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In Discrete Dialogue

Mark Aitken : Jonty Sale

4 - 25 October 2025

Opening view Saturday 4th October 11 - 4

Thursday, Friday 11 - 5, Saturday 11 - 4

and by appointment

Special PhotoMonth opening, October 22 11 - 9

To coincide with the PhotoMonth Photography Festival Ken artspace is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of the work of two established photographers. Mark Aitken’s 'Sisu’ is a series of portraits and landscapes made in Lapland, developing from experiences of loss, memory and renewal while exploring dynamics between human and nonhuman lives. ‘Sisu’ is about strength through adversity, especially when failure is likely. Jonty Sale’s dense tangled photographs of forests appear to have emanated from within even as we know these life forms don’t bear the apparatus to do so. And as we peer into the under and overgrowth, it’s clear these aren’t pictorial landscapes.

PhotoMonth Photography Festival

JAAKKO Mark Aitken

SQUALLSMIRE Jonty Sale

About the Artists

Mark Aitken's art work takes place through collaborative documentary encounters. He works with mixed-media - including film, photography, writing, sound works, installations and radio. Mark's practice spans over 20 years and is at home in galleries, cinemas, site-specific installations, television and radio. Born in New Zealand and raised in South Africa, he has lived in London for many years and presently works between there and Helsinki.

Artist website

Jonty Sale’s work revolves around an ever-increasing intimacy with his local environment. His photography does not document, but reflects the rhythm and randomness, the whim of time and place, concurrent. Jonty lives in Wardour, Wiltshire.

Artist website

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Ken artspace is a small new art space in the heart of Kennington.

Run by artists and founders Rob Kesseler and Agalis Manessi is

dedicated to a mix of occasional exhibitions, window installations

and pop-up events.

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