In Rome – Las Vegas: Bread and Circuses, Baan presents photographs made in 2022 and 2023 that explore the relationship between Rome and Las Vegas. Both cities carry heavily constructed images, and with them, polar assumptions: Las Vegas is surreal, thin, dishonest, new; Rome is authentic, thick, honest, ancient. Baan's work challenges these assumptions as the images move from sky to street across both cities, revealing unexpected similarities and rediscovering Las Vegas's extravaganza in the streets of Rome.
