Breathe in. Breathe out. You’ve just performed an exhalation. It is the moment lingering tension leaves the body; the instant after holding, when something internal softens and releases. A subtle shift, not quite absence, not quite action, but a fleeting state of suspension in which something becomes perceptible. It is within this threshold that Alexander Ekholm situated their exhibition: Exhalation.
Presented at Algha’s Plantroom, Exhalation marks Ekholm’s first London solo exhibition, situating photography as embodied inquiry, in which knowledge emerges through lived, physical experience rather than observation. It pushes against the idea of the artist as an outside observer where Ekholm intentionally implicates themselves to learn through participation and presence.
The work centres on “release, intimacy, and emotional suspension”, but what emerges more distinctly is a sustained investigation into how the body mediates identity, perception, and connection within the context of London’s queer social landscape.
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@disrupt_angel
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@smhlorn
Imagery by
@aekhlm 
