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Photography and The Practice of Walking Walking through the city allows a particularly unique type of engagement with the urban space and permits one to experience the city at its most personal level. Traversing the city is crucial to creating its space. This event will explore how photographers combine their photographic practice with the engagement of moving through the city. Speakers: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani (The New School, New York), Rut Blees-Luxemburg (Royal College of Art, London), Ben Gidley (COMPAS, University of Oxford), Paul Halliday (Goldsmiths, University of London), Rachel Jones (Goldsmiths, University of London), David Kendall (Goldsmiths, University of London), Lanis Levy (Goldsmiths, University of London), Alison Rooke (Goldsmiths, University of London). Registration is free, but booking is essential. Please email or phone: Centre for Urban and Community Research. Email: cucr@gold.ac.uk, Tel: 0207 919 7390, (Mon-Friday 10am to1pm). Followed by the private view of:
A Here and A There Utilising the city of Berlin as site for exploration, ‘A Here and A There’ is a photographic exhibition exploring how fourteen photographers affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths, University of London combine their photographic practices with the activity of ‘walking’ in the city, (details at: www.viewfinder.org.uk). Holly Gilbert, Paul Halliday, Marjolein Houben, Santiago Escobar Jaramillo, Rachel Jones, David Kendall, David Killeen, Lanis Levy, Rebecca Locke, Holly McGlynn, Estelle Vincent, Francesca Weber-Newth, Laura Wester, Lorenz Widmaier. Photography and The Practice of Walking’ and ‘A Here and A There’ are part of Urban Encounters 2010, an annual conference and associated events exploring visual urbanism. Organised by the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths, University of London in partnership with Tate Britain, London, (www.urbanencounters.org). This event and exhibition are sponsored by Openvizor, (www.openvizor.com). |