22/04/2026
International Collotype Competition HARIBAN AWARD 2025 Grand Prize
The Water Bring We, The Water Wanna Take We Back
Kennedi Carter
Kennedi Carter, the Grand Prize winner of the international Collotype Competition HARIBAN AWARD 2025, organized by Benrido, will be held at Huko, near Heian Jin'gu Shrine. This exhibition is one of the KG+2026 PICK UP.
In this work, Kennedy Carter quietly illuminates how the history, culture, and traditions of spiritual practice embedded within African American communities in the American South are closely tied to the land. Water emerges as a symbolic medium of baptism, purification, and communion with their ancestors, while evoking memories of their history. The words in the title suggest the cyclical nature of diaspora — being taken away, carried across distances, and returned — linking the individual body with the collective memory on a profound level.
The photographs are very calm, and the people in them look dignified and noble. Their gazes seem to simultaneously reflect prayers for the past and the future. The depth of the shadows is depicted more richly through the nuanced tonal gradations of the collotype process.
Apr 18. Sat.2026 – Apr 26. Sun.2026
Open Time:10:00 - 17:00
※Open throughout the exhibition
Adress:22-21 Nishifukunokawacho, Okazaki, Sakyo-ku,
Kyoto 606-8326 風光huko
Admission: Free
*15-minute walk from Exit No.5 Keihan Railway JINGU MARUTAMACHI station.
*Parking is not available for cars or bicycles.