Visual arts & Exhibition / Loop, Cube & Video and photo installation The rock in the river

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Luxembourgish photographers Liz Lambert and Dirk Mevis present The Rock in the River, a video and photo installation that explores life in Luxembourg’s Gare district. Exhibited simultaneously in two distinct forms as part of the loop and cube cycles, their work looks at the central station as a focal point of human experience. 

Despite its function as a place of transit, this gravitational centre is a constant in many lives. There, parallel stories are weaved as people from all walks of life pass each other wordlessly, their minds focussed not on where they are but on where they’re going. Lambert and Mevis offer a layered view of the place, encompassing both sweeping panoramas and nuanced details of this peculiar environment, contrasting the station’s enduring and stoic presence – the rock’ – with the ephemeral river’ of individuals and stories that perpetually flow through it.

The photographers

Born in Luxembourg in 1993, Liz Lambert combines a master’s degree in the study of religion with her passion for photography. A self-taught photo artist, she employs the camera as a tool to capture and process her sensitive and alert perception of her surroundings. Her work is characterised by contrasts: closeness and distance, sharpness and blurriness, reality and abstraction. Lambert’s compositions are minimalist, often reduced to fragmented elements. Rather than depicting the overt, her images encourage viewers to observe attentively, engage emotionally, and explore their own interpretations. Many of her photographs are taken with a smartphone, the camera being nothing more than a tool to her, a means to an end. 

Liz has been a member of the Luxembourg Streetphoto Collective since 2021. In 2022, she was awarded the Prix d’encouragement at the Prix de la Photographie – Clervaux Cité de l’image.

liz​-lambert​.com/
instagram​.com/​l​i​z​_​l​a​m​bert/

Dirk Mevis is a self-taught photographer with soft spot for street and documentary photography. His portfolio includes candid street photography from Luxembourg, the United States, Hungary and other places, alongside various documentary projects. Dirk is a member of the Luxembourg Streetphoto Collective and a co-founder of the Filter photography zine. His work has been showcased in several exhibitions over the years.

dirkmevis​.lu/
instagram​.com/​d​_​mevis

loop

Rotondes’ loop art cycle hosts uniquely sized video creations. Hanging right above the bar, a 200 x 700 cm screen area offers new creative possibilities and high-level exposure to guest artists.

cube

cube is a cycle of temporary artistic installations, designed outside a formal gallery space for the greatest number of people to enjoy. This space is located between the entrance for the Rotonde 2 and the Buvette.

production : Rotondes