Open 2010 Closer
Brighton Photo Fringe
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Oct 2 - Nov 14, 2010Tue - Sun 11am - 5pm |
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Launch Event: Brighton Photo Fringe and Phoenix Brighton are pleased to present Closer, an exhibition of photographs by Stuart Griffiths. Stuart Griffiths began taking photographs when he was a young soldier, carrying a ‘sure-shot’ instamatic camera in his chest webbing alongside 120 live bullets, water canisters and field dressings, whilst on patrol in West Belfast in the late 1980’s. Closer is Griffiths’ first solo exhibition and includes two bodies of photographs: the first produced between 2003–2008, the second during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. These photographs explore Griffiths’ personal feelings towards war and conflict, and respond to the unseen consequences of the ongoing campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Initially photographing socially excluded veterans who were living in hostels, treatments centres, or homeless, Griffiths’ investigation led him towards making intimate portraits of seriously injured veterans away from the intense bravado of military life. Alone and bored, isolated and recovering survivors of modern conflict, “many of these men are in mourning for their former selves” (as a nurse from a specialist treatment centre once described them to Griffiths). Alongside these intimate portraits printed to monumental scale, Griffiths will also be showing an archive of photographs and ephemera from his time as a young soldier in the Parachute Regiment in Northern Ireland during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This exhibition questions the heroic notion and harsh reality of what it means to enlist to serve ones country, and what remains for veterans at the end of this dangerous and altruistic act. This exhibition was selected from over 200 submissions to the Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN 2010 by Charlotte Cotton, Martin Parr and Val Williams. Closer is the keynote exhibition of this year’s Brighton Photo Fringe festival, and will launch Fringe Saturday, 2 October from 15.00 until late. EXHIBITION EVENT White Night Sat 30 Oct Artist’s talk and screening with live soundtrack. See for details: www.whitenightnuitblanche.com |
Diverse Perspectives?Exhibition in the South Gallery running alongside 'Closer' |
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Six women service users at Oasis have worked together in a series of workshops led by Artist Janine Boyer and in partnership with the Brighton Photo Fringe.
Using the camera to explore their own lives, their relationships with others, and their surroundings - the women have created a subtle and intimate series of photographs, that give us a unique insight into their world. |
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The Brighton Oasis Project aims to improve the lives and maximise the potential of the diverse range of women, children and young people affected by substance misuse. Participants: Helen, Jo, Lara, Sue, Phoebe, TJ Led by: Janine Boyer Assisted by: Valerie Furnham With thanks to: Bex |
