6 october will be the release of The Living Mountain composed by Thomas Larcher at EMC records.The concert and image projection premiered April 2022 at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, followed by concert in Hamburg and Neurenberg. London dates will follow.
The Living Mountain, composed 2019-20, draws inspiration from Scottish poet and  nature writer Nan Shepherd’s book of the same name. Besides the relation to this text, Larcher’s piece also draws from a series of photographs by Dutch photographer Awoiska van der Molen – landscape pictures taken in the mountains of Tyrol that were first projected alongside the premiere of Larcher’s piece in 2022. Van der Molen and the composer felt a deep affinity with each other’s work from the start – work “characterized by the slowness of analogue composing and photography as well as constraint through erasing and concealing of content.” Order here

Testing glasprints for a new series of large glassworks for Unseen Amsterdam Photography Fair, 21-24 September. This series: 'The Prelude' will be exhibited outdoors, in a hidden green paradise next to the Fair venue: de Gashouder.  Here you can read my interview about this presentation.

My new body of work will be presented in a solo exhibition at Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography Amsterdam. From June untill October 2024. Can't wait to share it with you!

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February 2022, Rehearsals concert ‘The Living Mountain’ performed Febr 18th 2023 at Tafelhalle, Nürnberg, performed by Ensemble Kontraste

Thomas Larcher (composer)
.conductor : Gregor A. Mayrhofer
.sopran: Sheva Tehoval
.editor Thomas Vroege, Jochem Tames

The Living Mountain premiered at Royal Concerthall Amsterdam in April '23.
Looking forward to see the next concert scheduled.

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I am invited by 'Cortona on the Move' to participate in an artist residency in Al'Ula, Saoudi Arabia -Three Western and three SA photographers will each develop a work alongside eachother, to be exhibited during the Cortona on the Move in July, Italy.

Image #665-7, Al'Ula desert

                     
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Rehearsels of 'The Living Mountain' at Royal Concerthall Amsterdam.
Austrian Thomas Larcher  was Composer in Residence 2019/2020 at the Royal Concert Hall Amsterdam. I was invited by Larcher to photograph in his favorite part of the Austrian south Tirol. Inspired by these images Larcher composed the piece 'The Living Mountain'.  The music and images will come together this April 30 in an

concert at the Royal Concert Hall, performed by the Asko|Schönberg ensemble.
                   
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The contemporary music and audiovisual installation 'Odysseus'  has premiered and will stil be performed in three Dutch concert halls this month.
The music piece written by the Dutch/Greek composer Calliope Tsoupaki enters into dialogue with a projection of morfing images that I made on her Greek ground. This collaboration is commissioned and performed by the renowned contemporary music ensemble Asko|Schonberg.
‘Inspired by the Greek myth of Odysseus, the piece confronts the audience with the consequences of our human actions’.
Duration: 90 min.

Image: Odysseus performed at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, nov 2021

                       
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Work in process: transparency in landscape: New works that I am making for the ‘Into Nature’ Biennale , taking place in the peatland nature reserve Bargerveen in Drenthe, Netherlands. The art route laid out here is showing the work of an international mix of renowned artists: a.o. Roger Hiorns, Heiko Hansen, Otobeng Nkanga, Nina Canell, Giorgio Andreotta.

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'The Living Mountain - photographs by Awoiska van der Molen'.
Available at  Fw:Books, Amsterdam  and  PhotoEye, Santa Fe  /  Post, Tokyo / Tipi Bookshop, Brussels  /  TPG Bookshop, London  /  Photobookstore, London  /  PhotoQ, Amsterdam

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I am honored to have been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet Award the global award in photography and sustainability. The winner of the Prix Pictet will be announced on 13 November 2019, with the opening of an exhibition of works by the 12 shortlisted photographers at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group, the Prix Pictet has become the world’s leading award for photography and sustainability. The exhibition will travel the world for 18 months.

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I am delighted to now be working with the great Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam.
'Am Schwarzen Himmelsrund' is my first solo show in their gallery, I hope you can come and see!

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In the wonderful Museum Kranenburg in Bergen NH situated in the forest, next to dunes and sea my solo show has opened. More informaton here

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Annet Gelink Gallery will present a selection of my new work at this Dutch contemporary art fair. Please visit them at the main section.

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Three collotype prints of new work photographed in Japan will be presented by Benrido Atelier Collotype Atelier at the Paris Photo fair. Please join the launch Thursday 4-5pm at booth SE23!

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Last month I did a commission for the NY Times Magazine, out this Sunday online and in print. This NY Times ‘Voyages’ issue is all about sounds. See and listen here the field-recorders and photographers that are brought together to show you eleven unexpected wonders around the world. My work is in chapter no.7

               

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Insights - 'The Poetry of Silence'
            
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'...Inevitably, the Deutsche Börse shortlist does not always work as an exhibition, but this year’s four finalists – Sophie Calle, Dana Lixenberg, Awoiska van der Molen and the duo Onorato and Krebs – made for an interesting mix of contrasting styles and approaches...'     The Deutsche Börse photography prize, The Photographers’ Gallery, London

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I am deeply honored to have received the 2017 Larry Sultan Photography Award. This means I will be in residence at Headland Centre for the Arts in the Marin Headlands -just outside San Francisco- this fall. This residence is alongside a multi-disciplinary cohort of Artists in Residence. During my stay in the Bay Area I look forward to make new work, give a lecture and work with students at the California College of the Arts.

The Larry Sultan Photography Award was established in 2016 by
Pier24 Photography in partnership with
California College of the Arts
Headlands Center for the Arts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Printing new photo work in the darkroom to be presented by Purdy Hicks Gallery at the Unseen photo fair in Amsterdam

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'De Donkere Kamer'  Concertgebouw Brugge, Belgium: "21 June - when the day is the longest - 'The Darkest Room' presents a deluxe edition of the photo evenings organised throughout the year in Flanders. Hosts of the evining: Anna Luyten and lars Boering. Guests will be: Jan Rosseel, Awoiska van der Molen, Gilbert Fastenaekens and Wim Vandekeybus.

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With the designer Hans Gremmen / publisher Fw:books  I have created a new publication entitled BLANCO. The book is a double cahier in a canvas softcover and will include text by essayist Arjen Mulder. Price: € 27.50
It will be launched this March 9th at the FOAM Museum café from 19.00 – 20.30 in Amsterdam. Please do join me and publisher Fw:books to celebrate this new book with a signing and a drink!

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I couldn't be more honoured to be shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for my solo exhibition ‘Blanco’ at Foam Amsterdam. I am in the marvellous company of the other three shortlisted artists Dana Lixenberg, Sophie Calle and Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs.

The winner will be announced at a special award ceremony on 18 May 2017 at The Photographers' Gallery in London. Jury: Susan Bright, Curator; Pieter Hugo, Artist; Karolina Lewandowska, Curator of Photography at Centre Pompidou Paris; Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation and Clare Grafik, Head of Exhibitions, The Photographers’ Gallery as the non-voting chair.

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Soon my photo work will be presented in a wonderful group show at the very special Pier24 Photography in San FranciscoThe exhibition looks at two historic photography shows, New Documents (NY, 1967), and New Topographics (NY, 1975). 
Featuring the work of 9 artists, originally shown in these celebrated exhibitions, alongside 6 contemporary artists, the show will look at the development of a visual language that has been passed down. Curated by Christopher McCall.

Exhibiting photographers:
Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand
Robert Adams, Henry Wessel, Nicholas Nixon
Bernd & Hilla Becher, Stephen Shore and Lewis Baltz
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Alec Soth, Vanessa Winship, Eamonn Doyle
Latoya Ruby Frazier, Ed Panar and Awoiska van der Molen
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