2011 Exhibitions
SUZY PRIOR EXHIBITION
Suzy Prior is a professional photographer and filmmaker who specializes in documentary photography, with a particular interest in documenting England and its idiosyncrasies
Suzy’s exploration of Englishness focuses on many of the institutions of childhood, which have their own hallmarks and visual signifiers: the funfair, a weekend by the sea, Morris dancing and the small and insignificant details of village life. The images are both an affectionate and an ironic take on English life and culture.
Previously in her professional capacity as a Museum studio photographer, Suzy was involved with archiving and recording culturally significant artifacts for posterity. Her work translates some of this curatorial aesthetic to sideshow prizes and ketchup bottles, which are themselves iconic, visually and socially, exploring the beauty beyond the ordinary and everyday.
Suzy's work has recently appeared in the British Journal of Photography and Modern Art Oxford as outstanding in the Oxford Open show. She has also exhibited her work widely, including a solo show at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
Suzyprior@hotmail.com www.suzyprior.co.uk
Exhibition continues until 30th September
Mon-Fri 10am-3pm @ Ark T Centre
Giles Davies Artweeks Exhibition
Contemplative inner landscapes of light and colour
You and your friends are invited to an exhibition of paintings
by Ark T Resident Artist Giles Davies
Gallery & Studio open for Artweeks
Sunday 22nd - 30th May 12-6pm
Private View - Friday 10th June 7-8.30pm
Exhibition continues until 8 July
Mon-Fri 10am-3pm @ Ark T Centre
www.gilesdaviesart.blogs.com
e:giles.arkt@gmail.com
t:07956 656618
onto artist page
'Broken Home'
A collaboration between Cait Sweeney and Suzy Prior.
Café Exhibition
Photographs by Suzy Prior and Biography in Objects by Cait Sweeney
24th Feb - 1st April 2011
This exhibition is to accompany the Broken Home installation which will be residing in the church, here at Ark T until April 4th.
An installation housing a collection of everyday objects, placed almost as if in motion, coming together or exploding apart.
The Broken Home collection will develop and transform from place to place.
Initially a collection of discarded, unwanted and broken everyday objects Broken home is an interactive installation exploring how everyday objects can begin to reveal a narrative. A reflection on what make a house a home and the significance we give to particular objects
Anyone visiting Broken Home can participate by donating an object from their home
which will feature in the following exhibition.This process will be documented through photography and film, catalogue and archive.
Please feel free to visit.
You and your friends
are invited to the opening of an exhibition
by Giles Davies
PORTRAITS FROM COWLEY
Friday 25 March 5.30-7pm
The projection will start at
People from around Cowley photographed
with an object dear to them.
Exhibition continues until 17 May
Mon-Fri 10-3pm @ Ark T Centre
The portraits will form part of the
I, Cowley Projection onto Hockmore Tower
"In a Different Light..."
on the 25th and 26th of March
will see a massive visual art spectacular projection on the side of
Hockmore Towers Flats.
This will be best viewed from Between Towns Road.
As part of the "I,Cowley" project funded by The Heritage
Lottery Fund the event will see an artistic reflection of
Cowley and its contemporary community by artist Neil C Smith
using new and archive images generated through community
engagement.
Although this huge event will be one of the highlights of the
"I,Cowley" project so far it will not be the finale as the project
will continue to further the aim of generating a virtual
scrapbook of life in Cowley past and present.
Look out for Fusion's shop residency in Templars Square
Shopping Centre where you will have an opportunity to upload
your photo's and/or record your Cowley stories for inclusion
on the website: www.icowley.info
7pm on Friday the 25th and
Saturday the 26th and will loop until 10pm each night. It
won't be a three hour presentation! So come along and see
Cowley as you've never seen it before. This is a free event.
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 March 7-10pm
'Teaching in the Desert'
A photographic exhibition showing highlights from 10
weeks teaching in
Exhibition Open
24th January - 23rd February
Teaching in the Desert is an exhibition from a group of 46 volunteers who spent ten weeks living and working in rural Rajasthan, India on a Platform 2 programme.
The exhibition showcases 14 images portraying personal accounts of life in a developing country, seeking to raise awareness. It shows something of the people, the colourful nature of their personalities, their smiles and their sorrows.
Over the past three years, Platform 2 has enabled almost 2000 less advantaged young people living in the UK to volunteer in a developing country and get involved in global issues of justice and poverty.
A vital part of the programme is the returned volunteers creatively telling their stories, this exhibition forms part of these activities.
Private Preview
Opening Mon 31st Jan, 7pm: free entry
Free food, performances and opening night viewing with participants
Ark T Dance Exhibition
1st November 2010 - 23rd January 2011
Dance@Ark T is a home for Oxford Youth Dance, DugOut Adult Community Dance, the Sweeney School of Irish Dancing and Anjali Dance. Dance@Ark T celebrates the kaleidoscope of dance which happens in the Centre week by week.
An exhibition of photographs captures the movement, rhythm, freedom and colour of dance.
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