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Exhibition Archive<\/h1>\n\n

Below you will find an overview of the exhibitions that have been held in the Pieterskerk Leiden in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n \n

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The Vanished City (2021-2022)<\/h1>\n\n

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The temporary exhibition The Vanished City<\/em> focused on urban photography from the work of nineteenth-century Leiden photographer Jan Goedeljee (1824\u20131905). His photographs of Leiden at the end of the nineteenth century clearly show how the city and everyday life in Leiden have continually changed over time. Enlarged glass negatives were displayed in exceptional detail, revealing striking views of parts of Leiden that have since disappeared. To provide a clear comparison with the city as it looks today, Leiden photographer Claudia Claas revisited and photographed the same locations in 2021. These images were presented alongside Goedeljee\u2019s photographs, accompanied by explanatory texts. The exhibition also featured several objects related to Goedeljee\u2019s art, profession and life, including an ornate chair he received in gratitude for his many years of involvement with Leiden\u2019s 3 October Vereeniging<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gaia – Change your view of the world (2022)<\/h1>\n\n

From 20 August to 25 September 2022, the temporary exhibition Gaia<\/em> was on display, featuring a touring artwork by British artist Luke Jerram. In Greek mythology, Gaia<\/em> is the personification of Mother Earth. The artist created the globe to scale, 1.8 million times smaller than the real Earth. Viewed from a distance of 211 metres, the artwork would appear as the Earth does when seen from the Moon. Gaia<\/em> has a diameter of seven metres and features detailed 120 dpi NASA imagery of the Earth\u2019s surface. It offers visitors the opportunity to view our planet as the crew of Apollo 17 saw it in 1972. A specially commissioned composition by BAFTA award-winning composer Dan Jones was played throughout the exhibition. The artwork offers a new perspective on our place on Earth, evoking a sense that all societies across the planet are interconnected and that we share a responsibility towards one another. It invites us to reflect on the questions: how do we treat our planet, and what is our relationship with nature?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n \n

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SMILE (2024)<\/h1>\n\n

From 9 to 15 September 2024, the temporary exhibition SMILE<\/em> was on display at the Pieterskerk Leiden, partly as part of Leiden\u2019s Night of Discoveries<\/em>. The art project was suspended in the crossing of the church. This groundbreaking tech-art installation by Matthias Oostrik takes a photographic portrait of the visitor and, using advanced AI technology, transforms it into a flawless replica: a perfected version of yourself, like a superhuman shaped according to an ideal of perfection. Oostrik uses existing AI systems with as little intervention as possible, allowing their built-in biases to remain visible. For example, participants\u2019 perceived \u201crace\u201d or gender may be described and represented. \u201cI don\u2019t see the biases in our technology as flaws in the technology itself, but rather as magnifications of shortcomings in society that we need to bring to light,\u201d Oostrik explains, <\/em>“SMILE<\/em> offers an intriguing perspective on beauty and perception, encouraging us to think critically about technology”.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n \n

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