Lola Pertsowsky’s exhibition

Which plants, animals and objects do we share our homes with? And how do we coexist with them? In her series In the mother tongue, Lola Pertsowsky invites us to see domestic life and the everyday through fresh eyes. The pictures in this series were taken at her mother’s house. It’s teeming with life. A fly perched on the leftovers from breakfast. The dishes waiting to be washed. A half-eaten slab of butter. A smartphone. A colony of ants. They all coexist under the same roof. The objects we design for our convenience end up shaping us in turn. Pertsowsky’s camera circles her subjects. Her goal is not to document but to create a bond with whatever she is photographing. Pertsowsky gives equal attention to the plants, animals and objects we often overlook. She looks, then looks again. Looking becomes an exercise in itself, repetition a way of learning to see.