Vinca Petersen’s new photo series on the Isle of Skye is “an invitation to imagine an alternative future” Nearly three decades after her landmark series No System, the photographer uprooted everything she knew and moved to the Isle of Skye to build a new life for herself – both physically and metaphorically. A meditative new…
This WIP exhibition was curated by Gem Fletcher as a first taste of the new body of work, HULALA.
HULALA “For all the days I see you and all the days I don’t” A first glimpse of a new body of work made over the last four years on the Isle of Skye in Scotland whilst living and working in a Crofting Township and building a natural straw bale house with the help…
I Installation shot by Tom Carter
In 2022 I was on the cusp of turning 50, my son had turned 18 and left school, and my long-term relationship ended. I was free to make choices based on my own desires. I found myself facing one of those rare opportunities when you can choose to completely change the direction of your life. …
At Fotografia Europea 2025, working alongside Luce Lebart, Petersen created her third major constellation piece Raves and Riots Constellation, in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The room also featured vitrines of original diaries with audible transcripts, her seating piece Come Sit Down –originally shown at V&A Scotland, and her collaborative film 23 Teknivals.
TIMELINE OF A RAVER Currently this piece is touring with the Goethe Institute in the Techno Worlds exhibition. Having been around Europe, South America and North America during 2022-24, the show is currently touring Asia for 2025.
Installation shots by Tom Carter
