Records

Records marks a return from abstraction to shared life. If philosophy cannot remain at the level of concepts alone, photography too cannot remain enclosed within form, atmosphere, or solitary attention. These images are rooted in labour, shared situations, public events, and forms of collective presence that call for registration. The documentary gesture is not opposed to reflection. It is reflection returned to where it needs to live: to praxis, to lived reality, and to the field of common responsibility. In this sense, Records does not interrupt the logic of Hylonicum. It completes its necessary movement: 反者道之動.

Close view of bottles moving through the labelling or packaging line.

BIRRIFICIO MESSINA
Recovered through collective labour.

Tight group of cyclists riding uphill, bodies bent low over handlebars and faces marked by effort.

LA FLÈCHE WALLONE 2022
Bodies carried by recurrence.

Spectators beside the road holding a handmade sign supporting Wout van Aert during the UCI Road World Championships in Leuven.

UCI LEUVEN 2021
Endurance made visible by resistance.

BERLIN LOCKDOWN
A city exposed by suspended function.