Idris Khan Talk

Thursday May 27th,  7pm.

Venue:  Mining Institute, Neville Hall, Newcastle

Idris Khan will be talking about his recent work and setting the context for his new commission with the North East Photography Network in collaboration with Locus+.

Idris lives and works in London. He had a major solo exhibition at K20, Düsseldorf in 2008 and has also exhibited at Art Dubai (2008), Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg (2008), inIVA, London (2006), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2006) and Helsinki Kunsthalle (2005).

Image: every…Bernd and Hilla Becher Prison type Gasholder, 2004

“Employing seminal texts, musical scores and paintings as well as key works from the photographic oeuvre, Idris Khan transforms the cool art of appropriation into a meditation about authorship and time. To create his works, Khan often photographs a variety of material – sometimes borrowed, sometimes of his own creation – in series and digitally layers the results, accentuating certain areas or adjusting the light, shade or opacity of the images so that resonant composites are created. The results spark new thoughts about the original content, or open up seams of interpretation”( www.victoria-miro.com/artists/_14/)

Wednesday 19^th May 5.30 – 7pm.

All welcome but please book in advance

For North East Photography Network’s next monthly discussion group meeting, photographers Lucy Carolan, Richard Glynn and Louise Taylor will be present to chat about BLINDBOYS WIDEYED, their part of an experimental collaboration between two young photography collectives: Blindboys in South Asia, and North East England based Wideyed.
Exploring the crossovers between digital and traditional technologies, BLINDBOYS WIDEYED consisted of an exhibition of work by both collectives in an empty shop at 67B Westgate Road, a site specific intervention in the auditorium of The Mining Institute, and a billboard piece on Fourth Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, 12th March – 11th April 2010.

The discussion will neatly round off the UK part of Wideyed’s collaboration with Blindboys, just three days before Blindboys take up the baton with BLOWUP IN BOMBAY on Saturday 22nd May – Blindboys’ BLOWUP street exhibitions have previously taken place in Bangalore, Delhi and Paris, and with contributions from Wideyed and photographers worldwide they are planning to make the one in Bombay their biggest ever.
Join North East Photography Network and Wideyed on Wednesday 19th May and discuss the potentials and practicalities of international collaborations and guerilla exhibitions.

http://www.wideyed.org/

George Georgiou FAULT LINES: Turkey East West    

Saturday 22 May to Saturday 17 July

Side Gallery, 9 Side, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3JE. 0191 232 2208 . e: side.gallery@amber-online.com w: www.amber-online.com

Turkey is poised geographically and symbolically between Europe and Asia, the tensions at the heart of the country becoming increasingly severe. There is a fierce struggle between modernity and tradition, secularism and Islamism, democracy and repression – often in unlikely and contradictory combinations.

‘Living in Turkey for four and a half years,’ says George Georgiou, ‘I was surprised at how quickly change was taking place: landscapes, towns, and cities reshaped, an extensive road network under construction, town centres “beautified,” and large apartment blocks springing up around every town and city – they are becoming carbon copies of each other.

The modernization is designed to handle the mass migration from village to city that is transforming Turkey. Istanbul, a city of a million people in 1960, is now one of the world’s largest urban sprawls with an estimated population of over 15 million. Meanwhile there is a rapid disintegration of community in Turkish villages and towns, with the new low-cost housing projects based on models that have generally failed in Europe.

Focused on quiet, everyday lives, my work is an exploration of this process of modernization and the senses of national identity.’

Further images and info at: www.georgegeorgiou.net

EVENT

Saturday 22 May Side Gallery, 2pm, FREE.

George Georgiou introduces Fault Lines: Turkey East West and talks about his documentary practice.

This is a free event, snacks & drinks provided, no need to book in advance just turn up on the day.

Photography: Susan Swindells

Exhibition: Tyneside Cinema Coffee Rooms, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 6QG
Open Evening:  Monday 24th May 7pm-9pm. Exhibition runs from 24th May – 29th August 2010

The Great British Charity Shop is a social documentary exploring the environment of what is considered one of Britain’s greatest assets. The photographs are largely concerned with promoting the ethical practices of British charity shops and aim to provide a better understanding and awareness of the environment. The photographs are part of a larger series intended to provide an insight into the charity shop from a socio-cultural perspective.

Please join us for our next event at the Mining Institute when photographer Michael Grieve will be talking about his 2 new book projects to be published later this year.

Image credit: Michael Grieve, no love lost

Michael was born in Newcastle in 1966. After travelling the Middle East he moved to London to become a documentary photographer. In 1997 he graduated from the Photographic Studies MA at the University of Westminster and proceeded to work for magazines and organisations worldwide. His work has been published widely and he has undertaken commissions for magazines internationally such as the Sunday Times Magazine, Weekend Guardian Magazine, Liberation, and Le Monde. He has exhibited at galleries and festivals in the UK, France, Austria and most recently at the Recontres d’Arles International Photography Festival in France and the Noorderlicht International Photography Festival in the Netherlands. His first major book, No Love Lost, about dislocation and intimacy in sexual environments, is to be published in 2010 by Images En Manoeuvres Editions and he is currently working on a new book called Blue of Night. 

www.michaelgrieve.co.uk

www.1000wordsmag.com/

www.agencevu.com

Saturday 24 April – Sunday 6 June

Preview Friday 23rd April, 6pm

DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery 
Aykley Heads 
Durham
 DH1 5TU

                                                                 Image Credit: Rosy Martin, shadowymum

This installation by Rosy Martin features photographs and videos, offering glances at fragments of working class suburban social history.

Martin maps the traces of ‘absent presence.’ The camera’s eye clings tenderly to every worn surface of the artist’s childhood home; a 1930’s semi-detached house where her ninety-three year old widowed mother lived amidst interior decoration and paintings created by her father. This attempt to retain a sense of place forever focuses us upon the contradictions of our attachments.

Photography offers the opportunity to relfect upon and confront in isolation, elements of lived experience, made strange by their sudden removal from the continuum of day-to-day living, stilled

Rosy Martin evolved and developed phototherapy with the late Jo Spence, from 1983. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and published widely since 1985. Her work examines the overlaps between photography, memory, identity and unconscious processes.

Saturday 24 April – Sunday 6 June

Preview: Friday 23rd April, 6pm

DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery 
Aykley Heads
Durham
 DH1 5TU

 Image credit: Juliet Chenery-Robson, Lucy’s Kingdom

County Durham based artist Juliet Chenery-Robson exhibits a series of portraits detailing the lives of those living in the shadow of Myalgic Encephalopathy, usually known as ME.

Often referred to as the disease of a thousand names, M.E. affects over 250,000 people in the UK and many thousands more throughout the world. Yet this devastating illness is shrouded behind an aura of scepticism.

Often regarded as an ‘invisible’ illness due to its internal symptoms and the uncertainty surrounding its causes and existence, Chenery-Robson seeks to make this somewhat misunderstood illness ‘visible’ to an often disbelieving audience.

April 21^st @ Side Gallery, 5.30 – 7.30

The Photography Reading Group will be discussing Tim Hetherington’s new  book and exhibition currently at Side Gallery, Long Story  Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold.

Side Gallery have kindly agreed to host us for the evening, starting at 5.30.   Come along for the chance to view the exhibition and get involved in the discussion. The event is free but places are limited, so please book in advance.To book your place contact carol@northeastphoto.net

Image Credit: Tim Hetherington, LURD fighter,

Tubmanberg, Bomi  County 2003

Image: With Angus 2009 by Jill Wooster

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize

Organised by the National Portrait Gallery, London and sponsored by Taylor Wessing, the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize has firmly established itself as the leading showcase for new talent in portrait photography.

The exhibition displays work by some of the most talented emerging young photographers, alongside that of established professionals, students and gifted amateurs

Shipley Museum and Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead  27 March – 27 June 2010

Kilimatinde

Photography: Zoe Korda and Graham Stouph

Sunderland Minster  SR1 3ET    Opening Night 12th March, 7pm – 9pm

Exhibition continues until 26^th March

This photographic essay documents the efforts of Kilimatinde Trust, to help the community and people of Kilimatinde in Tanzania. The images show how the funding is being used and the positive impact it has had on this very poor region.  Kilimatinde is a small village located in the Singida region of central Tanzania. The majority of people in the area are engaged in agriculture and livestock rearing as their main economic activity and means of livelihood. The region experiences recurrent famine due to low yields in years when there is a severe lack of rainfall and drought conditions. Education is the privilege of a few and access to health care, clean water and sanitation is limited.

The Trust helps fund the Kilimatinde Hospital and runs an HIV/AIDS education programme throughout the region. In 2009 the Sunderland General Hospital donated 140 beds and other generous supporters have enabled the hospital to be solar paneled so half the wards can be lit at night. The Trust also helps fund twice monthly medical safaris covering the Singida region, primarily to aid child health care and inoculations. 

This photographic project captures the human drama and tells personal stories of a forgotten community that has been revitalized through the efforts of the Trust.