Transcribing Landscapes 20th – 24th June, 2016 Dartington Hall, Dartington, Devon Fellow OCA student, Catherine Banks, had sent me this information in February because she knew I would find it tempting: Join us for this residential week as we explore our relationship with landscape with Fiona Benson, Richard Povall and special guest artist – Garry… Continue reading Transcribing Landscapes: a residential course involving poetry, landscape and photography.
Month: August 2016
Exercises: P. 65:Fred Ritchin’s lecture on key aspects of the digitalisation of photography and its future.
My notes taken from watching the lecture given by Fred Ritchin on “Toward a Hyperphotography” Ritchin was frustrated by his experiences in magazine reporting where there seemed to be a formula whereby the images were used to illustrate the text & different people made arbitrary decisions in how the pics were used. 1982 National Geographic… Continue reading Exercises: P. 65:Fred Ritchin’s lecture on key aspects of the digitalisation of photography and its future.
Review of study day: Conceptual art in Britain: 1964 – 79.
OCA Study Day Themed exhibition: Conceptual Art in Britain 1964 – 1979 Tate Britain, London. 20th August, 2016 Curator: Carmen Julia Setting: 5 spaces: new frameworks; art & language; the new art (x2);action practice. I found the space given to the art & language section crammed, dwarfing the viewer and made objects of the articles… Continue reading Review of study day: Conceptual art in Britain: 1964 – 79.
“Made you look” exhibition review
‘Made you look: dandyism and black masculinity’ The Photographers’ Gallery, London Joint photography exhibition by nine photographers 19th August, 2016 Curator: Ekow Eshun “The exhibition proposes that the adoption of a dandyesque persona is to visibly problematize and re-imagine ideas of black male identity through an arresting and provocative style and attitude.” (quoted from the… Continue reading “Made you look” exhibition review
Terence Donovan exhibition review
Review of the Terence Donovan: Speed of Light exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery, London 19th August, 2016 Curator: Robin Muir Location: 4th & 5th floors of The Photographers’ Gallery, London. very spacious; varied materials: cameras, magazines, diaries & daybooks with technical notes. Wish: that the format was not identical to that of the exhibition… Continue reading Terence Donovan exhibition review
Painting with light review of a talk on the Tate Britain exhibition.
Talk review “Painting with light” The Castle Hotel, Taunton 28/07/2016 The talk on the current exhibition at Tate Britain was well advertised locally. Amano S. brought it to the attention of the SW OCA group & I decided to go because it sounded like a good theme. The press release helped form my decision… Continue reading Painting with light review of a talk on the Tate Britain exhibition.
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