Foam Magazine #51: Seer/Believer

This issue is themed around the Myth, a subject that has been important in the visual arts as long as we know. The seer is a visionary, creating ways of understanding or framing things that at first appear otherworldly, impossible or irrational. Their interpretations enter our systems of belief and understanding. Who is the author: the seer who creates the stories or the believer who adopts and acts upon them? The photographer has the ability to transform and create connections through envisioning stories from ancient times to contemporary life. Through a process of endless repetition and re-interpretation it becomes a timeless given: a myth existing at the junction where fact and fiction collide. And at the end, we believe what we see, or do we?

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Cover of Foam magazine featuring a person in a brown fur coat, with text "The Mythical Issue" and "Seer/Believer."

in this issue

Establishing Eden by Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács

How do we perform the act of looking at a landscape, and what are the limits of our perception? In a video work made up of two-dimensional illusions, Broersen & Lukács’ unsettle the view to reflect on landscape as a cultural construction.

From the Archive highlights previous writings on photography from Foam Magazine to cast light on current topics and ongoing debates in the world of photography and beyond.

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A surreal collage of rugged cliffs, lush forests, and misty mountains, blending various landscapes under a cloudy sky.
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