nearesttruthworkshops.com

Brad Feuerhelm

& Yoshi Kametani

Urban Baroque

June 21 - 25th 2025

5-Day Zine Workshop

Athens, Greece

When we consider the term Baroque, what comes to mind? A format of architecture? An 18th-century term that dictated style? An assertion about grand forms eliciting a condition of wealth or extravagance?

Athens is a city rich in both former and current glory. It is one of Europe's most visited and historically significant cities, continuing to inspire generations of artists. Athens embodies a mysterious quality, juxtaposing its previous status as an empire against the harsh realities of its post-crisis contemporary existence. Is there an inherent beauty in irregularly shaped pearls?

For the workshop, artists Brad Feuerhelm and Yoshi Kametani will lead a small group of participants through Athens, recommending locations to shoot and explore the interplay between two distinct layers of the city's timeless face. The first layer portrays the city as a historic playground, where ancient monuments and the empire's glory serve as a visual source of beauty. The second layer invites participants to examine the modern aspect of Athens, characterized by its weathered stone and densely populated neighborhoods. Participants will be encouraged to contemplate the written façade of the city and investigate its signs, graffiti, and the messages that emerge from the opulent and decayed layers of the city.

The outcome of this workshop will be a zine featuring a screen-printed cover created by Yoshi Kametani’s studio. This book/zine will be published in a limited edition by Nearest Truth Editions in the autumn of 2025. Each participant will have their work included. All participants are encouraged to experiment and seize the opportunity to reflect on the concept of place and the rich history of forms that embellish the contemporary city of Athens. It is a city like no other, and its influence can be intoxicating.

340 Euros + VAT

To apply, please send us 12-15 images of your work

to nearesttruthworkshops@gmail.com

BIO

Brad Feuerhelm is an artist, curator, publisher, podcaster, art director, and writer on photography and the photobook. He has published ten books of his work and has written countless reviews and book prefaces for artists for their photo books and magazines both in print and online. His work often reflects themes of violence, media assessment, and horror through a vernacularized photographic aesthetic frequently incorporating found material. He is the managing editor and owner of American Suburb X, a legacy online platform devoted to photography reviews and interviews. In 2020, he launched the Nearest Truth Podcast. Currently, there are nearly 400 long-form conversations with artists, collectors, museum officials, and academics working in photography. Nearest Truth Workshops and Nearest Truth Editions, begun in 2021 and 2023, respectively, are the workshop and publishing arm of Nearest Truth. He lives and works in Slovakia.

Yoshi Kametani is an American visual artist working across photography, video, print,

and sculpture currently living and working in Athens. His practice largely reflects on

time, destruction, chaos and mortality. At the core of his work is an exploration of

entropy, a natural force lending itself to nihilism while embracing the inevitable cycle of

rise and decay.Solo and group exhibitions include I'll Be Late, Hyper Hypo Gallery, Athens, (2024);100 Bilder, Kominek Gallery, Berlin (2022); Screensaver Watching You, Off Site Project,

London (2020); To Cite A Body, Sluice, London (2019); 404 Resistance In The Digital

Age, RAGE Collective, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art, Manchester (2019);

945° C, A Corner with Gallery, London (2018); New Material, Casemore Kirkeby Gallery,

San Fransisco (2016); A Process (Der Greif), Neue Galerie im Hohmannhaus, Augsburg

and Frames Glasgow International Art Festival, Glasgow (2014).

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Brad Feuerhelm

& Yoshi Kametani

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Urban Baroque​

June​​ 21 - 25th 2025

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Urban Baroque

June 21 - 25th 2025