Marine Hugonnier

Travel and the romantic notions it can inspire are currents that run through much of Marine Hugonnier's recent work. Using film and still photography, she probes the desire to conquer the wild, to capture the unknown. With a compelling and intelligent use and understanding of images, she looks at our engagement with the landscapes that surround us.

The most substantial solo show in the UK for French-born Hugonnier, this exhibition includes a selection of photographic works and her highly acclaimed film 'Ariana' (2003), which tracks her attempt to film the perfect panorama, to see a city in its entirety. Filmed in Afghanistan, it contrasts imagery of down-town Kabul with views of the lush Pandjshêr Valley. 'Ariana' is a seductive and moving reflection on travel, landscape and the impossibility of the total vision, whether in film or politics.

This exhibition also features the first UK showing of her new film 'The "Last Chance to See" Tour' (2004) and work in still photography that is infused with a similar interest in the sense of hope, of awaiting a new dawn, a new world, a better future.

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Marine Hugonnier