Alejandro Acin

Join us to celebrate the opening of our latest exhibition, telling the story of a protest movement that erupted across Nepal in September 2025. For months, anger built online over the children of political elites, who regularly flaunted their wealth through posts of cars, jewels and luxury travel. The hashtag #NepoBaby began circulating, used to call out the clear corruption on display. When the government blocked access to social media, young people took to the streets to demand accountability. Violence followed, with police opening fire on unarmed students, tragically killing 22. In the aftermath, the weight of anger forced the prime minister to resign, with promises of further changes to follow. Afterwards, Nepal Point - a local photography organisation - gathered images taken by protesters to create a social archive of the movement. We will present this archive, alongside texts and other materials. Join us for the exhibition opening on Wed 27th May, from 6pm, including drinks, music and a tour of the exhibition. The opening is free but please reserve your space via Headfirst (link in bio).

🎤 Sound Event Announcement 🎤 Ghost in the Karaoke Machine 🎤 Join us on Tuesday 30th June for an evening with artist Sadia Pineda Hameed, unpacking the colonial echoes that can be heard in Filipino music. Sadia’s mum came to the UK in the 1970s to work as a nurse and found community by joining a dance troupe, Lei Aloha, performing Filipino and Hawaiian music across the UK. Starting with her memories of Lei Aloha, Sadia will explore the sounds of the Philippines, from the rise of Kundiman - a form of love ballad that emerged under Spanish colonial rule - to the rise of Hawaiian music, popular amongst the American soldiers and migrant workers who moved back and forth across the pacific. Throughout the evening, we will discuss karaoke - a national pastime in the Philippines - as a postcolonial strategy; how renditions allow us to hold both our own stories and the echoes of the past. The conversation will be accompanied by projections, drawn from Sadia’s artworks and archives. Tickets are on a sliding scale from £6-8, available via Headfirst (link in bio). Please book early - if we sell out quickly we’ll add a second show.

Festival Announcement // Save the Date 🔈️ Bristol Photo Festival returns this autumn for its third edition: 'Time Machine' ⏳ Following a second edition that welcomed over 115,000 visitors, the international biennial of contemporary photography returns across Bristol’s major cultural institutions, independent venues and unconventional spaces. Entitled ‘Time Machine’ this edition will explore how time loops and folds, from echoes of the past to dreams of worlds to come. Opening week: 📍 14–18 October 2026 Exhibitions continue until: 📍 15 November 2026 (selected presentations will continue beyond this date) Get the dates in your diary and stay tuned for further announcements. The artistic programme will be announced in early July. Main cultural partners include: @arnolfiniarts @martinparrfoundation @watershedbristol alongside @bristolmuseums , @uwebristol , @hellobrigstow , @universityofbristol and many independent arts and community organisations. More information (link in bio) bristolphotofestival.org

■RESET ■Getxophoto 2026 ■20 urte / años / years ■Artistak / Artistas / Artists ■Alejandro Acín – Huesca, 1984 ■El útimo lunes ■@alejandroacin_ ■EU “El último lunes” (Azken astelehena) lanean, Alejandro Acínek “Guernica”-ren egitura eta sinbologia berreskuratzen ditu Kutxa Fundazioaren artxiboko irudietan oinarrituta, Gerra Zibilean egindako 25.000 argazkiren bilduma galdekatzeko asmoarekin. Lanak AAren erabilera esperimentala txertatzen du —Ekialde Ertaineko egungo gatazketan dagoen teknologia—, irudi multzo handiak esploratu eta sailkatzeko. Gerra, teknologia eta irudia birkonfiguratu egiten dira, zoritxarrez gaurkotasunik galdu ez duen obra bati berriro begiratzeko. ■ES En “El último lunes”, Alejandro Acín retoma la estructura y simbología del “Guernica” para interrogar una colección de 25.000 fotografías producidas durante la Guerra Civil, extraídas de fondos del archivo de Kutxa Fundazioa. La obra incorpora un uso experimental de la IA —tecnología presente en los conflictos actuales de Oriente Medio— para explorar y clasificar grandes conjuntos de imágenes. Guerra, tecnología e imagen se reconfiguran para mirar de nuevo una obra que, por desgracia, no ha perdido actualidad. ■EN In “El último lunes” (The Last Monday), Alejandro Acín draws on the structure and symbolism of “Guernica” to examine a collection of 25,000 photographs produced during the Spanish Civil War, taken from the Kutxa Fundazioa archive. The work incorporates an experimental use of AI —technology present in current conflicts in the Middle East— to explore and classify large sets of images. War, technology and image are reconfigured to take a fresh look at a work which, unfortunately, has lost none of its relevance. ■Komisarioa #mariaptqk ■Playlist @marianaenriquez1973 ■🤝Kutxateka @kutxafundazioa #Getxophoto2026 #RESET #20years #20años

Our First Thursdays music series is back! Join us on Thu 7th May for an evening with Liverpool-based composer JC Leisure (@____jc_leisure ). Together we will be exploring the history of human-animal musical collaborations. Expect underwater recordings, archival Folkways releases, experimental psych, incidental birdsong, and everything in between. JC Leisure will also introduce his new record, ‘Low Tide, Hi Grypus’, recently released on @edicoescn . The record was created in collaboration with a colony of Atlantic grey seals. Tickets are £6-8 (pay what you can), available via headfirst (link in bio). Please buy early so that we know whether to add a second show later in the evening x

ALIEDA VERHOEVEN SCHOLARSHIP 2026 🌀💫🌸 This year we launched our Community Archive Caretakers Scholarship ✷ We’re happy to welcome Awuor Onyango (@art.awuor ), caretaker of African Art Agenda (@artstudionotes ) , a Nairobi-based, female-led initiative working with archives as living spaces of care, memory, and collective knowledge ✧ Special thanks to our jury, Alejandro Acin @alejandroacin_ (IC Visual Lab - @ic_visual_lab ) ♡ and to everyone who applied, we’re so grateful for your practices and energy. See you next year ✨

Libraries are vital spaces in prisons — but how many of their books are written by people who have experienced incarceration themselves? Prison Mobile Library is a creative programme designed, produced and delivered by @ic_visual_lab supporting people in prison to reflect on their life journeys and tell their own stories. Inside the prison system, there are few spaces for collective reflection. Support is often focused on crisis, not long-term understanding. Our pilot showed that group-based creative workshops offer a vital alternative. Using photography and writing, participants map key moments, relationships and turning points in their lives. These “life maps” are shared with peers opening up honest conversations, breaking down stigma, and helping people learn from each other. As one participant said: “The course has the potential to change lives.” For the last 18 months, we have delivered a pilot across the South West. However, the aim is to roll it out nationally. If you are insterested in partnering with us, please drop us a line. With consent, we are publishing for the first time some of these stories that became part of the prison library project. Note: Participants sometimes use images from historical archives and other photographers as part of our creative excersises. This info is also included in the publications. #PrisonMobileLibrary #ArtsInPrisons #ICVisualLab

El próximo miércoles 28 a las 19:00h @julianbaronestudio presenta OLIMPIA, su última publicación. Dicha presentación correrá a cargo del autor junto a @carlos.bonet_ , comisario de la exposición Luz Negra, vigente en nuestro espacio y en la cual Julián Barón analiza la pedagogía del poder mediante el empleo de la imagen. ---- OLIMPIA 33 páginas, A4, fotocopias España 2025 Texto: Juan Carlos Usó @psikeuso Imágenes: Julián Barón Diseño: Alejandro Acin @alejandroacin_ En nombre de la seguridad se diseñan ceremonias que buscan reafirmar la confianza en las instituciones. La puesta en escena del orden requiere un público que la legitime y en esa coreografía de autoridad se moldea la percepción colectiva del poder. En los últimos años, las demostraciones en recintos deportivos se han convertido en vitrinas donde se ensaya la espectacularización del control, el entrenamiento transformado en relato pedagógico. Las imágenes de OLIMPIA registran exhibiciones policiales en estadios olímpicos y polideportivos ante audiencias escolares. El material proviene de fragmentos hallados en la red y fotografiados contra la pantalla. En el archivo conviven grabaciones institucionales, reportajes de la prensa local y registros improvisados de docentes. Lo que emerge es un despliegue técnico sostenido por focos y un guión medido, un ritual que convierte el espacio deportivo en un escenario donde la autoridad refuerza su propio relato y lo ofrece como prueba de protección. --- Las publicaciones pueden obtenerse durante la presentación del miércoles 28 o enviando DM al propio autor.

📘¿cómo contar 200 años de una biblioteca?📘 🔹en 2021 la, en su momento directora de @bpgsm_mza , Vivi Márquez, me encomendó la artesanal tarea de hacer un libro por el aniversario n° 200 de la Biblioteca Pública General San Martín. entre mitos fundacionales, libros robados y solidaridad transtemporal, transcurrió un año de investigación junto a su archivo institucional. 📑 siete capítulos resguardan cada locación de la Biblioteca, y sus 218 páginas dan cuenta de su edad, con un changüí entre tentativas fundacionales y deseo de futuridad, ilustrado por infancias durante las visitas guiadas. 💎sólo salieron a la luz 25 ejemplares 🧢 diseñó my partner in crime @alejandroacin_ desde @ic_visual_lab 🖨️ imprimieron las hechiceras del offset @incaeditorial 🪡 encuadernados uno a uno, de manera artesanal por otra Vivi, desde el taller de encuadernación de la biblio 🌀 correxxión colectiva del texto: @gansta.gnosta @camillangranval @alealejandra.celi @nollegoal_verano @marianaherrerarubia @vickizuin guille barón y alex besito 🔵 pueden consultar el libro en algunas bibliotecas públicas de la ciudad de mendoza y san rafael gracias a las manos, todas, que conectan mundos y tiempos 💙 qué viva lo público siempre

We are thrilled to announce that after more than a year of work, since May 2024 to be more precise, we can finally share with you that @mohamedmahdyph beautiful project «Here, the Doors Don’t Know Me» will be on the stand of @editorial_rm at @parisphotofair Muy felices de anunciar que, tras más de un año de trabajo, desde mayo de 2024 para ser más precisos, por fin podemos compartir con vosotros que el precioso proyecto de @mohamedmahdyph «Here, the Doors Don’t Know Me» estará en el stand de @editorial_rm en @parisphotofair . Thanks to all that have made this possible/ Gracias a todos los que lo han hecho posible 📷 @mohamedmahdyph 📖 Design @alejandroacin_ 🏷 Distribution @editorial_rm Published by @trobadecamus part of Incipiens Award #Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus Incipiens🏆

We are incredibly happy to celebrate Amak Mahmoodian being shortlisted for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize! 🎉🎉🎉 The 2026 Prize highlights themes of exile and memory; gender inequalities and advocacy; identity and belonging; subculture and class; and the shifting boundaries between photographic fact and fiction. Amak joins a great shortlist alongside: Jane Evelyn Atwood, Weronika Gęsicka and Rene Matić Amak has been nominated for her exhibition One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, which explores the experience of exile through dreams. Working with 16 collaborators who’ve been displaced from their homelands, Amak used photography, poetry, drawing, and video to evoke the emotional landscapes of memory, longing and imagined return. We premiered this long-term body of work in collaboration with @multistory with a very special exhibition @17midlandroad at Bristol Photo Festival last year. We can't wait to see this great project shown again in the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery from March 2026. @dboersephotographyfoundation @thephotographersgallery @amak_mahmoodian @wgesicka @rene.matic @brsphotofest @multistory #DBPFP26