW branch in Munich. After the start in the Bavarian capital, the pictures are then displayed in different BMWs dealerships in Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, Göttingen, Frankfurt, Leipzig. On the trip through the European Union, the photographer portrayed various people Faces from
In August of this year, Carsten had already come to Finland to take pictures. Here and during his trip through the EU member states he searched for and found humanity, emotionality and the visionary power of the European idea. These are also in personal stories of Finnish citizens. Among his many human encounters on the
In Rome, an outdoor exhibition with light steles and video art projection will continue to light up Piazza San Silvestro until 14 December 2020. Fifteen light steles produced especially for the exhibition show pictures and interviews of Europeans from the 27 EU Member States. Carsten Sander has also produced a 14-minute video with morphing for
An open-air exhibition will be on show at the German Embassy in Jarkata until early next year. The exhibition marks the end of Germany’s EU Council Presidency in Indonesia and is also the counterpart of a previous exhibition in October entitled “Unification of Diversity”. This exhibition had shown the diversity of Indonesia, which enables Indonesia
In Bratislava, an outdoor exhibition can be seen from 9 November to 18 December 2020 in front of the German Embassy in Bratislava on the promenade of Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava’s old town. Between old trees, 20 double-printed, large-format canvas portraits attached to wire ropes invite visitors to take a walk under the open sky.
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