Photobook Mania 07 / Ivo Sekulovski presents Down the Jade Mountain

About the event

The seventh appointment of Photobook Mania will take place on 23 January 2025 at PhMuseum Lab. Photographer Ivo Sekulovski will present Down the Jade Mountain, published by Art Paper Editions.

“Down the Jade Mountain is a concise exploration of identity crises across person, artist, family, country, and photography itself. Ivo Sekulovski, living in Italy and wrestling with belonging, embarks on a project in his hometown Ohrid, North Macedonia.

The book reads like a series of visual riddles, every page bustling with hints and symbols; some universally readable, some deeply and irredeemably personal. In it, Ivo explores and dissects his family dynamics, the multitude of cultures that compose his native country, and his scattered sense of self while all the time playing with the everconflicted relationship between photography, reality, and truth. With an un­settling ability to blur the lines between all these themes, we see family archival images intersecting with staged images of his parents and immaculate, eerie still lifes.

The medium suits the story—images hold mystery, blurring reality. Ivo’s play with photography raises questions on time, truth, memory, and reality”.

(Chiara Bardelli Nonino)

Bio

Ivo Sekulovski (b. 1992, Ohrid, North Macedonia) is a visual artist based in Milan. He uses photography to investigate and question the notions of culture, territory and identity, while addressing the ideas of absurdist theatre and ambiguity, often altering objects' function and their purpose. His oeuvre lies between the realms of observational and staged photography, facts and fiction, the real and virtual.

Admission to the event is free. For more information, write to us at info@phmuseumlab.com.