Luna Mahoux

*1996 BE, based in Paris (France) and Brussels (Belgium)

Exhibited work:

Untitled, 2024

Video, 5‘36“ 

from the series “Never Broken Again”


“This work was born from a need to make visible what has been left outside of the frame: the voices of Black women, stories of transmission, gestures that survive in collective memory without ever being named. 

In the video, fragments circulate: screenshots, dances, bodies filmed in urgency or at a distance. These are what some call ‘poor images,’ but to me, they are precious – because they hold traces of those we tend to forget, because they are still moving. I collect them, edit them, sometimes distort them – to make visible what persists despite erasure.

My practice is rooted in memory – personal, collective, diasporic. I’m interested in what flows between women, across generations and cultures: a rhythm, a piece of jewelry, a blurry YouTube video. I want these materials to be seen differently – as forms of knowledge, resistance, and care.

What I’m showing here is both a gesture of mourning and of reactivation. The video doesn’t tell a linear story. It opens a space to listen differently, to see differently – to remember, together.”

    Exhibition

    GEN Z: SHAPING A NEW GAZE

    Duration: May 9–August 30, 2026

    Gen Z, one generation, countless perspectives: the exhibition presents works by over 40 photographers from 25 countries born between the 1990s and 2010. Their works reflect experiences shaped by digital worlds, social change and global crises. Across four thematic sections, the exhibition offers insights into the realities, concerns and aspirations of young people. Themes such as identity, belonging, the body and gender are explored creatively, questioned and reimagined through new forms of self-understanding.

      The exhibition “Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze” was organised and produced by Photo Elysée and is supported by the Department of Cultural Affairs City of Frankfurt am Main, Swiss Art Council Pro Helvetia, and Caparol.

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