Artist
Aliki Christoforou
Aliki Christoforou (1992) is a greek and belgian multidisciplinary artist based in Brussels. Her practice unfolds across lens-based media, installation and writing, and moves along the porous borders between reality and fiction, history and myth. She is drawn to stories that tell other stories — narratives that repopulate our imaginaries and question our reality.
Guided by a desire to uncover submerged narratives, her work explores individual and collective memory, weaving connections between past, present, and possible futures. It situates itself within an expanded ecological framework that dissolves boundaries between the human and the non-human, revealing social and environmental realities as intricate, interdependent constellations.
Initially trained in architecture and scenography, Aliki later obtained a MA in photography from ENSAV La Cambre (2022) as well as a MA in «Art Practice – Critical Tools» from ERG (2025) in Brussels. Her work has since been exhibited accros Europe.
Submerged Perspectives
Submerged Perspectives seeks to examine the Mediterranean sea in the historical wake of the (Black) Atlantic and to explore the forms of survivance that persist in the present of a past that is not truly past. Weaving together ecological collapse and colonial legacies, it follows the voices that circulate in the sea’s depths, revealing what lies beneath its shimmering surface. The sea emerges as a liquid archive of memory and matter — a place of mourning, transformation, and resistance.
Submerged Perspectives
Submerged Perspectives seeks to examine the Mediterranean sea in the historical wake of the (Black) Atlantic and to explore the forms of survivance that persist in the present of a past that is not truly past. Weaving together ecological collapse and colonial legacies, it follows the voices that circulate in the sea’s depths, revealing what lies beneath its shimmering surface. The sea emerges as a liquid archive of memory and matter — a place of mourning, transformation, and resistance.
Gelification
The term « gelification » of the seas has surfaced recently to describe the overabundance of jellyfish drifting by the thousands. Every disturbance to marine ecosystems seems to play in their favor. Overfishing, pollution, rising temperatures, and ocean acidification — all the upheavals caused by human activity — create ideal conditions for their expansion. Today, many sectors are affected by this proliferation: tourism, fishing, aquaculture, even water desalination; the cooling systems of nuclear plants are sometimes clogged by their presence, causing costly shutdowns. This project explores the turbulence of Mediterranean waters: could jellyfish be agents of ecological and political resistance in the face of human-induced violence?
FOMU invites three external jurors to help select the artists. This year’s jury consisted of Youqine Léfevre (artist and .tiff 2021 participant), Magali Elali (founding artistic director of The Constant Now) and Cale Garrido (curator of the Triennial of Photography Hamburg).
The jury made the selection based on the Fomu criteria:
1. Contemporary relevance
Everything we do is topical and relevant to modern society. We deliberately choose historical and contemporary subjects and projects that are interesting and relatable to a modern audience. We encourage reflection on societal issues and contribute to the prevailing social discourse.
2. Multivocality
We opt for subjects and projects that offer a multifaceted perspective on photographic imagery and the world. We also actively seek out and hold space for different views and perspectives and encourage the representation and involvement of creators from underrepresented communities and backgrounds.
3. Critical reflection on the medium and its evolution
Photography and reality have a multifaceted relationship. We are interested in the mechanisms of photography and deliberately work with photographers who critically engage with the medium or its history and are aware of artistic-conceptual positions and visual language.
4. Ethical position
Due to its complex relationship with reality, photography inevitably raises ethical questions. We are keenly aware of the context in which images emerge and exist. As a result, we always consider the intention and impact of images. We approach all images with the necessary caution and contextualise them within their historical context.
Fomu invited fellow Futures members to be part of the jury that would pick four artists from ten to join the Futures program. The jury consisted of Caroline von Courten & Simon Lovermann of Der Greif and Katalin Kopin & Emese Mucsi of Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center.
