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Marie Tomanova "It Was Once My Universe"
Super Labo Store Tokyo
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Super Labo Store Tokyo, a concept store by Super Labo, a Tokyo-based publisher specializing in photography books, will hold an exhibition to celebrate the publication of "It Was Once My Universe" (foreword by Lucy Sante), a book by Czech photographer Marie Tomanova. An opening reception and book signing with the artist will be held on the first day of the exhibition.
The photographs in It Was Once My Universe were made between December 16, 2018, and January 5, 2019, when Marie Tomanova returned to her family farm in South Moravia, Czech Republic, for the first time in over eight years. Being away from her hometown for such a long time was not by choice and it was painful.
After receiving her MFA in painting, Tomanova moved to the U.S. in 2011 and began using photography as a means to address the sense of dislocation she felt while living there. During this time in the U.S., she relived and idealized her homeland in her mind during difficult situations, so when she actually returned to the Czech Republic in the winter of 2018, she was in no way prepared for the deep confusion and conflict she found herself in back home. During this time away, she felt that she had become a different person, and yet she still belonged. Although it was her hometown, so was New York City. John Berger writes, "To emigrate is always to dismantle the center of the world, and so to move into something lost and fragmented." It Was Once My Universe is about that. It is about contradictory emotions and the loss of a sense of direction. It is about home, family, memory, distance, and time.
The photographs in It Was Once My Universe were made between December 16, 2018, and January 5, 2019, when Marie Tomanova returned to her family farm in South Moravia, Czech Republic, for the first time in over eight years. Being away from her hometown for such a long time was not by choice and it was painful.
After receiving her MFA in painting, Tomanova moved to the U.S. in 2011 and began using photography as a means to address the sense of dislocation she felt while living there. During this time in the U.S., she relived and idealized her homeland in her mind during difficult situations, so when she actually returned to the Czech Republic in the winter of 2018, she was in no way prepared for the deep confusion and conflict she found herself in back home. During this time away, she felt that she had become a different person, and yet she still belonged. Although it was her hometown, so was New York City. John Berger writes, "To emigrate is always to dismantle the center of the world, and so to move into something lost and fragmented." It Was Once My Universe is about that. It is about contradictory emotions and the loss of a sense of direction. It is about home, family, memory, distance, and time.
Schedule | Sep 22 (Thu) 2022-Nov 13 (Sun) 2022 Opening Hours Information
Opening Reception Sep 22 (Thu) 2022 18:00 - 21:00 | ||||
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | http://www.superlabostoretokyo.com/2022/08/marietomanova-itwasoncemyuniverse/ | ||||
| Venue | Super Labo Store Tokyo https://www.superlabostoretokyo.com/ | ||||
| Location | 1-4-11 Kanda Sarugaku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0064 | ||||
| Access | 5 minute walk from exit A5 at Jinbocho Station on the Toei Mita and Shinjuku lines or Hanzomon line, 8 minute walk from the East exit of Suidobashi Station on the JR Chuo Sobu line. | ||||
| Phone | 03-6882-4874 | ||||
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