Photographs No. 1-60 may be divided into groups of 4. Each of these 15 subjects consists of two colour photographs and two corresponding photos of hand-written letters. 28 people from nearly a dozen countries were photographed in Zurich, Berlin, Stuttgart and Cologne. The depicted theme is an old-world ritual of formal intimacy: the hand-kiss. Hermes Insensed is nostalgia in a digital age. Interspersed with nursery rhymes and verses by the artist, the one-sided discourse reads on different levels: the socio-political, the private and personal. One pseudonym 'Her/me', addresses another 'Jacob' (or 'Jack'); but these titles, are they stereotypes, mythical figures, or just nicknames of regular people? Are the photos and texts documentary or fiction? The line isn't clear but between the lines, is clearly a utopian longing for peace, an appeal for grace.

Tanya Ury