Acquaintance Exhibition
Dark Peak Photo Festival

I am pleased to announce that I will be exhibiting Acquaintance at Dark Peak Photo Festival, Glossop in February 2024.  I’ll also be giving a talk and doing a botanical cyanotype workshop during the festival. Check out the Dark Peak Photo Festival for more information.

Details: 22-25 FEB 2024 | 10AM - 5PM | VICTORIA HALL | FREE 

Acquaintance explores the creative possibilities of botanical cyanotype toning and sustainable photographic processes. This exploration considers how location-specific sustainable photographic processes can produce bodies of work that are materially connected to the landscape. This project is centred on the Peak District and surrounding areas, close to where I grew up. This enquiry allows me to become reacquainted with the landscape, through the lens of photography and through the material engagement with plants identified in the environments I visit. Acquaintance has been supported by Arts Council England and my Patreon subscribers.

The Lengths Residency

From 8-13 January 2024, I will be participating in a residency at The Lengths Studio in Scotland . I will be further experimenting with large format photography and sustainable photographic processes specific to the Achaphubuil landscape.

To support the residency, I am hosting a print sale on my website, selling photographs of Glencoe in an edition of 10. In addition, there are several new artworks for sale listed in my shop. All funds raised will go towards the residency costs and the development of my practice 

Island Darkroom Residency

From 26 February until 02 March 2024, I will be Artist In Residence at Island Darkroom on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. During this residency, I will be exploring sustainable photographic processes, using foraged material from the island. 

Symbiosis at Hundred Years Gallery
London Alternative Photography Collective

An exhibition organised by London Alternative Photography Collective at Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, 13 Pearson St, London E2 8JD. Organised by Melanie King, Ky Lewis and Hayley Harrison.

Exhibition Open: 18th January - 27 January 2024.

Opening Times: Wed - Fri 14:00 to 19:00 Sat: 16:00 to 19:00 Sun: 13:30 to 19:00

Evening Events opening: 19:30 to 22:00

Opening Party/Private View: Thursday 18th of January 2024 6.30 to 9.30
Photo-scanner synth demo by Hack Modular.

Closing event (artist tour): Saturday 27 January 2024 4-7.30pm.

Artists:

Alice Watkins
Anna Kroeger
Anna Luk
Anna Lukala
Catriona Gray
Constanza Isaza Martinez
Ed Sykes
Eileen White
Eric Fong
Esme Papa
Hayley Harrison
Imogen Locke
Katrina Stamatopoulous
Ky Lewis
Leanne Wiggers
Magda Kuca
Martha Gray
Megan Ringrose
Nettie Edwards
Paeony Lewis
Roelof Bakker
Sayako Sugawara
Sophia Sherwood
Walter and Zoniel

During the exhibition opening there will be a photo-scanner synth demo by Hack Modular. The synthesizer module generates sound by rapidly scanning lines across photographs. Variations between dark and light translate directly to the movement of the speaker. Slides therefore are wavetables and contain a unique set of sounds. Moving the transparency across the linear photo-scanner shifts the timbre of the sound. Scan rate equates to pitch. Lamp intensity controls dynamics.

‘Symbiosis’ is a group exhibition exploring the relationship between image makers, the more-than-human, and alternative photographic processes.

When working with analogue and alternative photographic processes, light, water, and botanicals are harvested to expose, process, tone and transform work. During this transformation, there is dependency on non-human elements.

Text: Hayley Harrison
Image: Leanne Wiggers

Workshops 

Online Workshops
Land Art Agency

21 January 2024 / 10am UK Time: Plant Based Film Developer
03 February 2024 / 10am UK Time: Cyanotype and Botanical Toning

In Person Workshops
Dark Peak Photo Festival, Glossop, UK.
17 February 2024 / 14:00 - 16:00 / Cyanotype and Botanical Toning

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
24 February 2024 / 12.30 - 15.30 / Cyanotype and Botanical Toning

Image: Submerged Landscapes: Sandwich, Seaweed Film Developer, 2023. 

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