Artist talk—Andy Hughes

Andy Hughes, photographer/artist concentrating on environmental issues—particularly ocean-borne plastics—for more than 30 years. Lizzie Perrotte, Director SolasArts, Consultant Programme Director Christie’s Education London at Christie’s Education; specialist in Arts education, trained art historian, museum educator, experienced teacher and manager Hughes and Perrotte have just launched an art company with a focus on art/environment Hughes lives

Exercise 3.5—Theatre of the Self

As I looked through the few images that were available to me from the family photographs in my possession, it occurred to me that many of us look for several things in albums: to remember, to show (to ourselves or to others), to look for meaning and clues to our own identity and significance. This

Event— ‘the doing and the unfixing of family photographs’

Online talk: ‘the doing and the unfixing of family photographs’ an in conversation event with Annebella Pollen (Reader in the History of Art and Design, University of Brighton) and Rachel Maloney (V&A / University of Brighton Research Fellow 2019-2021). Hosted live from the gallery space of Maloney’s exhibition ‘The Matriarchive’ and chaired by Polly Wright from Brighton CCA. Maloney worked with an

RotW Hangout—29 November 2020

Participants: LK, AT, EP, MU, LJ, ATy LK showed her water/snow images again and is trying to get a sense of the impact of time and the elements on the printed scans of archival images. ATy suggested that LK use Google Photo Search to identify some of the locations; also mentioned OCA’s short course on

Reading Task: Allan Sekula – ‘The Body and the Archive’

I initially found Sekula’s article, particularly his love for rarely-used terms (‘incunabulum’!), off-putting. Once into the flow, however, I found it fascinating. He makes a convincing case that the advent of photography gave an objective/scientific edge to images of the body, many of which served to undergird and even heighten existing prejudices, for good or