Make Air, Not War: Exposition

Every summer, dozens of people from all corners of the world gather in Oulu, Finland to perform at the Air Guitar World Championships. Here, air guitar is a serious and intense form of performance art. Performers are judged on technical merit, stage presence and 'airness': the ability to convince the audience that one can elevate air guitar to an art form. Photographer Sabina Theijs explored the world of competitive air guitar and discovered a tight-knit international community in which people wholeheartedly support each other.  

Location: Noorderplantsoen (Leliesingel at the pond) Want to see and read more? The photo book Airness is for sale at the Noorderzon shop. More info about the project: makeairnotwar.nl

Pathé - Ubbo Emmiusstraat
Synagoge - Folkingestraat
Noorderlicht - A-kerkhof
Museum aan de A - Brugstraat
Drukkerij Boon - Hoge der A
Hanzevast - Hoge der A

Sabina Theijs is a documentary photographer, photography coach and co-founder of De Fotolocatie photo academy in Groningen. To her, the power of photography lies in the ability to freeze a seemingly fleeting moment by the press of a button. Thus, a photo becomes a time capsule that transports the spectator to another place or time. In her long term documentary photo projects she focuses on the connection between human beings, showing tight-knit communities in a perpetually transformative social and / or urban landscape.