Once More, With Feeling:
Recent Photography from Colombia

Discover the work of six artists who explore themes of memory, repetition and performance.

This major international exhibition of photography and video work brings together both emerging and established artists rarely seen in the UK. Whilst their approaches are diverse, all suggest the notion ‘once more, with feeling’: an action repeated, remembered or re-visited.

Juan Pablo Echeverri goes to a passport photo booth every day, and has accumulated over seven years worth of self-portraits. María Elvira Escallón revisits the harrowing aftermath of a bomb in the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Oscar Muñoz brings to life a forgotten archive of photographs depicting life in the city of Cali in the fifties, sixties and seventies. María Isabel Rueda documents the culture of Colombia’s Goth scene. Milena Bonilla anonymously sews the torn seats of buses whilst traveling in the city. Juan Manuel Echavarría records the songs composed by country dwellers displaced by guerrilla violence.

All of the works have been made in the last few years and most have not been shown in the UK before.

Once More, With Feeling is curated by Pippa Oldfield and Camilla Brown. It is a touring exhibition and joint collaboration by Impressions Gallery, Bradford, and The Photographers’ Gallery, London.  Funded by The National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Miss fotojapón © Juan Pablo Echeverri
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Helena from Vampiros de la sabana © Maria Isabel Rueda
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
From Desde adentro © Maria Elvira Escallón
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
From Mapa transitorio © Milena Bonilla
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Still from Guerra y pa' © Juan Manuel Echavarría
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
From Archivo porcontacto © Oscar Muñoz in collaboration with Mauricio Prieto
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Visitor viewing artwork by Juan Pablo Echeverri © Impressions Gallery
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Visitors with artwork by Oscar Muñoz © Impressions Gallery
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Visitor with artwork by Oscar Muñoz © Impressions Gallery
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Visitor with artwork by Maria Isabel Rueda © Impressions Gallery
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Artwork by Oscar Muñoz © Impressions Gallery
Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery
Visitors with artwork by Juan Mañuel Echavarría © Impressions Gallery

Find out more

With an extensive biographical and resource section, this book provides a valuable starting point for anyone wishing to find out more about the contemporary photography scene in Colombia.

Features an essay on the exhibition by co-curators Camilla Brown and Pippa Oldfield, plus specially commissioned essays by Jaime Ceron, Pippa Oldfield and Santiago Rueda Farjado exploring the wider context of photography in Colombia.

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Once More, With Feeling: Recent Photography from Colombia — Impressions Gallery