The Embarrassment Show

The Embarrassment Show

After ECAL in June 2015 and Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam in September 2015, ECAL Bachelor Photography students present "The Embarrassment Show", an exhibition curated by Erik Kessels, cofounder & creative director of KesselsKramer (Amsterdam), at the  NRW-Forum Düsseldorf  from 20 November to 10 January.  --------- The Embarrassment Show A workshop and exhibition curated by Erik Kessels cofounder & creative director KesselsKramer (Amsterdam), with Bachelor Photography students. “Embarrassment is important. If you’re not willing to humiliate yourself, make mistakes and downright fuck up, you should consider working in a cubicle farm. It’s safer there. Because as a creative person, you’ll be called an idiot at least once a day. That’s okay. Making mistakes and risking embarrassment, even failure, is how you make progress. Without it, you’ll be stuck in the same old safe zone: not embarrassed, but not better either. In other words: boring. So if we want to do this thing we love – making stuff – we mustn’t be afraid of looking stupid. In this workshop and exhibition I stretched the abilities of 2nd year ECAL Bachelor Photography students to the limit. By embarrassing themselves they are able to tell a personal, often awkward and risky story. This gives them an opportunity to explore an area of photography which they would probably not have dared to touch.”  Erik Kessels

Workshop (2015) with Milo Keller, Erik Kessels

Students
Zoé Aubry, Gianni Camporota, Arunà Canevascini, Diane Deschenaux, Michaël Devillaz, Elsa Guillet, Hadrien Häner, Tanya Kottler, Quentin Lacombe, Clément Lambelet, Andreas Lumineau, Calypso Mahieu, Gregory Monnerat, Jules Moskovtchenko, Angélique Stehli, Purithat Thongphubal, Marine Vallotton
NRW-Forum Düsseldorf: The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
NRW-Forum Düsseldorf: The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
NRW-Forum Düsseldorf: The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet

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Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam: "The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam: "The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam: "The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam: "The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet
Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam: "The Embarrassment Show" Photo ECAL/Jean-Vincent Simonet

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ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet

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ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet
ECAL /Jean-Vincent Simonet

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Tanya Kottler - ECAL
Tanya Kottler - ECAL

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