Noorderlicht Photofestival 2010: Land

In Land – Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht looks at the consequences of urbanisation on the countryside. Simultaneously “Warzone” an exhibition examining the experience of war on the part of soldiers dispatched to conflict areas, is to be seen in the Blokhuispoort. 

Land – Country Life in the Urban Age

Since the beginning of the 21st century, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. What are the consequences of this shift for the countryside? Is it possible, against all economic logic, to accord new value to rural life?

Warzone

On the basis of work by top photographers including Ad van Denderen, Martin Specht, Paul Seawright, Peter van Agtmael and Antonin Kratochvil, Warzonepauses to examine the experience of soldiers who have been dispatched to conflict areas in recent history.

Diptych

Land is the first part of a diptych about the consequenses of the worldwide urbanisation. Part 2, Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age was held 2011 in Groningen.