Rosie Knightley Photography: PHOTO BIENNIAL

Brighton Photo Biennial

2012

Agents of change: Photography and the politics of space

6th October-4th November 2012

http://www.photoworks.org.uk/programme/projects/brighton-photo-biennial-2012

(visit the website above for more information)

This was another trip organised at Uni where we got the opportunity to visit Brighton and it's very famous Photo Biennial, bringing international and emerging photographers and artists to the city. We started of at Brighton University (which was one of many unusual venues across the city's urban landscape), where there were a few exciting and interesting pieces of work on show.

This years theme, 'Agents of change' asks,

How is public space constructed,controlled and contested?

How is photography implicated in these processes?

All exhibitions were free to visit, including talks, tours and film-screenings.

Artists and photographers, specialists and enthusiasts, families, young people and those who just want to find something new- the BPB12 has something to offer for everyone!

University of Brighton Gallery

Uneven Development

Corinne Silva

Jason Larkin

Two Photographer show

Corinne Silva- Badlands 2011

This work was so interesting and made you think about the places you never really think about everyday. You forget about the other, less fortunate countries who have to deal with worse situations than we do. Silva's work is insightful and with the size of the prints you can really get an eye for the detail. You have to read the concept behind the work, especially when viewing the images of the plastic however I think this adds something unique to the whole series separating it from the landscape but also putting the idea of this constructive work life it into perspective.

Jason Larkin/Corinne Silva

Imported Landscapes, 2010

Corinne Silva

visit the photographer's websites:

http://www.jasonlarkin.co.uk/index.php?/projects/cairo-divided/

http://www.corinnesilva.com/

Uneven development demonstrates the idea of human and environmental impact of urbanization. Corinne Silva works along the overlapping borderlands of Africa and Europe. In 'Badlands' Silva explores European leisure migrants and irregular African workers with architecture and plastic in the Southern Spanish landscape and in 'Imported Landscapes' she uses Spanish billboards to past on Moroccan Landscapes , forcing the global south into the global north.

University of Brighton Gallery

Edmund Clark

Control Order House

Photos from The Argus Archives
Whose Streets?

Brighton has a rich history as a contested political space. Exploring the archives of Brighton's long established newspaper, BPB12 curators have worked with Argus photojournalists to select compelling images from over 40 years of protests.

Lighthouse

Geographies of Seeing

Trevor Paglen

Social scientist, artist, writer and provocateur Trevor Paglen uses photography to explore the secret activities of the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.

Preston is my Paris

Four Versions of Three Routes

This work explores possible constituency reformation in Brighton. Photographs taken and displayed along the debated constituency borders question how electoral districts are decided and how change might effect residents.

No Olho Da Rua: Julian Germain, Patricia Azevedo, Murilo Godoy, and street kids from Belo Horizonte in Brazil

The Beautiful Horizon

Selected works from a long term collaboration between young Brazilians living on the streets of Belo Horizonte and artists Julian Germain, Patricia Azevedo and Murilo Godoy. Using borrowed camera equipment, the young participants document their lives and work with the artists to edit, publish and distribute the results.