Ester Vonplon in The Family Room

By Jen Hazen in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 25, 2009 5:37PM

This Saturday, design collective The Post Family and Sonnenzimmer invite you to crash the Family Room for a viewing of Swiss photographer Ester Vonplon’s “Waiting out the Rain." The exhibit chronicles Vonplon's harrowing tribute to Roma Culture in modern Kosovo. Her photos, both black/white and polaroids, will hang alongside pics taken by Roma children who participated in her photography workshops at a youth center in the war-torn region.

Vonplon’s goal was to bring the kids together via art in spite of their almost palpable prejudice toward one another--the heart of the Serbian/Albanian conflict. And by the workshop’s end, the group went to a soccer game in the Serbian area together and ate ice cream in an Albanian cafe, proving that regardless of where we're from, we can always find some common ground.

Vonplon will be presenting a slide show of additional images from her Kosovo visit on Saturday night, too. The presentation will be accompanied by the music of violinist, Erica Dicker and electronic musician, Ryan Ingebritsen.

The Family Room, 1821 W. Hubbard St, Suite #202, February 28 from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m., and March 1 from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Free