WIRRAL PRIDE OF PLACE PROJECT
The Caravan Gallery comes to New Brighton! 8th - 23rd JUNE
Momentary
Art Project C.I.C
will be opening the doors of their temporary unit in Neptune’s development at Marine
Point , New Brighton
to play host to The Caravan Gallery who will be transforming the empty space
into a dynamic photography exhibition-cum-alternative visitor information
centre exploring the identity of Wirral. A similar project is also underway in Liverpool.
The Caravan Gallery is a gallery in a caravan and
mobile visual arts project set up in 2000 by Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale to
take art to people and places other galleries might not easily reach. Their
extensive photographic archive, publications and postcards document the reality
and surreality of ‘the way we live today’. The artists have traveled thousands
of miles and exhibited in hundreds of locations from supermarket car parks and
contemporary art festivals to designer Paul Smith’s Space in Tokyo. Their
exhibition Merseystyle: Photographs by The Caravan Gallery is
currently on display at the new Museum of Liverpool and
the caravan has been touring the area.
Alison Bailey Smith, one of
7 directors of the Momentary Art Project said, “Jan and Chris will initially
set the scene with their own images of Wirral. They often photograph what we
overlook or even ignore. In addition to their own photographs, other famous
photographers - Martin Parr, Tom Wood and Ken Grant have agreed to contribute a local image to the
Wirral Pride of Place Project. A selection of artists' books exploring the
character of Merseyside resulting from a collaboration between students from
Wirral Met College and Brigham Young University in Utah will also be on show in
the space.
Visitors will be encouraged
to add their own personal landmarks and observations to The People’s Map of
Wirral and contribute Wirral-themed
words and pictures to The People’s Wall. A creation area will be set up for people to make their own
drawings, collages, postcards, souvenirs etc.
Local
groups, societies and individuals are encouraged to bring along their
Wirral-related creations and items for possible inclusion in the exhibition.
These could include 2D and 3D artworks they have made themselves, poems,
stories, photos, films, scrapbooks, old postcards, books and brochures,
souvenirs, found objects and memorabilia. Items may be scanned and returned or
kept until the end of the exhibition. Alternatively they can be donated to The
Caravan Gallery archive. Some of the material collected may eventually appear
in a commemorative publication.
The exhibition will not be
completed until the final day so each will have a closing celebration where
participants and visitors can admire the finished display.
WIRRAL PRIDE OF PLACE
PROJECT
Unit 7 (Momentary Art Project),
Marine Point, New Brighton, Wirral CH45 2HZ
8 - 23 June, 12 - 6pm daily. The
Caravan Gallery itself will be open daily outside the unit.
Launch event: Saturday 8
June, 6 - 8pm. Closing celebration: Sunday 23 June
12 - 6pm
Part of the LOOK/13 Liverpool International
Photography Festival Parallel Programme
CONTACTS:
MERSEYSIDE PRIDE OF
PLACE PROJECTS and THE CARAVAN GALLERY
For
further information and images please contact Jan Williams or Chris Teasdale:
07808
160207 / admin@thecaravangallery.co.uk
/ www.thecaravangallery.co.uk
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The Caravan Gallery / Twitter: @thecaravangallery
