Twin Flames: A Solo-Exhibition by Justin Aversano

Saturday, May 18th from 7-11pm experience the opening reception for Twin Flames, a solo exhibition by Justin Aversano at Superchief Gallery New York. “For ‘Twin Flames‘ I photographed 100 sets of twins, aiming to create body of work focused on the existence of multiple births and the phenomena of twindom through an immersive portrait survey. Twins and multiple siblings provide a lens on the magic and causality of biology. In our everyday society, twins, triplets et al. have an assigned position within all current and historical cultures—a shared tulpa of genetics, fate and timing. Twindom has a deep root in shared storytelling, its visuals conjure metatextual manifestations across the astrological, the mythological, the academic and the popular, stringing together tangents of the everyday and simultaneously karmic. By using three formats of film Polaroid, 120mm, and 4×5 by focusing on the simple idea of seeking an “intentional phenomenology” by direct image making, I can facilitate a broad and reflexive photographic engagement that is about these unique individuals and their presence in our collective nature.”

Image: Justin Aversano, Twin Flames, Gilli & Ali.