In (RE)CONSTRUCTION the Egyptian photographer Hala Elkoussy focuses on the tension between photography and reality. At first sight her photographs capture familiar moments from everyday life in Cairo, but in reality they have been staged. Most of the photographs deliberately betray their staged origin by their out of the ordinary poses or situations. Others are more subtle and do not easily give away their nature. The result is a mildly surrealistic series of photographs that consist of earthly images, but do not seem of this world.

Hala Elkoussy (b. 1974) was born in Cairo, where she has worked as a photographer and video artist since 1998. Her work, exhibited in Italy, Germany, Sweden, England, China and Mali, often turns on perception, communication and miscommunication. For instance, she recently produced a photo album with the history of a non-existent Egyptian family.