This body of work is a portrait of Central and Eastern European communities living in Sandwell, home to the biggest Polish population in the UK. Above geopolitical division, and rhetoric fuelled by media following the EU referendum of 2016, this series of photographs, spanning two years, looks at people living in the local area who […]
March 2019
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This week is photographer @jon_tonks #instagramtakeover in the lead up to #blastphotofest2019 . Jon Tonks is a British photographer living in Bath, UK. His work focuses on telling stories about people’s lives shaped by history and geography. He has been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize three times, twice for the Terry O’Neill award and, in 2014, Tonks was presented with the Vic Odden Award by the Royal Photographic Society for his first book Empire – a journey across the South Atlantic exploring life on four remote British Oveaseas Territories.
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This week is photographer @jon_tonks #instagramtakeover in the lead up to #blastphotofest2019 . Jon Tonks is a British photographer living in Bath, UK. His work focuses on telling stories about people’s lives shaped by history and geography. He has been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize three times, twice for the Terry O’Neill […]
Birmingham-based photographer @stephenpburke ‘s project ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ honours and celebrates the fans of West Bromwich Albion FC, exploring their emotional connection and role the club plays in the identity of West Bromwich and the wider Black Country. The work is made up of a series of portraits of fans photographed on coloured backgrounds associated with the club. Accompanying the portraits is an audio work consisting of interviews with fans, recordings of the crowds at matches and music associated with the club. . With thanks to all the incredible fans we have met, photographed and interviewed. Special thanks to the following groups & organisations who have contributed and help to facilitate the project: @thevinewestbrom, @wbalgbt, @apnaalbion, #PolishBaggies, @albionfoundation and @theblindmonkeybeer. . . . . . #stephenburke #FORGEartist #MultistoryArtist #multistory #sandwell #sandwellcouncil #ambitionforexcellence #photography #followfriday #footballfan #blastphotofest2019 #westbromwich #albionFC #footballculture #footballlove
NEWS : March 22, 2019
Birmingham-based photographer @stephenpburke ‘s project ‘The Lord’s My Shepherd’ honours and celebrates the fans of West Bromwich Albion FC, exploring their emotional connection and role the club plays in the identity of West Bromwich and the wider Black Country. The work is made up of a series of portraits of fans photographed on coloured backgrounds […]
Join poet Emma Purshouse on 1 June 2019 for a guided walk around Tipton where poets and local historians will bring to life the facts and fables, the truth and tall stories of Tipton, now and then. Alongside Emma Purshouse, readings by poets Billy Spakemon, Brendan Hawthorne, Casey Bailey, Dave Pitt, Kuli Kohli and Roy MacFarlane will take place. #blastphotofestival2019 . Emma Purshouse is a freelance writer, performance poet and comedienne who hails from the City of Wolverhampton. Emma performs her work nationally, and is a published author (writing both for adults and children) and poetry slam champion. She is part of the Black Country collective Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists whose main aim is to take poetry to people rather than to wait for people to come to poetry. She has a degree in English and an MA in creative writing, enjoys writing flash fiction and has won and been shortlisted for both local and national competitions. . Illustration by @bynginc for the poetry anthology ‘Tipton Tales’, commissioned by Multistory. . . . . #blastphotofest2019 #tiptontales #poetrywalk #guidedtour #emmapurshouse #multistory #acemidlands #ambitionforexcellence #thecracker #sandwellcouncil #sandwell #tipton #photography #community #artsfestival #worldpoetryday
NEWS : March 21, 2019
Join poet Emma Purshouse on 1 June 2019 for a guided walk around Tipton where poets and local historians will bring to life the facts and fables, the truth and tall stories of Tipton, now and then. Alongside Emma Purshouse, readings by poets Billy Spakemon, Brendan Hawthorne, Casey Bailey, Dave Pitt, Kuli Kohli and Roy […]
Carnival Queens and Fun for everyone! Soon in West-Bromwich Townhall. @the.many.lives.of.erik.kessels . . . . . . . #archive #curator #blastphotofest2019 #erikkessels #multistory #acemidlands #ambitionforexcellence #thecracker #sandwellcouncil #sandwell #tipton #photography #community #artsfestival
NEWS : March 20, 2019
Carnival Queens and Fun for everyone! Soon in West-Bromwich Townhall. @the.many.lives.of.erik.kessels . . . . . . . #archive #curator #blastphotofest2019 #erikkessels #multistory #acemidlands #ambitionforexcellence #thecracker #sandwellcouncil #sandwell #tipton #photography #community #artsfestival By: multistoryView on Instagram
This week it’s @the.many.lives.of.erik.kessels #instagramtakeover in the lead up to #blastphotofest2019 . Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator who works with the re-appropriation of ‘found’ photographs. Erik has been the Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer in Amsterdam since 1996. He has created work for national and international clients such as Nike, Diesel, J&B Whisky, Oxfam, Ben, Vitra, Citizen M and The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. As an artist and photography curator, Kessels has published over 50 books of his ‘re-appropriated’ images: Missing Links (1999), The Instant Men (2000), In Almost Every Picture (2001-2015) and Wonder (2006).
NEWS : March 17, 2019
This week it’s @the.many.lives.of.erik.kessels #instagramtakeover in the lead up to #blastphotofest2019 . Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator who works with the re-appropriation of ‘found’ photographs. Erik has been the Creative Director of communications agency KesselsKramer in Amsterdam since 1996. He has created work for national and international clients such as Nike, […]
Bethany Kane is an independent curator, photographer, Founder of Lost Generation Projects and Programme Coordinator of @formatfestival. Her project ‘Lost Generation IV’ was commissioned as part of the Forge Artist Open Call Programme, which invited 12 West Midlands artists and curators to make new bodies of work for Blast! Festival and take part in a mentorship programme. . ‘Lost Generation IV’ explores contemporary youth culture and the political animosity amongst the younger generation within West Bromwich. @beth_kane_ is interested in developing work with those who fit within the demographic known as ‘Generation Z’. For this edition of Lost Generation, Beth has collaborated with three students from Sandwell College (Miles, Tyler and Zac) encouraging them to use photography to explore their feelings towards current society and politics: from the uncertainty of Brexit to the dominance of social media; the ever-increasing cost of living and the rise in university fees; to the fear of the effect of developing technologies on today’s jobs market. . ‘Lost Generation IV’ provokes discussion and debate on what the future may hold for young men in West Bromwich, Britain and beyond. . . . . . #bethanykane #FORGEartist #MultistoryArtist #multistory #sandwell #sandwellcouncil #ambitionforexcellence #photography #followfriday #followfriday #formatfestival #FORMAT19 #blastphotofest2019 #lostgenerationbrum
NEWS : March 15, 2019
Bethany Kane is an independent curator, photographer, Founder of Lost Generation Projects and Programme Coordinator of @formatfestival. Her project ‘Lost Generation IV’ was commissioned as part of the Forge Artist Open Call Programme, which invited 12 West Midlands artists and curators to make new bodies of work for Blast! Festival and take part in a […]
We’re very much looking forward to visiting @formatfestival this weekend, and seeing Blast! Festival artist @moif_collage ‘s work ‘Remain’ in the exhibition ‘The Office of Revised Futures’ at @smallprintco : a collaborative installation showcasing five artists working with photography and collage. . “Mark Murphy’s Remain focuses on the basics of collage, exploring how things are discarded, things are found and parts are removed, yet elements remain.” . Image regrammed from @moif_collage . . . . #formatfestival #formatfestival2019 #officeofrevisedfutures #moifcollage #FORGEartist #MultistoryArtist #multistory #sandwell #sandwellcouncil #ambitionforexcellence #photography
NEWS : March 14, 2019
We’re very much looking forward to visiting @formatfestival this weekend, and seeing Blast! Festival artist @moif_collage ‘s work ‘Remain’ in the exhibition ‘The Office of Revised Futures’ at @smallprintco : a collaborative installation showcasing five artists working with photography and collage. . “Mark Murphy’s Remain focuses on the basics of collage, exploring how things are […]
