Monika K. Adler
Monika K. Adler is photographer and film director known for her challenging and provocative photography and experimental films. Her works have shown in hundreds of film festivals, art museums and galleries worldwide. Adler is a finalist of the British Auction House Christie’s First Open, 2015. In 2018 she was nominated to a Hundred Heroines – The Royal Photographic Society's Award. She is currently working on the feature film SICK BACCHUS.
Chalk-stone-white: The Seven Sisters
Surrealism
19 December 2024
Chalk-stone-white: The Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters, the English Channel. We stand on the beach-head, the sky darkening, suspended in a container of fog…
Double Vision
Surrealism
18 September 2024
Double Vision
The availability and cheapness of travel have diminished its meaning. Crowds of people mindlessly move from one place to another,…
Corpus Christi: Pelican’s Blood
Documentary
18 June 2024
Corpus Christi: Pelican’s Blood
We follow a girl, early twenties, up a station platform; her blonde hair plaited, ringed by a garland of flowers.
The Fictional: London as Filmset
Surrealism
19 April 2024
The Fictional: London as Filmset
In William Gibson’s novel, The Peripheral, parts of a depopulated future London transform into anachronistic recreations of the past for…
The Pilgrimage: A Psychogeography of Loss
Intimacy
27 January 2024
The Pilgrimage: A Psychogeography of Loss
Our beloved dog, Misza, passed away on November 14, 2023. The same day, in 1905, that Rasputin first met Tsar…
Sick Bacchus: Luxury and the death-drive
Ethical question
19 August 2023
Sick Bacchus: Luxury and the death-drive
“Capital is an abstract parasite, an insatiable vampire and zombie-maker; but the living flesh it converts into dead labor is…
Patriarchal Sabbath
Photo Exhibition
15 April 2023
Patriarchal Sabbath
Photography exhibition ‘Patriarchal Sabbath’ by Monika K. Adler is a part of an online programme of the Auckland Festival of…
Nostalgia: a life disrupted by war
Other stories
31 December 2022
Nostalgia: a life disrupted by war
The story of an immigrant’s remembrance of a life disrupted by war. Cold earth and blackened gun-metal. Taking with you…
Road Trip: Freedom, Nostalgia, Adventure
Surrealism
11 March 2022
Road Trip: Freedom, Nostalgia, Adventure
Vistula Bank near Płock.PolandRoad Trip is always an adventure, especially when you travel alone. Freedom and independence in a world…
Abracadabra: London’s Transcendent Reverse
Surrealism
6 August 2021
Abracadabra: London’s Transcendent Reverse
These photographs are the first in new series which looks at what lies on the periphery, between the realm of…
The Truth. A reflection on life in quarantine in London
Surrealism
13 April 2021
The Truth. A reflection on life in quarantine in London
The photography essay ‘The Truth’ is a reflection on life in quarantine in London and subtle encounters with death during…