Revenge is a kind of savage justice – Lucas Bambozzi

The Brazilian artist Bambozzi takes an ironic look at changes in the social status of the automobile. What was once an icon of speed and urban life has now become a symbol of the energy and environment crisis

Hungarian sea – Michal Solarski

Hungarian sea is a journey through the summer memories of Michal Solarski who, more than 20 years later, photographs the place where he used to spend his childhood holidays, the shores of Lake Balaton in Hungary. This is the largest lake in central Europe, and was a popular tourist destination for the workers of the Soviet bloc. Paid vacations are probably the greatest symbol of the pause in contemporary western society

Lapsus – Susana Blasco

Blasco uses collage and geometry in images that allude to the tension between serenity and mental noise, pause and disturbance

Empty promises – Matthias Ley

In the 2013 series Empty Promises, the German photographer Matthias Ley shows blank advertising hoardings on the streets of Tokyo. For Ley, this work is a critique of the false promises of advertising, but also a comment on the void in Oriental culture, an idea present in its architecture and in fundamental Buddhist texts such as the Sutra of the Essence. From this perspective, the vision of a blank billboard can be interpreted not as a synonym of crisis but of leisure; a gesture of resistance that frees our mind

Rapido REM – Miguel Leache

Rápido REM is a series of portraits of commuters on the Tokyo subway practicing inemuri, a state of vigilant sleep that is usually done in public places, whether in the office, at school or on public transport. The subjects are not completely asleep, they are only resting their minds for a short period of time, and can return to activity as soon as necessary

Before it’s gone – M’Hammed Kilito

Kilito investigates and documents the death of the oases in his country, Morocco. Oases are biodiversity refuges and natural barriers against the desert, but they are disappearing because of climate change and the irrational use of their scarce water resources

Collective of monks praying to kill owners of corporations responsible for environmental pollution – Mitsutoshi Hanaga

In 1970, Hanaga documented the actions of a group of Buddhist monks who toured Japan casting spells on the owners of the most polluting companies in the country. This group was soon joined by students and activists in what became the first major environmental movement in Japan’s history

Bunker – Julieta Tarraubella

The performance Bunker reflects on the isolation induced by wandering aimlessly through the media space that has replaced our physical environment. The performers walk the streets of Buenos Aires, São Paulo or Getxo hidden behind LED glasses that block their view while they play media headlines. Locked in the bunker of our devices, a wider vision disappears

Flesh Love All - Photographeral

Under the pseudonym Photographerhal, the Japanese photographer Haruhiko Kawaguchi presents a disturbing series of portraits about anxiety for a perfect life, and the design of the self as a personal brand, manufactured for public admiration and consumption

Today, something – Arturo Soto

Soto dedicates his series Today, something to his neighbourhood of origin in Mexico City, Tepepan. He appears interested in apparently unimportant places, but every detail speaks of the history of this place, now a suburb of the metropolitan area of Mexico DF. It was originally a town with cobbled streets built on volcanic rock

Protege Noctem – Mattia Balsamini

At a time when completely dark nights have disappeared except in a few parts of the globe, and when light pollution is one of the main causes of disease and deterioration of ecosystems, Protege Noctem is a documentation project chronicling attempts to counter the disappearance of the night and its creatures

It is Always Summer Somewhere - Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos

Calm water under a serene sky is the very image of relaxation. For others, however, the sea is a frontier, synonymous with danger and, potentially, death. For two months, Kosmatopoulos divided her days between a summer holiday and her work in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Her pictures, edited with white blocks to hide pleasure boats, refer this double symbolism of the sea

The Pillar – Stephen Gill

For Gill’s series The Pillar, the photographer installed a wooden post in front of his house. For four years, he recorded visits by hundreds of birds, photographed with the same frame and against the same landscape

The Knifethrower – Hannah Collins

Hannah Collins’ Knifethrower series takes a poetic look at the general multitasking that can be a characteristic of contemporary society