CONVERGENCE
A two-day only exhibition of photography by Hugo Race
Saturday 28th Feb 1-7pm, Spoken word introduction 3.00-3.30pm
Sunday 1st March 1-5 pm, Closing drinks and collection of purchased artwork 3.00-5.00pm
Curated by Mariella Del Conte @salonhang
ONE STAR GALLERY
301-303 VICTORIA ST, WEST MELBOURNE 3003 PH. 0432357537
The images are combinations of digital print, acetate and card in sizes ranging from small to large. All photographs are framed for sale in limited edition of 20, some in unique frames.
Convergence
Staring through the windshield of vehicles into highways at high speed, the receding vanishing point exerts a hypnotic pull, drawing me into vortices of light, compressing time during long drives.
Taking these photos, I sought to capture the exhilaration of fleeting moments of beauty in strange landscapes and to manage the anxiety of long distance, high speed driving in varying weather on unknown roads, as if by taking the image I felt some slight sense of control over the situation.
At a certain point, instead of seeing only white lines and road surface, I saw these moments as singularities, keyholes or portals into parallel realities, sliding door potentialities, other dimensions.
The photos were taken by iPhone in the period 2008 – 2025 across Europe, selected from an archive of thousands. Each image has a highway code and country reference. Locations include Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Czech, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece.
Hugo Race, Melbourne 2026
