Decriminalised Futures

CREAM doctoral candidate Camille Waring‘s talk on the state, technology, surveillance and how we resist, now forms part of a new exhibition at the London Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in central London.   Decriminalised Futures is a group exhibition featuring thirteen international artists whose work speaks to the multiplicity of contemporary sex worker experiences. The exhibition highlights the […]

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Visual Violence: Sex Workers’ Experiences of Image-Based Abuses

In 2021, CREAM doctoral candidate Camille Waring, was awarded £11,400 in research funding from National Ugly Mugs (NUM). NUM is a charity working with sex workers to research, provide safety tools and end the culture of violence against sex workers. The research project, Visual Violence: Sex Workers’ Experiences of Image-Based Abuses was birthed from an […]

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Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now

The exhibition is curated by David A Bailey, Artistic Director of the International Curators Forum, and Alex Farquharson, Director of Tate Britain. This landmark exhibition explores the work of artists from the Caribbean who made their home in Britain, alongside other British artists whose work has been influenced and inspired by Caribbean themes and heritage. […]

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Intersectional Geographies – a group exhibition curated by Jacqueline Ennis Cole

In 2021, Martin Parr Foundation held an open call for a UK-based curator to present a photographic exhibition in the MPF gallery and Jacqueline Ennis-Cole has been selected for her proposed group show, Intersectional Geographies. Intersectional Geographies brings together a diverse selection of photographers whose works address inclusion within society at a time of climate […]

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Zhuang Wubin presents Photography and Southeast Asia: A Narrative of Experiences 

We are delighted to invite you to the next instalment of the Global Photographies Talks Programme on Wednesday 9th February 2022. Zhuang Wubin will be presenting his talk, Photography and Southeast Asia: A Narrative of Experiences.  Zhuang Wubin is a writer who makes photographs, publications and exhibitions. Zhuang received his PhD by Published Work (Research–Photography) from […]

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Fotocinema First International Congress: culture and visual memory

Paula Gortazar presented her research paper Exposed Intimacies: Power and Fragility of the Family Album at Fotocinema First International Congress. The conference was held through a blended format at Málaga University in Spain, with contributors from Spain, Portugal, Central and South America. In this first edition, the congress focussed in photography and film practices engaging with culture and […]

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Photography: Art Essentials

David Bate, Photography: Art Essentials is an introductory guide to photography as single images, exhibitions and photobooks that have been landmark events in the history of photography, and contributed to vital shifts in outlook, value and approach. The book includes a range of different global examples to present a thoroughly inclusive and diverse account of the […]

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Fragments of Epic Memory

Fragments of Epic Memory at the Art Gallery Ontario, Toronto, Canada hosts a major exhibition exploring the art and legacy of the Caribbean. The exhibition invites visitors to experience the multiple ways of encountering the Caribbean and its diaspora, from the period following emancipation through today.  The first exhibition organized by the AGO’s new Department […]

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Bridging the Distance

A group exhibition by international photography, moving image, and lens-related artists, Bridging the Distance re-evaluates photography’s ability to draw us close to the feelings, concerns, and lived experiences of those who exist beyond our own immediate physical, political, and cultural spaces. Bridging the Distance responds to the diversity of viewpoints found across the membership of […]

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