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Spring is finally here and we are busy getting ready for the Fringe Arts festival in Bath. This year we had even more international submissions and we are hoping that it is a trend that stays with us in years to follow.

Fringe Arts Bath has been on the festival-scene for ten years and is run by volunteers, who are artists themselves, to bring an exciting and diverse festival to Bath. A wide mix of events will take place during the two weeks and we are proud to be one of them!

If you'd like to check out what else is happening during the festival go to FaB's website

We hope to see you there!

Nan and Brian in Bed, NYC, 1983 Silver dye bleach print © 1983 Nan Goldin

by Phillipa Klaiber

During the open-call period, we will be discussing how well-known photographers confront the idea of distances in their work; begining with Nan Goldin's "Nan and Brian in Bed". This image, of course, is well known as the iconic cover for photographer Nan Goldin’s book version of The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Goldin’s work is laded within autobiography, she is celebrated for her blunt representations of violence, drug use and emotional turmoil. Goldin demands no distance between herself and her work; the distance between image and life experience is so draw-stringed that we, the viewer, are pulled into her narrative. We are close as a voyeur; a spectator. Alienation is the key word here; displayed in a subtle spatial distance, an unreciprocated gaze. This is a distance instantly recognised, carrying immense emotional power.