Mexican photographer Daniel Orlando presents his exhibition titled “Territoires d’imagination”as part of the international and collaborative project “Beyond the Silence.” at Jam Art Factory Center, Lviv Ukraine. This initiative was curated by Kateryna Radchenko, director of the Odesa Photo Days Festival, and organized in collaboration Magnum Photos.
The project exploring the connections between Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nigeria and Myanmar. It creates a space for dialogue between photographers and visualises their stories, experiences and reflections on shared socio-political challenges. In the exhibition halls, you will see photo stories, videos, and installations that explore themes of territory, struggle, adaptation, kidnapping and censorship. Sasha Kurmaz (Ukraine), Daniel Orlando Lara Garcia (Mexico), Rafal Milach (Poland) Ira Lupu (Ukraine), Fawaz Oyediji (Nigeria), Newsha Tavakolian (Iran), Daria Svertilova (Ukraine), Sai ▇▇▇ (Myanmar), Antoine d’Agata (France), Mykhaylo Palinchak (Ukraine), Yadykar Ibraimov (Kazakhstan) and Thomas Dworzak (Germany)are the selected photographers to participate in “Beyond the Silence” project.
Mexican photographer Daniel Orlando Lara Garcia‘s series Territories of Imagination uses staged scenarios and other digital imagery to shed light on the realities of life under Mexico’s systemic violence, as well as the misinformation and rumors surrounding cartel activity in the country.
“Based on both rumors and verified information, I began creating color images related to abduction and insecurity, with the objective to provide a form of mental relief by expressing the overwhelming influence of cyberspace on our collective consciousness through images of violence.”
The “Highway of Death,” infamously known by Mexicans as one of the most dangerous roads in the state of Tamaulipas, is the site of frequent violent incidents caused by drug trafficking. By capturing images from a moving bus, the photographer reflects on the normalization of violence in the country.
“Drug trafficking in Mexico has had a significant impact on the transformation of everyday language, the photographer says. This project is a reconstruction of the imaginary territory, the territory of semantics, a reconstruction of the geopolitical and social territory, a reconstruction of the territory of fear.”
Beyond the Silence – is a collaborative project organised by Magnum Photos in partnership with Odesa Photo Days Festival (Ukraine), Centro de las Artes San Agustín (Mexico), Africa Artists’ Foundation (Nigeria), Vlast (Kazakhstan) and the Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops (Cambodia), with the support of Open Society Foundations and the Ukrainian Institute. The project has been showed at Centro de las Artes de San Agustin Oaxaca Mexico, Angkor Photo Festival and now in Lviv Ukraine.
Project curator — Kateryna Radchenko, founder of Odesa Photo Days. Director — Giulietta Palumbo, Editorial Director at Magnum Photos.
The exhibition will be on display in Lviv Ukraine from March 21st to June 1st, 2025, hosted at the Jam Art Factory Center.
Opening hours: Mon – closed, Tue-Fri 12:00-20:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-20:00
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Jam Art Factory Center
Lviv Ukraine, 124 B. Khmelnytskoho Street
March 21, 2025 to June 01, 2025
