The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself and theorizing

and theorizing

Gelwich has established himself as a sought-after fashion and portrait photographer

these small-scale (notecard-size) pieces not only pay homage to the documentation medium but are a reminder of how even mundane images can be reconfigured into work that is alternatively funny

and the creative process

slavery and tyrannical regimes and their aftermath in the present are indubitably also being addressed

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself and theorizingBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his familys farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wifes fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlets quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car