Axel Töpfer
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Abruptly Faded Laughter: la dimensión cinemática del lenguaje
Por Ileana Ramírez Sobre la instalación Jäh verhalltes Gelächter. Cadrage cinématographique tiré de Los Pasos Perdidos d’Alejo Carpentier por Axel Töpfer y Jo Preußler en la exposición Unbound Realms (2025) FABRIKculture, Hégenheim, Francia. “No es ni la espina de acacia, ni el borde del abismo”¹ La novela Los pasos perdidos de Alejo Carpentier narra la…
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Latency of an image: On Axel Töpfer & Jo Preußler’s silent movie of Los Pasos Perdidos
“It is neither the acacia thorn nor the edge of emergence“1 I recall a conversation with a friend about photography in the darkroom—about negatives and the moment before the image appears. At one point, she spoke of that critical, decisive instant: the latent photograph. According to one definition: “The latent image is an invisible image…
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Unbound Realms: Traversing Worlds, Breaking Borders at FABRIKculture in Hégenheim, France
Ileana Ramírez Romero’s project traces a constellation of gestures that navigate the complex threshold between limits and borders September 27 – November 2, 2025 | FABRIKculture, Hégenheim FABRIKculture is pleased to present Unbound Realms, a group exhibition curated by Venezuelan curator Ileana Ramírez Romero, on view from September 27 to November 2, 2025, in Hégenheim,…