super moon (by Eric 5D Mark III)
losing myself (by jane_hughes)
Cobijeru (by inaxiotejerina)
Visiting exhibition spaces
On the 26th February myself and the rest of the location group visited a few spaces that we had arranged with via email correspondence.
First up was The Rumsey Wells Art in the Underbelly. This was an exhibition space underneath a pub just a few minutes away from NUA. Unfortunately the location was tiny - nowhere near enough wall space to accommodate nearly 60 prints.
After that, just by chance we decided to go have a look at The Stew Gallery. We didn’t have an appointment but we thought we would attempt to have a look just in case. Straight away we knew this would be the location for us. Extremely spacious, the cheapest price we had been offered yet and it was available when we wanted it. After much backing-and-forthing with the project leaders we decided as a group to split the damage deposit between us and secure The Stew as our exhibition space. Initially we had planned to come back with a list of venues and the rest of the group would vote, but due to the popularity of The Stew we were worried about leaving it.
Even with a location secured I had arranged a meeting with someone at St Margaret’s Church of Art later that afternoon. I left the group and went along to be polite and not let them down. Above is an image I took of the space - someone else has images of The Stew - and even though we did not choose this location it is very pretty, but it was just more expensive than the other one.
Email correspondence regarding exhibition spaces
Email correspondence regarding exhibition spaces
For this assignment we not only have to produce work for a brief, we also have to exhibit it. I joined the location group and we had the most amount of work to do first. It was our job to source a location and ultimately book it for our exhibition. To do this we emailed and visited a lot of potential places to fully explore our options.
I emailed roughly about 14 different locations but only a few were available around the dates we had selected (around the start of May). I also visited a few locations along with the group to see the spaces in person.
In the end we eventually chose The Stew Gallery as our exhibition space as it proved the most value for money and spacious location for all our work - bearing in mind there were almost 60 of us hoping to exhibit.
Myself and the other location group members all put down a £25 deposit each that would cover the initial damage fee. We would receive this money back at the end of the exhibition if we treated the space with respect and didn’t damage anything.
Proposal for BA3 Assignment
As BA3 is an open brief I really want to take the opportunity to focus primarily on my personal work and produce images from it. Over the summer I have plans to work on a documentary with friends on the Icknield Way walking route. This Easter is designated as a ‘recce’ for that documentary in which I would visit some of the locations along the route and scout out good places to film and document.
Landscape is something I don’t often shoot as personal work as it is very rare I actually get the opportunity to explore locations outside of my home town or my university town. Whilst on this ‘recce’ I really want to make the most of my time in the country and capture the beautiful countryside that I miss.
I want to experiment with digital and 35mm along with a range of neutral density graduated filters. I’m also interested in capturing the rural scenery at multiple times of the day, to see how the surroundings change due to different lighting. For me this is truly quite a relaxing assignment, I want to take my time with the environment and immerse myself within its serenity.
