Let The Lonely Shells Dream

Pyramide 📷 Romain Rivalan

On 16 November 2019, RAW Streetphoto Gallery is opening a new duo exhibition by the French artists Youri Cayron and Romain Rivalan. The exhibition, titled 'Let The Lonely Shells Dream' shows the effects of aggressive urbanisation.

Over the last few years, the artists have spent their time and effort to explore, study and capture the many facets of how architecture changes the space around humans. Unfortunately, construction has moved from a basic need to build shelters to a destructive transformation of space. This destruction is accompanied by a creeping need to dominate, occupy and wipe out.

In the exhibition, the artists confront the reality of their situation. Youri Cayron and Romain Rivalan employ a combination of video, photography and music in order to render a fully immersive experience of what they have experienced around the world.

In order to best render the feelings, thoughts, and questions that the artists witnessed in person, RAW Streetphoto Gallery will present an installation which alters the perception of space inside the gallery.

The exhibition is open from 16 November, 2019 until 21 December, 2019. The artists themselves, Youri Cayron and Romain Rivalan will both be present at the opening on 16 november.

RAW Streetphoto Gallery opening times

• Thursdays: 17:00 - 19:00
• Fridays: 17:00 - 19:00
• Saturdays: 16:00 - 19:00

Tokyo machine à laver 📷 Romain Rivalan

Youri Cayron and Romain Rivalan

Youri Cayron and Romain Rivalan are both French artists currently based in Marseille. Cayron grew up near Paris and moved to Marseille in 2008, after graduating from the École Supérieure d’Art de l’Agglomération d’Annecy (ESAAA). In 2013, he opened LIFT, an experimental research venue. Romain Rivalan is a photographer with a passion for argentic photography as well as a stage manager in the performing arts.

Hébron check point 📷 Romain Rivalan

RAW Streetphoto Gallery

Located in the heart of Rotterdam, RAW Streetphoto Gallery is the only creative platform in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on experimental and street photography. The gallery focuses on a selective scope of featured themes, ranging from aggressive urbanism, wastefulness and pollution, gender and representation, the role of the body as well as death and mortality.

RAW is internationally active and is often present at multiple local and international art fairs. Last June 2019, RAW exhibited at the Photo Basel art fair, and in the upcoming months RAW will present at the Maastricht Photo Festival (September 2019) and at The Others (November 2019).

Mairie Tokyo 📷 Romain Rivalan