SONDER – a “TWO-PLUS-TWO” exhibition at ACME Studios, in association with filmpro

Paintings, vintage portraits and original photos by Caglar Kimyoncu and Michael Achtman.

Curated by Zeynep Dagli.


Sonder: The feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one’s own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles. The term was coined by John Koenig for his The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a collection of invented words for emotions that are difficult to express.

 

Lives caught in passing or forgotten. Portraits of people and spaces. The traces we leave behind. 


A grid of four images includes a vintage sepia photo of two young women; a black and white photo of a building facade with a sign reading Creative Nails and a man in a cap visible through an upper storey window; a painting of two young boys in sailor suits, the older one with sepia coloured skin and the younger one with green coloured skin; and the back of an unaddressed postcard with a handwritten salutation in Yiddish.


 

Exhibition: September – October 2025

ACME Two Plus Two Space, 276 Oak Square, London SW9 9AW