Two DMJX exhibitions at Dokk1 in Aarhus

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DMJX students opened two exhibitions at Aarhus Public Library – Dokk1 Tuesday, September 2, 2025. The two exhibitions are Paradox made in the spring 2024 by a group of Danish and international students, and Aarhus Portraits made by the ten Photo 1 students of the fall 2025.

The Paradox and Aarhus Portraits exhibitions at Dokk1 in Aarhus can be seen every day until Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

PARADOX
Paradox is a group exhibition made by eight Danish fourth term students and four international Photo 2 students in the spring 2024. The documentary stories reflect the theme paradox in Denmark and around the World and was originally shown at Copenhagen Photo Festival in June 2024.

Cecilie Rolvung hanging one of the exhibition boards at Dokk 1 the day before the opening of the opening. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Miles Lilley and August Vinther drilling holes in the exhibition boards to prepare them for hanging. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Signe Lægsgaard and Miles Lilley hanging a board for the Paradox exhibition at Dokk1.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
A view of the Paradox exhibition before the opening. As part of the exhibition, the students had made a free exhibition catalogue. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
DMJX students August Vinther and Thea Tønnesvang at the opening of Paradox.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Guests looking at Archie Mcgill’s story Under the Thumb. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
International Photo 1 students at the opening of the two exhibitions on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

The 12 students and the 11 stories behind the Paradox exhibition are:
AUGUST VINTHER THOMSEN – The Golden Cage
SARAH ARGE – Kenya’s Future is Female
ARCHIBALD MCGILL – Under the Thumb
NICOLINE KJEMS-KROGNOS – Trust in Humanity
CECILIE ROLVUNG – Early Adulthood
NICOLAI DYBDAL WEST – The Green Dilemma
KASPER SØHOLT – The Hidden Elite
SHROUK GHONIM & MOHAMMAD JAAFER – Will I see you?
MILES LILLEY – In the Water Lies a Stone They Call Urk
SEFA EYOL – Lonely and Beautiful
SIGNE LÆGSGAARD- The Water Occupation

The exhibition print and the magazine have been supported by Aarhuus Stiftstidendes Fond, Sony, Goecker, All Graphic and København Film & Fotoskole.

AARHUS PORTRAITS
Aarhus Portraits is a group exhibiting produced over two days by ten Photo 1 students of the fall 2025. in the morning Monday, September 1, the students went out into the streets of Aarhus to meet and portray people of Aarhus. During the afternoon the same day, the students worked with their images at Dokk1. The portraits were printed overnight and the exhibition created on Tuesday, September 2.

Teacher Mads Greve assisting Marie Štěpánková in selecting among her portraits.
Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Anna Popken (left) and Lily Purnell Piris discussing one of Lily’s portraits. Sanne Houwers (right) editing her work. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
The exhibiting Photo 1 students together with their teacher outside Dokk1.
From left: Roselle Knaus, Israa Alrrayah, Ahmad Noorul Shaqulain, teacher Mads Greve, Chloé Thomson, Ambre Havelange, Anna Popken, Rosa Huuska, Sanne Houwers, Lily Purnell Piris and Marie Štěpánková. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
An overview of the Aarhus Portraits exhibition at Dokk 1. The exhibition will be on display till September 16. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
Ambre Havelange (middle) and Anna Popken (right) in conversation with one of the portrayed people at the exhibition. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX
A guest visiting Aarhus Portraits at Dokk1. Photo: Søren Pagter/DMJX

The ten students behind the Aarhus Portraits exhibition are:
Roselle Knaus, Germany
Israa Alrrayah, Sudan
Ahmad Noorul Shaqulain, India
Chloé Thomson, Belgium
Ambre Havelange, Belgium
Anna Popken, The Netherlands
Rosa Huuska, Finland
Sanne Houwers, The Netherlands
Lily Purnell Piris, Great Britain
Marie Štěpánková, Czech Republic