MIXED: Book Launch

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of Mixed (SPBH / MACK, 2026), the new photobook by Norwegian–Indian artist Dev Dhunsi and recipient of the Nordic Photobook Award 2024, presented by Fotogalleriet Oslo. 

Mixed is a vivid and inquisitive exploration of identity, beginning from a linguistic absence: in Norway, there is no word that fully holds the meaning of “mixed.” From this gap, Dhunsi constructs a visual and textual language for experiences that remain unnamed — tracing how belonging, visibility, race, gender, and desire shape the conditions of being seen and loved.

Composed of photographs, archival fragments, and text, the book unfolds as a hybrid work where tenderness and defiance coexist. Through layering and juxtaposition, Dhunsi transforms hybridity from conflict into creation. Across its pages, Mixed builds an experimental, mythical world — a space where bodies, symbols, and language blur and reform. It sketches out the possibility of new kinds of humans: fluid, plural, and free.

The evening will include a conversation about the book, the Nordic Photobook Award, and the photobook as artistic form, followed by a performance by Adrian Lara. 

16:30 – Welcome
Introduction by Nkule Mabaso (Fotogalleriet) and Kathrine Wilson (Nitja) 

16:45–17:30 – Conversation
Dev Dhunsi in dialogue with Bruno Ceschel (SPBH Editions / MACK), moderated by Miki Gebrelul 

17:45 – Performance
Adrian Lara (harp, singing and rhythms) 

18:00 – Book signing and mingling (to Adrian continuing playing instruments in the background)