Body as Canvas

An exploration of identity.

A new photographic exhibition at New Art Exchange, Nottingham UK from June 20th. 

Developed through a process where people with a learning disability created several unstructured, improvised performance events using movement, sound and light. Each performance was based loosely upon the underlying themes of an exhibition at New Art Exchange and captured using a digital camera – framing just a fraction of a second of the event. 

The camera became the audience for the performance and its presence influenced how people reacted and wanted to be presented within its frame. Body as Canvas presents the individual images as statements – a behaviour, a culture and a source of creativity where difference shines - a cultural world yet to be acknowledged. The photography uses soft focus and shallow depth of field to give emphasis to the individual within each frame.

Body as Canvas is a project in collaboration with the LEVEL Centre – a contemporary arts centre developing, creating and promoting an artistic culture with and for extraordinary people. www.levelcentre.com