This place is not a passive landscape, the exhibition by Pippa Healy and myself for Photo Fringe, took place at The Regency Town House 4 - 13 October. On 5 October we had an artist’s talk led by artist and lecturer Zoe Childerley followed by a private view. It was great to see so many people at the talk who had come to see our exhibition and the photography exhibition on the ground floor by Richard Boll.
The festival launch the night before at Phoenix Arts Space had been packed with photography exhibitors and their friends and it was wonderful to see so many familiar faces. I had really enjoyed the Symbiosis III curated by Hayley Harrison, Melanie King and Ky Lewis, as well as the university exhibition What Lies Beneath by Zoe Childerley and Holly Birtles, and Martin Seeds exhibition, Sometimes a feeling is all we humans have to go on.
Our own exhibition was well attended the second week and we had a Zines Special on the 12 October. I enjoyed many conversations with people each time I was there and felt there was really good engagement with our work. The show had been in development since late April, and although seven of my eleven prints had been shown at Four Corners in March, the layout of the room and its ambience meant a complete rethink for the installation. Four of the works were newly produced including the two larger prints on aluminium displayed centrally above the fireplace.
Visitors to the exhibition, The place is not a passive landscape
My video, Vanishing, is currently part of an exhibition in The Hague. Curated by 0-1 gallery, the exhibition, MACHINE ECHOES, is at See Lab, The Hague from 19-26 October. Featuring nine artists, the exhibition explores the evolving connection between nature and technology, navigating into AI, the transformation of communication, and the future of ecological awareness. There are links to each artist’s work on 0-1 gallery’s website, including a short trailer I made for Vanishing. I am excited and grateful to be included in this show with these other artists.
From Vanishing, 2023