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.
