Mikhael Subotzky was been selected to participate in Live Lab, a residency and exhibition organised by Magnum and held at the High Museum of Art (14 - 26 March). The residency involves the selected photographers creating projects that work with themes relevant to Atlanta, which will be shown in an exhibition at the museum.
The Magnum Live Lab was first conceived in 2017 as part of Magnum Photos 70th anniversary celebrations in London, by Global Cultural Director Sophie Wright. Magnum’s Live Labs offer a space for experimentation and make visible the collaborative process of making new work. Participating photographers, working alongside a local curator, are challenged to respond to the location of each lab, making, editing and exhibiting new works together. This all takes place within a period of two weeks and is in full view of the public both online and in situ.
The partnership with The High Museum of Art and The Hagan Family Foundation in Atlanta, was to be the first Lab hosted in an institutional space. Mikhael Subotzky, Carolyn Drake and Lindokuhle Sobekwa represent the most diverse group of Magnum practitioners to date, encompassing mixed media arts practice alongside photography. With the physical residency halted by COVID-19, the creative thinking went on.
Mikhael, who focuses much of his time on a studio practice that combines photographic images with painting, video, and performance, had started a collage using an image from the High’s collection that will be part of his ongoing series that critically examines the representation of leaders and father figures in Western culture.
