Time & Again

"Time & Again" brings together four artists who return to the places of their own memory to confront what time has never truly laid to rest. Their stories emerge from political decisions, power structures, and traumas that span generations, intertwining into a single narrative of returns, silences, and still open wounds.

Through images, archives, and collected testimonies, they construct an emotional landscape where past and present coexist, revealing enduring traces of violence, oppression, and social injustice that continue to shape private lives.

Dasha Karetnikova (1996, Moscow, Russia) lives and works in Belgrade. A photojournalist trained at Moscow State University and the Rodchenko Art School, she has been published in Novaya Gazeta and Strelka Mag and has received awards from KOLGA, YP KMoPA, and Young Photographers of Russia.

In "Motherland hears, Motherland knows" she accompanies her father on a journey through Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Russia, in search of traces of family memory and the marks left by political repression.

Eugenia Maximova (1973, Ruse, Bulgaria) lives in Vien-na. A renowned photographer, she has been published in books and magazines.

In "Silent River" — winner of the Anton Georg Martin Award (2023) — she reconstructs the murder of her sister-in-law's sister, a journalist critical of the government, reflecting on how systemic violence seeps into the private sphere.

Nastassja Nefjodov (1978, Frankfurt, Germany) lives between Amsterdam and Berlin. Trained at the Fotoacademie Amsterdam, she received the El Photobook Award (2021) and takes part in international residencies and artistic collectives such as Work Show Grow.

In "Why being quiet is so loud" she explores the effects of trauma on intimate relationships, focusing on her partner, marked by the experiences he lived through during the war in Croatia.

Fungi Phuong Tran Minh (1988, Hanoi, Vietnam) lives in Germany. She studied literature at the University of Potsdamand photographyat Lette Verein in Berlin. She exhibits internationally and takes part in numerous ar-tist residencies, including ada Tanzstudio in Berlin.

In "Mein ferner Osten" she explores her childhood as the daughter of Vietnamese workers in the GDR, confronting exclusion and racism through a dialogue between images and texts.