Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019

Poem in relation to Experimental Multiple Exposure photo shot on 120mm color film w a hasselblad 500c using cardboard cutouts, by artist and architect Troels Steenholdt Heiredal capturing a neuroqueer image of the city scape as informed by his autism

STREET CONSTELLATIONS

2019-ONGOING // 120MM MULTIPLE EXPOSURE // BUENOS AIRES [ARG] // PARIS [F] // NYC [USA] // TAIPEI [TW] // MEXICO CITY [MX] // NEW ORLEANS [USA] // SAU PAULO [BRA] // ATLANTA [USA]

What do we see when we look at the city? What parts spring towards us, what might we miss because we see too much, that we can’t cut away and focus on. The camera can block out the surroundings and allow you to see. This is what I utilize to create new compositions that engage audiences in conversations about their city and cities in general, to build a better understanding of where we are and who we are here with. To create a greater feeling of belonging in all.

In conversation with writer and arts access activist Georgina Kleege, I came to understand this method as more than a technical experiment—it is a direct expression of my Autistic perception. By layering and reframing urban space, I am not only articulating my way of seeing but also embedding a disabled perspective within architectural discourse. In doing so, this process challenges dominant spatial paradigms and offers new trajectories for the architectural canon.

The process of how these works are made, exposed using only the camera, is important to the final expression of the work; a description can be found here.

Midtown East, Manhattan, New York City, USA, 2021

Taipei, Taiwan, 2023

Juarez, Mexico City, Mexico, 2024

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, 2023

Chicago, USA, 2022

Marigny, New Orleans, USA, 2021

SESC Pompeia, Sau Paulo, Brazil, 2023

Downtown Atlanta, USA, 2021

Paris, France, 2019

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018

Poem in relation to Experimental Multiple Exposure photo shot on 120mm color film w a hasselblad 500c using cardboard cutouts, by artist and architect Troels Steenholdt Heiredal capturing a neuroqueer image of the city scape as informed by his autism