A Wider Gaze brings together ten artists and photographers with varied backgrounds, who approach Europe from its margins and its intertwined histories. Through photography, installation, video, textile and archives, they explore themes such as the bonds that unite us, colonial legacies, work and identity. Their narratives do not offer a single vision of Europe: they overlap, sometimes contradict one another, and remain open to interpretation.
According to an etymology often cited, the name "Europe" would come from the ancient Greek eurys-ops ("wide gaze", or wide gaze). Are we today still living up to this name? Can we keep this wide gaze and, despite conflicts, see what we share as Europeans?
Ten perspectives on Europe
Emilia Martin and Sanne van den Elzen examine the transmission of female work, rituals and everyday gestures from generation to generation.