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OPEN EYE GALLERY, Tuesday 2 July, 7.30pm
Liz Lock & Photo MA Graduate Mishka Henner discuss Raw Material, their latest body of work and publication which continues their photographic study of northern English towns.
Lock & Henner spent six months exploring the landscape and character of North Staffordshire, a place known worldwide for its fine porcelain and ceramics industry. Today, much of this industry has moved overseas, leaving local towns struggling to redefine themselves amidst a derelict landscape.
Using portraiture and landscape studies, Lock & Henner present images that avoid nostalgia, alluding instead to the uncertainty, role-play and fantasy involved in the post-industrial search for identity and meaning.
Signed copies of the book will be available at this event.
A journal kept by Lock & Henner during the course of the project can be found at http://placespaceidentity.blogspot.com
Commissioned by Arts Council England West Midlands.Labels: Photo MA News
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