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Format 05 (Q Arts)
60 days. 30 artists. 20 venues. Documentary. Memory. Place.
Derby played host to an exciting season of photography during March and April 2005. Organised by Q Arts and Derby City Council, the season - FORMAT05 - contained high profile exhibitions, a photography conference coordinated by Creative Camera, photography master classes, workshops and professional opportunities for artists.
FORMAT05 brought together some of the best photographers from the UK and beyond to respond to the theme Documentary Memory & Place in venues across the city. Artists included: Don McCullin, who started out as a war photographer and whose haunting shots of HIV-sufferers in Africa are indelibly etched onto the memories of those who see them; Willie Doherty, short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2003, who continues to be one of the most thought-provoking photographers in the UK; Liverpool-based Tom Wood, known locally as the 'photie-man' as he roams the streets around his house capturing both the candid and the kitsch; Pavel Banka, a renowned Czech photographer, whose work has immortalised the chilling empty chambers at Terezin Concentration Camp outside Prague; and many more.
From bars and cafes to galleries and museums, FORMAT05 celebrated Derby's proud photographic heritage and invited people to experience the captured image in some of the most unexpected places. Venues included: Bar Vida, Flying Giraffe, Bar Lisi, Q Arts, Derby Dance Centre, Derby Museum and Gallery and many more.
A conference series coordinated by Creative Camera tells the story of independent art photography in Britain from the end of the 1960s until today. Three events aim to promote awareness of a contemporary narrative of photographic culture in Britain and provide a platform for the promotion of British photography internationally. Key players of the past and present meet contemporary art critics and commentators to make sense of ‘what happened here’ in a travelling roadshow that started in Bradford and ends at Tate Britain on 14 May. The content of all three days will contribute to a forthcoming book on the History of British Photography, to be published in 2006.
The Derby event looks at the photographic culture in Britain in the 1980s concentrating on a wide range of issues from cultural politics, the rise in critical and theoretical debates, community photography and the increase in collecting and exhibiting photography as an artform during the decade.
FORMAT05 can also be seen as the first stage of programme development for Quad, (Derby’s new visual arts and media centre) as it will provide an opportunity to pilot new programming relationships between Q Arts, Metro Cinema and MACE the Media Archive for Central England.
For more information contact Q Arts
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EMPAF has a new website which is to be launched in September. Based on the social networking model it will enable users and members to put up profiles for individuals, projects and organisations. There is also an option to link to other profiles, send comments and update with news, events, opportunities as well as engage in debates around current issues affecting the community and participatory arts.
In addition to putting up information and resources EMPAF will also be promoting future CPD events and development opportunities.
The website is aimed at creating a vibrant and engaging online community so please get involved and make use of this site as much as possible.
The site itself in final testing but live and will transfer to the www.empaf.com address at the end of the beginning of next month. To join now please go to http://beta.empaf.com/ (note there is no www) and anything you add now will remain live during the transfer. We welcome any feedback on how to make it even more user friendly, so please email jane@empaf.com with this or any questions.
A free event for artists; arts practitioners; organisations and community groups working in, or interested in working in community and participatory arts.
The day is designed to give plenty of opportunity to network, discuss your work, ask questions, share experiences and find out more information about a range of subjects and issues affecting everyone working in participatory arts.
Including an in-depth session devoted to professional and project development subjects such as negotiating contracts, rates of pay and how to set up and run an event will be covered.
There is also be an facilitated open space session based around working in and across different arts forms, a presentation and open sharing session on International working and a presentation outlining current key trends and influences such as reforms in Public Sector funding, the Cultural Offer and Cultural Olympiad. Plus, this is your chance to influence future EMPAF work and events as each of the sessions is designed to bring out issues that are most relevant to you.
Registration and networking begins at 9.45am for 10.30am start. Lunch is provided and there is lots of time given to networking and finding out more about EMPAF, Cultivate and a wide range of other resources and sources of further information.
Taking place at St James Centre, Derby places are available on a first come first served basis. To book email Jane@empaf.com or call 07984199477 giving your name and a daytime contact number. For more details click on the title above.
EMPAF has been working to support an Arts Council England East Midlands initiative to help demystify recent developments in Local Area Agreements. ACE are running a series of mini events around the region for artists, arts practitioners and local authority arts officers to look at recent changes in terms of how they offer opportunities for arts and creative projects. The first event took place in Leicester at the beginning of June and EMPAF is publishing copies of presentation notes, supporting information and case studies used as part of all the events in the resources / essential publications section of this website (click on the title of this news item to go directly there). The next event will take place in Nottingham on 3rd July. Email info@empaf.com for more details.
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