‘Double Exposure: A Tale of Two Planets in Darkness and Light’
Light Fantastic is part of a year-long Festival of Light at The National Media Museum in Bradford celebrating the UNESCO International Year of Light.
It includes an Artist in Residence programme supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. From 18th July to 4th September 2015 the museum will host artists Cherry Kino and Alchemy as they create ‘Double Exposure: A Tale of Two Planets in Darkness and Light’
This artwork presented by Martha Jurksaitis (Cherry Kino, based in Portugal) & Christian Hardy (Alchemy Studio, based in Bradford) will create two fictional worlds – one permanently bathed in daylight and the other in constant dark. It is the first time the National Media Museum has appointed artists-in-residence to a temporary gallery.
Christian Hardy said, “For our exhibition we have envisioned as a concept two planets, one that exists in perpetual light, and one that exists in perpetual darkness. We have chosen as our subjects six characters who live on each planet, each of whom has a special relationship to light. For example, one of our subjects has extreme photosensitivity, and another is blind. We will be utilising analogue materials and techniques to create an exhibition of works that imaginatively illustrate this narrative”.
Visitors will be able to see the artists at work and interact with Martha and Christian as they develop new prints in a purpose-built darkroom that has a viewing window. Adults and families will also have the chance to take part in free activities such as creating their own cyanotypes – a photograph made without a camera!
Martha Jurksaitis said: “This residency is such a unique opportunity for us to present analogue film and photography processes as accessible to all, and ripe with diverse ideas, techniques and aesthetics. Through our working darkroom, viewable by the public, we will hopefully rejuvenate interest in the hand-made craft of the analogue image in a digital age, creating two very different visual worlds defined by light and dark.”
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