Photo-ID
Saturday 1 – Saturday 29 August, 2009
The Forum, Millennium Plain, Bethel Street, Norwich, NR2 1TF7.00am – midnight each day
Free
E: mail@photo-id.org.uk
W: www.photo-id.org.ukPhoto-ID: photographers and scientists explore identity
This website will cover all aspects of the forthcoming photography exhibition, Photo-ID.
The exhibition will feature ten new commissioned photography
installations, and will be shown, free to the public, in The Forum,
Norwich as part of Contemporary Art Norwich 2009.No doubt you’re sure about who you are (and you probably have a
pretty good idea about your neighbour as well). But how did you arrive
at that knowledge about your identity (and hers!). The way in which
identity is constructed is a complex process. At one level, how you
choose to describe yourself (and others) might combine information
about age, gender, appearance, faith, nationality, ethnicity, language,
accent, occupation, status, family and where you come from. On another
level, how you feel about being ‘you’ might embrace more complex issues
like personality, mood, mental state, illness, and relationships. Some
of these factors are genetically influenced while others are probably
not. At yet another level, your identity may reside in your name, a
driving licence, a passport, a photograph, or genetically related
biometric data such as fingerprints, iris scans or even DNA profiles!
Some of these complex issues of personal and social identity will be explored through Photo-ID,
a major photography exhibition in The Forum, in Norwich City centre,
throughout August 2009. It will present the work of ten specially
commissioned photographers, who will each visually approach the idea of
identity, within a cross-cutting context that explores how recent
information about our human genome affects how we, and others, will
think about and use identity in the future. It will be freely open to
the general public, and will be accompanied by a full programme of
ancillary educational activities and a fully illustrated catalogue/book.
The photographers meet in Norwich....
Photo-ID photographers outside The Forum: Back row from the left, Marlene Haring, Carl Jaycock, Joanne Kane, Simon Terrill and Mark Edwards.
Front row from the left: Asa Johannesson, Evi Lemberger, Paul Sucksmith, Dave Lewis and Kim Cunningham.
Commission details:
The
selection panel met all day on 10th December, and looked at the work of 250
applicants! These were from 30 different
countries, and the overall standard of work was outstanding. We
selected in the end 10 artists for the commissions, more than we
strictly had funds for.
The following artists have been awarded the Photo-ID commissions:
KIM CUNNINGHAM
MARK EDWARDS
CARL JAYCOCK
ASA JOHANNESSON
MARLENE HARING
JOANNA KANE
EVI LEMBERGER
DAVE LEWIS
PAUL SUCKSMITH
SIMON TERRILL
Photo-ID is a unique open exhibition of new commissioned photographic work that engages with issues of identity. The exhibition will be throughout August 2009. Ten commissioned photographers were selected on December 10th by the independent expert panel below.
Martin Barnes (Chair) – Curator of Photography, V&A Museum
Gilane Tawadros – founding director of inIVA, Board member of Photoworks
Lynda Morris – Curator, EASTinternational
Richard Denyer – Norwich University College of the Arts
Keith Roberts – Photo-ID exhibition curator, NCAS
The selection panel after their successful deliberations: l to r. Richard Denyer, Lynda Morris, Keith Roberts, Gilane Tawadros, Martin Barnes
Photo-ID will form an important and integral component of Norwich’s biennial visual art festival, Contemporary Art Norwich 2009 (CAN09), alongside other events such as EASTinternational. CAN09 is a part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival programme.
PUBLICATION:The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated book/catalogue, Photo-ID, that will not only include details of the photographers but will also comprehensively catalogue their work. The book, edited by Keith Roberts, will also contain essays that explore some of the social and scientific issues surrounding identity.
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