#jerwood

http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/writing-and-media/matthew-finn-joanna-piotrowska-and-tereza-zelenkova-in-conversation-with-martin-barnes/

Sure way of looking at photographic practice No Identity crisis Not about photography in a state of flux in the digital flux Complete command to medium Use it deftly Work is B+W Echoes of the past in the present Gestures

Tereza: Nostalgia for a past sensitivity Photography = equal status as art and document. Reality and fiction. Real history, local legend and complete fiction Somehow document place of home Thinking – nostalgia for a former sensitivity

Joanna -     Different ways of using the body to deal with mental problems -     Process orientated psychology -     (Anorexia as a way of dealing) -     Family tensions and issues – work on the family -     How the family can be oppressive, not only enriching our lives but can be limiting. How it can negatively affect our identity. Limit freedom. -     Family images -     Meet family, restaging postures from old family photographs -     Using different movements and gestures – family consolation therapy. Biggest impact on work

Psychology and female sexuality, body and gesture.

Self defence manuals, body language.

Inspiration Idea of the body as a weapon Using the body for defending oneself from another human being Carol Gilligan – In a different voice

How to be a girl

Martin Barnes: ‘To much information and I’ll switch off’ Gift here is that narrative not obvious - Ref Lynne Ramsay

Psychological / emotional relationship with family Body

Joanna: Viewer conscious of their own bodies in the space Sculptural approach

Encounter things again and again Repetition of image Images inescapable in particular dreams Experimental installation

Installation – Claus trophic for viewer – Sound intrusive I think a lot about how it will be perceived Installation is a piece in itself Not so common in photography – Installation is important I see photography ore as object than images in some sense

Bring forward: -     Look up self defence manuals -     Look up fashion manuals, how to be a girl now -     Small power shifts -     RESTAGING -     MANUALS -     Sexual how to’s. -     Body + psychology. Gestures. How the body shows the mental

- Men as value attributor through attention

Intimacy Hands Touching Human relationships and behaviours Documentary of a performance Situation of the camera with people - Ref German Pavilion

Fulfilment of seeing something that is the visualization of your thoughts

A mould, an instruction. A way of being. Staged and set V the messy chaos of the lone girl outside it As opposed to the loss of the singular girl shifting through it

Men as a value base. Way of judging oneself

http://www.calvertjournal.com/features/show/5119/tereza-zelenkova-joanna-piotrowska-photography-jerwood-photoworks-awards

‘In Piotrowska’s work the violence is not tied to any particular events but instead alludes more generally to the physical and structural violence enacted against women. The Polish artists’ project depicts young women in domestic environments, holding various postures taken from self-defence manuals.

As in the widely acclaimed earlier series Frowst (2014), unconscious psychological dynamics are examined within a pervasive atmosphere of intangible threat: there is a haunting sense of anxiety, an airless discomfort in the domestic sphere.  

Piotrowska's work is inspired in part by the writings of feminist psychologist Carol Gilligan, who argues that between the particularly vulnerable ages of 11 and 17, girls learn to suppress elements of an inner self; in doing so, they lose a part of themselves. This loss occurs to fit the demands of patriarchal society and a culture dominated by values associated with masculinity. Piotrowska’s project is no lament, however: there is a strength in their uneasily fluctuating gestures. If there is an artistic precedent, it is Polish performance and photographic artist Zofia Kulik’s images of female bodies that combine the vulnerable with the militaristic. ’

José Arroyo in Conversation with…. Adam Carver/ Fatt Butcher

Adam Carver is a Midlands-based producer, performer and cultural activist. He is the 2020 Jerwood Bursary Recipient, was Festival Director for SHOUT from 2016-2020 and is producer for Ginny Lemon’s Palaver. I saw the great Fantabulosa! show they did at the Birmingham Museum and Gallery just before lockdown, a thrilling queer positive performance piece for children and family audiences. He has…

HUH / hʌ, hə / 

Sunday October 21st at Albany Deptford 

Here's a short clip from the beginning of Salena Godden reading 'The Letter' a commission specially written for HUH with music by LSO Jerwood composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman, conducted by George Henry Jackson, performed at LSO St Luke's at a sold-out debut in March 2018. Since then this piece has been published in 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' by Rough Trade Books.

HUH explores themes of identity, migration and movement. HUH features some of the most exciting voices from the UK’s contemporary music and spoken word scenes, a collaboration of poetry and music by @Lyrix Organix, @Kieron Rennie, @Sophia Thakur, Solomon O.B and Errollyn Wallen, @Ayanna Witter-Johnson, and more more more..

OCTOBER 21ST | 3PM | HUH | ALBANY, DEPTFORD

See you Sunday afternoon! Last minute tickets, booking essential: https://www.thealbany.org.uk/s…/no-place-like-home/huh-hvhə/

More about this work on my blog: www.salenagodden.co.uk 

Tuesday 25th of September. We as a class had the privilege to go on a day trip to Hastings which is popular for it’s fascinating History of being an old Viking town, it’s buildings/architecture, the gothic style of it and the actual art community. 

I can say that was one of the best trips I have ever been on and felt extremely privileged to had so many amazing opportunities for galleries and artists to open their doors especially for us to explore. 

For starters you can feel the History of this place. It is somehow as if you have gone back in time and I do understand why artists would want to move there. The history does stimulate somethings in you. Not only that but the beach and the architecture surrounding the town. The beach is beautiful, the sea was clear blue and the air was blissful (We were lucky to have come down to visit on a warm day too) and it draws you in. The actual town and the structure of it is extremely fascinating as well. It is a typical beach side town as well as a very mountain and height orientated place. It’s got depth of all sizes and shapes. It was like a beautiful labyrinth made up of history and gothic eerie architecture. The houses were extremely dark and “creepy” they had these old school balconies and windows and roof structures that were black and really made every building feel like a Victorian church or castle. The more modern looking houses were the ones painted brighter colours. Also beautiful to see and made me think of Brighton but even the bright colours could not take away the feeling you do get when you arrive. One of the most fascinating things were the fisherman houses. The fact there little beach huts were 3 stories high so the fishermen could store more things and take up less space was so forward thinking of it’s time. They also looked like something you’d find in a Tim Burton Cartoon/film. It was a delight to explore, I felt very stimulated by the town itself.

Now, the art community. The Art Community in Hastings is bigger than people think. There’s a private Gallery next door to a Public one and next to a printing shop so there is a lot of opportunity there for your work to become public. Plenty of artists do go there and we had a blast exploring their private studios and seeing what an actual artist studio does look like. First Artist we had a pleasure to meet was Jim Hobbs. Seeing his studio (which was an old private club) was amazing. The story behind it too. It was an extremely lucky find for him for half the price he said his studio in London was and it was a massive space he could do a lot with and even had another artist who was renting out the space from him. He was a lovely man, answered all my question and was extremely interesting and fun. Seeing him and listening to him made me so much more passionate about art. 

We then saw Becky Beasley and Sophie barbers who had their studio just around the corner from Jim. Unfortunately their work has not inspired me or moved me in the same way as Jims. Their work wasn’t my cup of tea but nether the less they have done a lot of successful work which I admire their passion for.

We went to the Jerwood and had seen the art from Mark Wallinger and Wilhelima Barns-Gaham as well as their permanent collection which was a lovely experience too. Went on the funicular lifts. Absolutely terrifying experience. Kino Teatr was something else the Doug Fishbone film. I’d recommend to see if anyone understands it. 

And obviously made a trip down to the Project 78 Gallery to see Anne Parfitt show and spoke to the owners of the Gallery as well as Anne both about the Gallery and the story behind her art. Really enjoyed that though I was absolutely shattered at this point. 

Overall I had a fantastic day and had learned a lot on a personal level of art and artist and even considered moving to Hastings after getting home. 

(Underneath are pictures of Hastings, Different architecture, Jim Hobbs’ Art and everything else that happened during the day)