Contact Photo in Brooklyn presents A Call from the Void, an exhibition by Joseph Rovegno and Alexandria Barcenas.
A Call of the Void refers to a psychological phenomenon—a fleeting, inexplicable urge to confront one’s mortality by stepping into the unknown. For Joseph Rovegno and Alexandria Barcenas, this idea resonates not as a call to self-destruction but as a reckoning with the universal human experience of longing for escape and transformation. Their collaborative project explores this through contrasting photographic approaches.
Rovegno’s raw, monochromatic, and deconstructed imagery juxtaposes with Barcenas’s pristine, serene, and delicately composed works. Despite working independently, their photographs speak in harmony, forming a cohesive dialogue about reckoning with self and finding meaning in the void.
Rovegno and Barcenas are New York-based artists and co-founders of LOOK Publishing, a small-edition artist book publisher that makes handmade books.
This two-person exhibition showcases the collaborative and individual works of Joseph Rovegno and Alexandria Barcenas. This exhibition delves into the intersection of image and object, employing alternative photographic processes and material experimentation to reimagine the landscape genre.
A Call from the Void is on view at Contact Photo, 51 Porter Ave., Brooklyn, through February 1, 2025. A handmade catalog accompanies the exhibition.
