Ways of Looking - Events
Ways of Looking is a new event for photography and new media happening all over Leeds and Bradford. The official launch will take place on the weekend of Friday 12 September in Bradford and Saturday 13 September in Leeds. Everyone is welcome to attend these events, explore the cities, take in an exhibition, meet artists or sit back and enjoy a film.
Exhibitions and Events in Bradford
Bradford Grid: New Work 2008
12 September to 6 October
New work from the ongoing photographic survey of Bradford, exploring new ways to represent the district, by a group of photographers who live or work in the city.
Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford College, Carlton Street, Bradford, BD7 1AY
10.30am to 4pm daily. FREE
web: www.bradfordgrid.co.uk
e-mail: coordinators@bradfordgrid.co.uk
Composure: Lumen HD Short Film Commissions
13 September to 9 November
Eleven new short films by artists from the region exploit the superb detail of HD (high definition video) and explore the tension between the still photograph and the moving image.
Impressions Gallery, Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1SD
Tues to Friday 11am to 6pm; open late Thursday until 8pm; Sat to Sun 12pm to 5pm. FREE
web: www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions
web: www.lumen.org.uk
tel: 0845 0515 882
Café Artistique with Gerry Fialka, Pixelvision: Electronic Folk Art
Thursday 25 September 6pm to 8pm, Free
PXL THIS film festival in California was established in 1991 by Gerry Fialke to celebrate the Fisher-Price PXL 2000 video camera. Although originally designed as a toy, in the hands of visionary video-makers, it has become an essential tool of cutting-edge creativity. Gerry Fialke will introduce two selections of highlights from recent programmes, followed by an informal ‘Café Artistique’ discussion. Organised by Axis and Lumen in association with Impressions Gallery.
Booking advisable
Impressions Gallery, Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1SD
web: www.impressions-gallery.com/events
web: www.lumen.org.uk
tel: 0845 0515 882 (Impressions Gallery)
My Life Dreams by Annelies Strba
1 August to 31 October
Swiss artist Strba responds to the Brontës and the Parsonage with a series of newly commissioned digitally manipulated images. Funded by Arts Council England.
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, Keighley BD22 8DR
Apr to Sept 10am to 5.30pm (last admission 5pm); Oct to Mar 11am to 5pm (last admission 4.30pm). Free with museum admission £6 adults, £2.50 5-16 yrs, £4 concessions, £15 family.
Web: www.bronte.info
Tel: 01535 642323
The North in Focus
13 September 2008 to 25 January 2009
The early work of C.H.Wood, one of Bradford’s most important photographers. The photographs reveal life in and around Bradford and the North of England in the first half of the 20th century.
Bradford 1 Gallery, Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1SD
Tues to Friday 11am to 6pm; open late Thursday until 8pm; Sat to Sun 12pm to 5pm. FREE
web: www.bradfordmuseums.org/bradford1gallery
tel: 01274 437800
Exhibitions and events in Leeds
Alex Hartley
13 September to 15 November
Bringing together significant works from the last ten years including the charmingly absurd Gnomic enlarged and reworked on an immense scale, Alex Hartley’s work confronts our experience and understanding of the built and natural environments.
Leeds Met Gallery & Studio Theatre, Civic Quarter, Leeds LS1 3HE
Mon to Sat 11am to 5pm; Weds 11am to 7pm. FREE
web: www.leedsmet.ac.uk/arts
tel: 0113 812 3140
Artist and Camera
23 August to 2 November
Work by Gilbert and George, Richard Long and the Bechers, in this exhibition showing how Leeds was probably the first regional gallery to collect photography as ‘fine art’.
Leeds Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds LS13AA
Mon to Tues 10am to 8pm; Weds 12pm to 8pm; Thurs to Sat 10am to 5pm; Sun 1pm to 5pm. FREE
web: www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery
tel: 0113 247 8256
Pixelvision in association with Lumen
28 September 2008, 4pm to 6pm
Programme of artist films made using cult 1980s analogue technology – the Fisher Price plastic camcorder.
Hyde Park Cinema, Bredenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
Times and ticket prices to be confirmed
web: www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
web: www.lumen.org.uk
tel: 0113 275 2045
Twelve Dogs, Twelve Bitches by Jo Longhurst
13 September to 21 November
Working with British Whippet breeders, including several renowned Yorkshire kennels Longhurst photographed their dogs by bloodline, exploring their obsessive quest for the perfect dog.
Pavilion, 7 Saw Mill Yard, Round Foundry, Leeds LS11 5WH
Monday to Friday 1pm to 5pm. FREE
web: www.pavilion.org.uk
tel: 0113 242 5100
#7071 by David Knowles at Leeds City Railway Station
12 September to 25 September
Brash commercialism is replaced by absence in this interruption of a rotating billboard, commissioned by Leeds Met Gallery.
Main Concourse,
On view continuously. FREE
web: www.leedsmet.ac.uk/arts
tel: 0113 247 8256
Work and Play at Harewood House
9 August to 2 November
Exhibition exploring the history of the Harewood estate, with photographs by Roger Fenton and contemporary work by Susan Collins alongside Turner and Girton.
Harewood House, Leeds LS19 9LG
11am to 4.30pm daily. Admission included with Harewood ticket; free to Harewood Card holders.
web: www.harewood.org
tel: 0113 218 1010
Film Screenings
Throughout September; dates to be confirmed
A season of thought-provoking films by or about photographers.
Hyde Park Cinema, Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
Times and ticket prices to be confirmed
Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Leeds LS6 1JD
Web www.hydeparkpicturehouse.co.uk
tel: 0113 275 2045
Licht auf Licht by Gerhard Kassner and Hans Peter Kuhn
13 September to 8 November
Kassner’s large-scale photographs of Hans Peter Kuhn’s urban light installations precede the opening of Kuhn’s major new public commission in Neville Street, Leeds.
PSL (Picture Space Leeds), Whitehall Waterfront, 2 Riverside Way, Leeds LS1 4EH
Weds to Sat 12pm to 5pm or by appointment. FREE
web: www.projectspaceleeds.org.uk
tel: 07930 236383
Re-form(at) screening (plus EXP24 experimental shorts)
Sunday, 14th September 2008, 6pm to 9pm
EXP24, in association with Lumen, presents new work produced during a weekend of intensive Super 8 and HD workshops. Exploring two very different moving image formats, the project will encourage experimentation and collaboration through varied work-flows.
Victoria Hotel, 28 Great George St, Leeds, LS1 3DL
FREE entry.
tel: 0113 245 1386
web: www.lumen.org.uk
For detailed information please contact the individual venues directly.
