Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2024 was awarded to Lin Wei-Lun for his dummy “Mazu,”.
Motivation:
Lin Wei-Lun’s personal account of the tensions between Taiwan, China and the United States gives us a close insight into a complex conflict. By writing postcards to the sea goddess Mazu – who is regarded as the patron goddess of Taiwan as a whole – the artist asks for protection during a state of geopolitical instability.
Tourist postcards, with their beautiful topographical views of cities and landscapes, have been replaced by everyday situations and places. Instead of “I was there”, the message is rather “Listen to us!”
Using small but powerful means, Lin Wei-Lun displays an ability to make us heed his call. Complicated issues such as national identity are conveyed here in a tender and cautious way. Wei-Lun waits for a response from Mazu, and everyone waits for peace and respect for both peoples.
Jury: Clare Strand, Philippe Séclier, Rasmus Vasli, Jacob Birch and Jenny Lindhe.
Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award enables the winner to have his or her book project published by Landskrona Foto and Breadfield Press during 2025. The prize includes all expenses for book production such as design, printing and distribution. The photographer will also receive a large number of books to dispose over and sell. The winner will be invited to Landskrona Foto Festival 2024 festival to receive the award and to present their project
Landskrona Foto and Breadfield Dummy Award was arranged for the first time during Landskrona Foto Festival 2015 .
Previous Dummy Award winners:
2015: Meral Güler & Dan Porter, You would be earth
2016: Duccio Doretti, A lit candle lit the following and other coincidences on existence
2017: Gloria Oyarzabal, Picnos Tshombé
2018: Pietro Paolini, Buscando a Bolìvar
2020: Satoshi Tsuchiyama, Heat of Sand
