IOV World

Digital exhibitions

Photographic collections, organised by place

Enter IOV World’s image-led exhibitions through the places they document. Each collection preserves its own sequence, captions and source record.

What are IOV Digital Exhibitions?

IOV World’s Digital Exhibitions offer paced, image-led interpretation of folk art and material culture through documentary photographs, object-level captions and source records. Organised by place, each exhibition keeps a photographic collection together so that people, practices, materials, performance and exchange can be understood in their own setting.

Choose an exhibition

Select a place to enter its complete photographic sequence and source record.

  1. Craftsperson assembling a brightly painted ceremonial paper effigy in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    Hands that keep Hong Kong's heritage alive

    Makers, workshops and skilled practice across paper craft, ceramics, carving, printing and festival food.

    Photography: Tsui Piu

    Open exhibition
  2. A traditionally dressed handler holding a large eagle before a display of patterned felt

    Kazakhstan

    Making, gathering and performance in Kazakhstan

    Material detail, textile display, music, contemporary design and public gathering.

    Owner-supplied project archive · photographer not recorded

    Open exhibition
  3. Four mounted participants in red dress with yurts and mountains behind them in Kyrgyzstan

    Kyrgyzstan

    Yurts, riders and shared performance in Kyrgyzstan

    Mountain settings, mounted participants, instruments, performance and international exchange.

    Owner-supplied project archive · photographer not recorded

    Open exhibition

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