As part of the ninth edition of the PhotoBrussels Festival, Ada Zielińska has been invited by La Nombreuse to present her Post Tourism series.

Since 2018, the artist has been playing the game of tomorrow’s tourism, travelling and exploring climatic disasters to detect beauty in these desolate landscapes. From forest fires in California to the great floods of Venice in 2019 and the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, Ada Zielińska satisfies her curiosity for destruction – the leitmotif at the heart of the beginnings of her artistic practice. Ada questions the human propensity to sink into darkness. It’s a form of voyeurism in the face of catastrophe that is quite common in our Western societies.

See the Post Tourism exhibition at La Nombreuse from 24 January to 23 February 2025.

Ada Zielińska

Visual artist working mainly with photography, video and installation. Her main area of interest revolves around the idea of destruction seen as a prerequisite for rebirth. Her creative approach revolves around catastrophic events, experienced in real life or staged – not only to document, but also to explore their aesthetics and the emotions they evoke. Drawing on the notion of post-photography, she seeks to extend the same approach to her audience, deliberately creating the most photogenic environment. This encourages the viewer to try to examine the aesthetics and emotions evoked by her work.

Portfolio: https://adazielinska.com/

Exhibition: Post Tourism by Ada Zielińska
La Nombreuse – 42 rue du Fort
1060 Brussels
Opening: January 24, 2025 6 p.m.
Open every day from 01/24 to 02/02/2025 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Then open on weekends until 02/23/2025: 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.