I NT ER NAT I O NAL P H O T O G R AP H Y F E ST I VAL F OR M AT F E ST I VAL. COM
15 MARCH 14 APRIL
TRAMSHED ARTISTS J O H N A N G E R S O N , M AT T H E W A R N O L D , M A R K D U F F Y B R I A N G R I F F I N , J A M I E M U R R A Y, A N A T E R E S A V I N C E N T E 1. ANA TERESA VINCENTE, WANDERING GAZE
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The Wandering Gaze installation allows the viewers’ gaze to be transformed into a tangible path that will, slowly and over time, erode the surface of a photograph. The image is now a performative space as the viewers’
gaze is invited to wander and explore the image, contributing to the piece but, ultimately, causing the print’s deterioration. Therefore, how does the change in the (im)materiality of the gaze affect the experience of our 4
own bodies? 2. MATTHEW ARNOLD, TOPOGRAPHY IS FATE – NORTH AFRICAN BATTLEFIELDS OF WORLD WAR II Genesis and Fuji Award
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Arnold’s project considers the landscapes of North Africa that the soldier of the war was forced to endure. He used World War II military maps to traverse the challenging terrains from Egypt to Tunisia taken by the Allies. 70 years have not yet eradicated traces of the fighting. Unexploded shells, barbed wire and landmines still litter the landscapes of North Africa and occasionally claim yet another victim, as if the very land itself is reminding us of the tragedy of war. 3. JOHN ANGERSON, ON THIS DAY
Spectrum Imaging Award and Mentoring
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The Chinese Photographers Magazine Feature Award A photographic memorial that exposes layers in time. These contemporary photographs have been made in the
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precise location and on the same day that the actual historic European events took place. These events were both fleeting and eternal – over in an instant but whose consequences would change Europe forever.
4. MARK DUFFY, COMEDIC FOREGROUNDS
Echoing typical seaside/ funfair cut outs, Mark Duffy’s series of comedic foregrounds (to give them their proper name) place the gallery visitor firmly within the Brexit
debate. Duffy’s project BREXIT IS YOUR FAULT, currently on display at Furthest From the Sea, is an ongoing project that evokes the tragicomic atmosphere of current British governance and an irresponsible culture of blame and ego. 5. JAMIE MURRAY, FOLLY
In his current project Folly, Murray looks at the effect incarceration has on prisoners and how they respond to being excluded from the world. Meeting with ex-prisoners, Murray weaves the stories they share with him into his series of images, offering a visual interpretation of how prison can affect an individual. 6. BRIAN GRIFFIN, TRAM MAN
Inspiration begins with the experience of witnessing the Tram Man riding the iron rails as he stands upright and proud in his uniform at the front of his tram operating its speed of travel but its direction determined by the rails he rides upon. For me it was a journey back in time at the Crich Tramway Village, a journey that began when I was a child, maybe even further to the land of 1920s science fiction, but at the same time seeping in was me as an altar boy handing over to the priest the body and blood of Jesus
Christ. A beginning is normally filled with so much innocence and excitement, as can be seen in the image sequence in Tram Man, but then afterwards if one is unaware it can lead – as is demonstrated in the final image in this parable – to betrayal. Brian Griffin, 2019.
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