Bernadette Mergaerts – Flisvos Seigensha Ore Disu and Foyeke Ajao

Ore Disu and Foyeke Ajao review the aso-ebi

It comprises photographs taken in and around Tokyo

quiet pictures of a withering body

The Eyes Publishing (Paris)

five group and solo exhibitions with their associated events succeeded and dialogued with one another

Bernadette Mergaerts – Flisvos Seigensha Ore Disu and Foyeke AjaoWhen visiting the Greek island of Corfu in the winter of 2015, Bernadette Mergaerts noticed that, in spite of the cold, many people were swimming at various places along the shoreline. All of the swimmers were adults, some of them elderly. She was impressed by how they seemed to find peace in the Ionian Sea. In the years following, Mergaerts learned more about the lives of these winter swimmers. About how they live day to day, and their shared