ARTEFACTS, North London Darkroom photography exhibition

The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London
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This event ended on Thursday 5th of December 2013
Admission
Free
Location

The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London

Nearest Tube/Rail Stations
Aldgate East 0.26 miles

ARTEFACTS

The North London Darkroom is pleased to present Artefacts, a group show featuring the work of Tim Bradshaw, Carolyn Chapman, Jolanta Dolewska, Jonathan Duckworth, Sebastian Edge, Gabriel Vigo, Vish and Tereza Zelenkova.

The exhibition pays homage to the beauty and processes of black and white analogue photography and darkroom printing techniques. The eight photographers in Artefacts have different working methods and pictorial modes, ranging from abstract to representational, but all share a concern with the creation of an object of a tactile nature.

Darkroom prints are presented as unique and material objects, and their inherent qualities of size, texture or orientation directly affect the image, becoming part of the perception of it. They bear traces of the human hand, but are also subject to the uncontrollable variables of printing. Combined with the original intention of the photographer, these coincidences result in cultural artefacts of time.

The choice of proposing this photographic path in a time of continuous turmoil and frantic production of digital images emphasises the importance of the re-appropriation of a more carefully considered thought and method of observation. Here, the time between looking, shooting and printing is not exclusively delegated to technologies, but it rather takes a more alchemical and crafted meaning.

By celebrating the beauty of wet printing processes, the exhibition intends to create a space for greater awareness and sensitivity of the performance of various photographic materials and printing techniques.

The goal is to bring the audience closer to the practice and craftsmanship of photographic printing, giving space to the visual and tactile dimension of the image that usually emerges only through the collaboration between photographer and printer.


About North London Darkroom

Since opening in 2012, the North London Darkroom has developed its activities around the love for photography and the passion for the ‘making’ of it. With the intention of promoting research through traditional as well as innovative tools and materials, the North London Darkroom is a place for experimentation and execution of both small and wide-ranging projects. It is a meeting place for professionals of the photographic world, in which they can share experience and expertise.

The North London Darkroom supports its members with specialist and high standard equipment and facilities, many of which have been donated by the London National Gallery and Kings College University.
The space is used amongst only a few photographers, so that they can all benefit from a professional working environment as well as be supported in their commercial work and printmaking.

Artefacts inaugurates the North London Darkroom public programme of annual exhibitions. In conjunction with the show the winning pictures from the North London Darkroom Black and White Photo Contest will be on display. Selected photographers are: Miisha Ayana, Jessica Jame Charleston, Toby Deveson, Benjamin Ellsworth, Kathryn Faulkner, Teresa Manero, Mariya Utsymenko and Stephanie Rose Wood.


Talks and events:

A host of artists’ talks, films and performances will accompany the exhibition.
Thursday 5 December: GRAIN Publication Launch.
Friday 6, December: A night of music and performance dedicated to Sebastian Edge’s most recent work.
Saturday 7, December: An evening of artists’ talks. Gabriel Vigo will discuss his photographic work in relation to psychology and Jolanta Dowleska will present her latest work in conversation with art critic and curator Sunil Shah.

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