‘Object = Subject’ & ‘Hurdy Gurdy’. 26th September to 9th October

Object = Subject by Sarah J. Leslie (basement gallery)

Make picture of kaleidoscope    (From William H. Fox Talbot’s notes 18 Feb 1839)

Object = Subject explores the dis juncture of how photography is understood through the sum of its scientific parts, and it’s positioning as a representative medium. This exhibition aims push this theoretical discourse through exploring both the subject of the photographic gaze and the photograph as object unto itself. Object = Subject is an exhibition of five large-scale black and white works, illustrative of Leslie’s ongoing enquiry into experimental photographic practice, firmly rooted in the counter-argument to the medium’s posture as a representative and mimetic tool.

The works are produced using a combination of lo-fi analogue photographic techniques and digital manipulation. Each image is subtly manipulated to reduce it to a chiaroscurist base of light and dark. The resultant images – though still recognizable as subjects situated within space – are now formally ambiguous. This ambiguity is not a common attribute of the photographic arts, and reduces the photograph to its physical (scientific) qualities of a light reactive material. Each image is designed through scale and contrast to purposely overwhelm the viewer. The exhibition design is immersive and dominates the space, with the hope being to encourage audience discussion (as simple as: ‘what is it’ / ‘this reminds me of…’) and promote the questioning of how they position the mimetic function of photography.

Sarah Leslie : (b.1981) Originally from Melbourne, Australia Sarah is a photomedia artist concentrating in alternate and antique process, ‘plastic’ photography, and image re-appropriation.  Sarah is also a curator with a specialisation in film, animation, and the moving image. Sarah also has a background in Art History and critical theory, with interests concerning aesthetic theory in relation to the role and function of ugliness in art, and representations of the Renaissance body.

www.sarahleslie.co.uk

Read ‘A response to Sarah Leslie’s Object = Subject’ by Samantha Mogelonsky

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Hurdy Gurdy (ground floor gallery)

Hurdy Gurdy is an international group of illustrators that offer illustration and art based workshops and projects around the world.

The members met in 2011 while completing their masters degrees at Camberwell College of Arts and felt connected by their love of storytelling and illustration. They are seven  illustrators coming from France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Poland, and the UK. Coming from different cultures and backgrounds, they have a wide range of knowledge and skills in illustration, printmaking, textiles, animation, graphics, photography, typography and calligraphy. Read more

Sunday 6th of October: live music performance by Jude Cowan Montague along with live illustration by Hurdy Gurdy members. 3:00 to 7pm

HurdyGurdyGroup.com

 

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