tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46775269231007446032024-02-18T21:05:42.579-08:00Melinda GibsonMelinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.comBlogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-36878919162059406202019-03-13T11:32:00.000-07:002019-03-13T11:47:03.279-07:00The Office Of Revised Futures Opens - 14 March - At Format International Photography Festival Derby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Delighted to be part of the Format International Photography Festival 2019, part of an exciting, performative and residence-based live exhibition entitled, <i>The Office Of Revised Futures,</i> curated by Rodrigo Orrantia, in Derby opening this Thursday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: start;">We will be based at the Smallprint Company and I'll be alongside</span><span style="text-align: start;">, Lewis Bush, Hannah Hughes, Fernando Martin Gody and Mark Murphy as we work up a collaborative installation. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The connecting thread between the works is the analogue photographic collage; a genre that belongs to the re-imagined sphere. Each of the constructed images in the show is presented as simultaneously complete, yet fragmented, disrupting photography’s straightforward relationship with time and representation, therefore actively looking to create alternative narratives. The presented works deal with the connection between artists and writers.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Don’t miss the official opening of FORMAT19, which starts at 17.30pm in QUAD where speeches will be given by Adam Buss, Councillor Grimadell, Louise Fedotov-Clements and Mark Done (Arts Council England). Over at the Derby Market Hall Craig Easton will introduce the UK wide project SIXTEEN at 18.30pm and at 19.15pm, Senior Curator at the V&A, Martin Barnes along with Tony Butler will present the Maurice Broomfield show at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Image above: "<i>No Limits Studio", Miss Titus Becomes A Regular Army Mac Publication - </i>Source Material from the Archive of Brad Feuerhelm, Designed by Kummer & Herrman.<i> </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">More information can be found <span style="color: black;"><b><a href="https://formatfestival.com/whats-on/the-office-of-revised-futures/">here</a>.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Welcome 2019! And what a wonderful new year is shaping up to be. With projects in the waiting and others to be shared shortly, this year is going to be filled with exciting adventures... more to come soon, but in the meantime, a lovely collection of installation shots from my current exhibition, <i>Remembrance</i>, a stunning group show at the wonderful ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica.</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-76160693060265362632018-12-19T04:31:00.000-08:002018-12-19T04:33:45.185-08:00New Group Exhibition Opens - 'Remembrance' At ROSEGALLERY - 8 December Until 26 Jan. 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I am delighted to finish this year with the inclusion of my collaborative series, <i>Lunar Caustic</i> in a stunning exhibition entitled <i>Remembrance </i>at the ROSEGALLERY in Santa Monica. The exhibition opened on Saturday 8 December and will run until the 26 January 2019, excerpt from the press release below.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Remembrance centres on photography’s influence upon memory and the notion of family. With work by artists who explores their connections to community and family through the utilisation of found imagery, whether sourced through personal photo albums or public archives, the exhibition features works by Melinda Gibson and Thomas Sauvin, Carla Jay Harris and Brenda E. Stevenson, Lebohang Kganye, Kovi Konowiecki, B Neimeth, and Martin Parr, and is curated by Thomas Kollie and Zoe Lemelson.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Where time moves generations apart, images remain as artefacts of personal histories, existing in family albums and archives until they live again in minds as memories. When remembrance is mediated through photographs, these intimate moments, caught on camera, are often re-imagined and instilled into personal narratives of the present. Remembrance examines the various ways photographers working with archives explore their personal connections to the past as they expose the meaning of memories embedded in their images.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Melinda Gibson and Thomas Sauvin similarly use vernacular photographs to question the hierarchies of remembrance. In their series Lunar Caustic, the artists appropriate found family photographs that were in the process of being extracted for their chemical compounds, and thus forgotten, to stop the erasure of the stories in the images. The resulting photographs use destruction as both a visual evocation and a commentary on the prioritisation of imagery and memory.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">As memories are often inherited and interpreted through imagery, Remembrance explores the many ways artists question the influence of photographs in their personal lives and collective histories.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">An exhibition surely not to be missed if State side. More information can be found here: <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.rosegallery.net/exhibition-remembrance"><span style="color: black;">https://www.rosegallery.net/exhibition-remembrance</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-18219253447174666102018-06-08T04:37:00.001-07:002018-06-08T04:37:16.497-07:00An Day Of Generosity & Hospitality At Its Best<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Back in May, a new small collective made up of artists and thinkers; Duncan Wooldridge, Steffi Klenz and myself draw upon ideas and launched our inaugural programme of Talks and Events during Photo London, at the fringe festival, Peckham 24. </span></div>
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contrast to traditional talks events, the programme had been composed not of generic
or monolithic talks, but discursive events based around hospitality, dialogue and debate. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Intended for both contemporary producers, young artists and photographers, a
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our new programme kicked off on Saturday 19 May with a shared lunch that brought artists, thinkers, parents and children together in a non-hierarchal environment that blurred the boundaries of the unattainable and promoted organic growth with like-minded conversations. Children nibbled at bits of torn bread, parents whispered over wine, artists and thinkers exchanged stories. A warmth waved through the room, setting the scene.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">With each new talk, conversations blossomed, communities grew and a shared vision appeared through the usually cloaked vail. A true sense of sharing, opportunity, transparency and honesty filled the room minute by minute. Thinkers spoke of stories, tales of an utopian dreams they believed could be reached. Artists inspired audiences with wit, humour and honesty, provoking important questions about contemporary culture and the need to stop, listen, pause and participate. With each artist a new vision, a peak into their world, their mind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The finale of our first programme was a special invited d<span style="background-color: white;">inner, bringing together a selection of emerging artists, into contact with curators,
publishers and supporters of the arts who are notable for their generosity and
support of emerging practice. Photography courses across the country were invited to nominate a recent graduate – who has not yet received the acknowledgement
their work merits – to join the dinner and food was prepared by Leo and Scott, an
emerging South London caterers who prepared a
special menu that encouraged exchange, interaction through a selection of sharing platters. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The concluding dinner encapsulated all of our hopes and dreams of what our first programme could achieve. The gallery was filled with joy, laughter, positivity and generosity as friends, colleagues and new emerging artists shared dinner and drinks over many hours. The conversations flowed like the wine and collectives grew over the course of the evening as like-minded individuals connected. V</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ery importantly, a huge thank you to Mr David Solo, for believing in our vision and supporting our first programme, without his generosity it could not have been realised to what we had envisioned - our deepest thanks to him. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was an absolutely</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> wonderful experience to see all the fruits of our labour play out with so much warmth, we can not wait until our next programme launches next year...more to come shortly!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Images from the event are from Alumni Student Lara @ Camberwell College of Arts. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are delighted to release the full Talks Programme for Peckham 24 2018, with a special focus from the talks programme of Generosity & Hospitality. Tickets are now available <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peckham-24-talks/"><b>here</b></a> -</span> All tickets include a ticket to the Shared Lunch!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Full Peckham 24 Talks Programme - Saturday 19 May</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">All events are hosted in the Talks Room, Ground Floor Bussey Building unless otherwise stated.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">12:30 - 14:00 - </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 700; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shared Lunch: </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bread, Cheese & Wine – all ticket holders are invited to join us for a shared lunch, where Bread, Cheese and Wine are provided. Attendees are requested to consider bringing one item to share.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13:00 - 14:00</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-weight: 700; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Show Talks</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Taisuke Koyama in conversation with Duncan Wooldridge in his exhibition ‘Sensor Code’ (Takes place at Seen Fifteen Gallery, 1</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">st</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Floor Bussey Building)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">As part of the third edition of the Peckham 24 contemporary photography festival, artist Melinda Gibson, writer Duncan Wooldridge (both Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London) and artist Steffi Klenz, have curated a programme of talks and discussions which address debates in contemporary photography.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In contrast to traditional talks events, the programme has been composed not of generic or monolithic talks, but discursive events based around hospitality, dialogue and debate. Intended for both contemporary producers and young artists and photographers, a key theme of the programme is its focus upon generosity and support: acknowledging and emphasising the necessity of forms of exchange and community which resist the tendency towards an atomised and individualistic culture. Attendees of all talks events are invited to join a shared lunch where speakers, attendees and organisers can talk together; artists will take part in discussions in an intimate environment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The programme touches across a wide range of areas of contemporary practices, exploring new ways of working, contemporary politics and economics, contemporary and historic qualities and properties of the image, the application of post-human ideas to photography, and Peckham itself as a centre of contemporary production and dissemination. Highlights include artist Penelope Umbrico debating the importance of generosity, teaching, and forms of community; artist Taisuke Koyama in conversation in his solo exhibition ‘Sensor Code’ at Seen Fifteen; Thomas Kuijpers, Lisa Barnard and Felicity Hammond debating the subject of contemporary politics as a subject for photography; and Bruno Roels, Dafna Talmor and Melinda Gibson discussing new ways of working in photography. Tickets are priced at £2 and are available through TicketSource. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peckham-24-talks/">https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/peckham-24-talks/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">To conclude, a special dinner has been arranged which does not bring together all of the events speakers, but brings a selection of emerging artists, into contact with curators, publishers and supporters of the arts who are notable for their generosity and support of emerging practice. Photography courses across the country have been invited to nominate a recent graduate – who has not yet received the acknowledgement their work merits – to join the dinner. Food is prepared by Leo and Scott, an emerging South London caterers (www.leoandscott.com), who have prepared a special menu that encourages exchange and interaction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times roman";"><span style="font-size: small;">A very Happy International Women's Day to all the
beautiful and amazing women in my life. Today I want to raise my hand, high and
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times roman";"><i><span style="font-size: small;">To be a woman is the greatest gift, a vessel that can sail you
through<u1:p></u1:p>. A body that is powerful and strong,<u1:p></u1:p> a mind
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times roman";"><i><span style="font-size: small;">A vision that has no boundaries,<u1:p></u1:p> but strives for
balance, hope and change.<u1:p></u1:p> A history that shares the pain,<u1:p></u1:p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times roman";"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Today I feel a wealth of warmth,<u1:p></u1:p> knowing that I share
my life with so many of you. I am honoured and humbled that our paths have
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times roman";"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Let this day forth bring us closer to our goals, a day when gender
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<span style="font-size: small;">So I find myself back from Mexico City just over a week and I am already missing the warmth, generosity, excitement and forever inspiring moments that came from magnificent and marvellous city! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mexico has always been a country that I've dreamed of visiting and I can honestly say that I was beyond excited, but also very much deeply moved by all that I experienced in the nine days I was there. There are moments in your life when you feel truly humbled and honoured that your artistic practice can take you to places far and wide, and this city, the people, the inspiration I witnessed has left me feeling moved in a way I wasn't quite expecting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To hear the stories from the participants of the workshop, Brad and I delivered were both emotive and strong, but also very divisive. To listen to the things people see everyday and are trying to fight against, was incredible to hear, but also to see how their creative, cathartic approaches through each of their practices helped to release powerful visual images, that all brought together resulted in a beautiful subverted <i>'Red Magazine'</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From Roma to the Pyramids, every moment, corner explored was a delight and I must extend my huge thanks to all that people that managed to make this happen. Enormous thanks to all at ROSEGALLERY who patiently prepared and organised the shipment of the works from Santa Monica to Mexico City, to all at Centro de la Imagen who installed, worked on and opened their arms to my arrival, to new friends and colleagues like Natasha and Mariela who are just extraordinary women - deeply moved and honoured to have worked with you all. And Mexico, I shall be back very, very soon indeed! </span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-5539263896614085222018-01-19T06:45:00.001-08:002018-01-21T05:01:58.033-08:00Rojo, Muerto O Real : Taller De Apropiación, Reciclaje Y Reinvención De (Foto) Libros - 6 & 7 February At Centro De La Imagen - Mexico City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>RED, DEAD OR REAL</b> is a workshop of appropriation, recycling and reinvention of (photo)books lead by myself and Brad which takes place on the 6 & 7 February at the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City!!! We are beyond excited to have developed and lead this workshop in a city which we have both dreamed of visiting and we would like to extend our greatest thanks to all the wonderful supporters, staff and curators who have made this possible - huge thanks to the Centro de la Imagen, Natasha, Mariela and our dear friend David Solo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The workshop seeks to review, challenge and create new versions of photo-publications of a political nature in a theoretical, creative and participatory space to debate. Participants will work on the idea of the red note publications not only as a book, but as a means to challenge, in broader terms the methodology of violence coverage in journalism in Mexico. Thus, they will develop <i>anti-content</i> that deconstructs seminal publications of photography and sensationalist magazines seeking to generate subversive reinterpretations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Red, Dead or Real</i> will be taught by myself and Brad Feuerhelm, who participate in <i>Reversiones, </i>an exhibition that is currently exhibited at the Centro de la Imagen as part of the E.Folio.001 (Encounter on the contemporary photobook). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aimed at artists, photographers, photography students, editors, illustrators, bookbinders and amateurs. All you need to do is submit a brief registration form setting out your ideas and reasons behind wishing to attend along with a portfolio of your work (no more than 15 images in a single PDF format) to the Centro de la Imagen by email by <b>Thursday February 1 at 2:59 pm (Mexico City Time)</b>.</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-87284683669854093852018-01-03T07:34:00.001-08:002018-01-03T07:37:59.251-08:00Happy New Year - 2018, A Year For Adventures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">As we enter into 2018, I don on my black and white top hat, lay with the silver streamers and listen to vintage jazz thinking about all the exciting and wonderful opportunities that will come from this exciting and adventureous New Year! I was truly delighted to see in the new days in style, at a delightful Copenhagen dinner party with new friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a truly beautiful, inspiring and loving new year that is filled with the most magical days. May each day be filled with love, light and much laughter and all that each of you could wish for. This year IS set to be one of the best yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">First stop for me will be; next month in the wonderful Mexico City and I just cannot wait, more to come on this soon...</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-49067193613203505832017-12-20T08:27:00.000-08:002017-12-20T08:27:37.174-08:00A Very Merry And Magical Christmas To You All - A Very Happy & Exciting New Year Awaits!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a magical Christmas. I hope that it is filled with much joy and happiness. It has been an absolute pleasure working with so many extraordinary people this year and I thoroughly look forward to what 2018 brings. Let's raise a glass to 2017 and await the excitement of 2018 - which I know is going to be an amazing year already!</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-85584138349927157062017-12-18T12:13:00.000-08:002017-12-18T12:13:23.975-08:00New Commission Revealed In The New Publication "American ABCD" Tonight at La Fabrica In Madrid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">The resulting works are 5 pages from a wider script that I am currently writing around the socio-politics of our current times, but what you see published in this book, gives a strong flavour to what I am working on and will release, in part, next spring. Sad, yet inspiring times, gives a wealth of material to work with. So delighted to be part of this publication and to have many fellow friends and colleagues, a part of this too.</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-9613991720060414472017-12-15T05:13:00.001-08:002017-12-15T05:16:29.443-08:00'Reversiones' Exhibition Shots - Centro De La Imagen - In Mexico City - 23 Nov. - 1 April 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Firstly to all at ROSEGALLERY for their patience, support and incredible assistance in getting these works from Santa Monica to Mexico, David Solo for his continued and never-ending support in my practice, Darren Warner and Steffi Klenz, both dear friends and extraordinary curators and artists in their own right for their continued interest and creative excitement for the project and of course all at the museum, technicians, curators and of course the Director for the opportunity to have such a great show up for such a wonderful duration. But of course, last, but by non means least, two women who have been extraordinary throughout this process; curator Natasha Christia and Mairela Sancari who dreamt up this idea as well as the trio of Vincent, Brad and Lewis, the other artists exhibiting that I am honoured to also exhibit with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This project has been such a dream to work on, and it has only just began, as we prepare for our Educational programme which will expand the exhibition, but also bring us to this wonderful city, Mexico! 2018 preparation has already began and I am over excited about what we can achieve. What a perfect way to end this year, with much excitement, joy and many projects in the wings!</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-8504778810694204982017-12-05T12:46:00.000-08:002017-12-05T12:46:19.963-08:00Installation Shots From 'A Motley Crew' Exhibition At Christian Larsen Gallery On Until 16 December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">So I am delighted to show the installation shots from this exciting group show, curated by Darren Warner at Christian Larsen Gallery,<i> "A Motley Crew - </i><em style="background-color: white; font-family: futura-pt; word-wrap: break-word;">An informal expression for a roughly organised assembly of individuals of various backgrounds, appearance and character. They are typified by containing characters of conflicting personality and usually a wide array of methods of overcoming adversity."</em></span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-8064397790313135622017-11-22T14:08:00.000-08:002017-11-22T14:08:52.818-08:00New Exhibition, 'Reversiones' Opens Thursday 23 November At Centro De La Imagen In Mexico City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Absolutely delighted to announce my forthcoming group exhibition, <i>'Reversiones'</i> at the Centro De La Imagen in Mexico City, part of the E.Folio.001, an encounter on the Contemporary Photobook, curated by Mariela Sancari, wonderful Museum, Centro De La Imagen and curated by the amazing Natasha Christia. I am honoured to be working with all on this show and exhibiting with artist, Brad Feuerhelm, Lewis Bush and Vincent Delbrouck. The exhibition will run from 23 November through to Mid March 2018, with an exciting educational programme running alongside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I would like to extend my huge thanks to all at ROSEGALLERY, who made this exhibition possible and to all friends and colleagues whose commitment to my practice is heartwarming - my deepest thanks to each and everyone one of you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; word-wrap: break-word;">I certainly look forward to all that Stockholm and Sweden has to offer, having never visited Sweden before I can not wait to taste and sample all of the delights of the city. As a Baker's daughter who likes her beer, I certainly need to tease out, </span><span style="background-color: white;">fresh-from-the-oven kardemummabullar and Omnipollo, </span><span style="background-color: white;">a local gypsy brewer making some of the most interesting beers in Scandinavia! I can't wait.</span></span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-81046038013009617812017-08-22T11:58:00.000-07:002017-08-22T12:16:18.629-07:00International Mentor - Master of Arts - Photography At PSC In Melbourne Australia - February 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am absolutely delighted to say that I am going to be joining PSC, (Photographic College Studies) in Melbourne, Australia as an International Mentor for the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Master of Arts - Photography</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> program, which will be the first of its kind in Australia as well as the Asia-Pacific region!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; orphans: 3; text-align: start; widows: 3;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">This program introduces an innovative and cutting-edge curriculum targeted at photographic practitioners from diverse backgrounds and is taught in an immersive environment, and delivered flexibly across three semesters (18 months). The Master of Arts Photography is driven by intensive periods of seminars, workshops, lectures and labs that encourage experimentation and practice-driven results in a supportive and rigorous environment. As Master of Arts Photography students, you will be taught and supervised by Australia’s leading photographers, artists, academics, curators, writers & publishers. You will also be mentored by one of our international teachers drawn from the world's leading photo agencies, galleries, and publishers. </span></span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-58379747945809396532017-07-09T12:14:00.000-07:002017-07-09T12:14:39.598-07:00Lunar Caustic Chapter II Begins...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">It may seem that I have been very quiet lately and indeed I have been. The months seem to be flying by and we are already half way through the year, the Summer is in full swing with festivals and delights to be consumed. But as quiet as I have been, much thought has been playing in my mind. With two projects being worked on over the summer, the fruits of my labour will be released later in the year and early next. But what excites me greatly is the opportunity for me to work on a new chapter of Lunar Caustic as the archive grows, so does this series. With every new image, an opportunity to re look, revision and recreate new works that blur the gaps between the years and flourish the series. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am delighted to now have the new archive, safe at home and ready to be edited! With a new selection of 350,000 images, it will certainly be a new journey, but one that I am so excited to be running through once more. Today the archive was opened and such amazing imagery has already been found. Some truly tender shots, intermixed with the array of weddings, lovers, babies, holidays and an abundance of portraiture. Each folder I open, my eyes widen and my inspiration grows, it is wonderful to see how the archive provides such a mix of visual stimulation. I've already edited over 17,000 this afternoon and this week will see many more put through my conceptual scrutiny. I await the next folder with bated breath and know this new chapter will truly add to the series. Inspired once again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of my highlights during the PhotoLondon week is getting the all the exhibitions that I've been meaning to get too and revisiting the ones that I loved so much, I just can't get enough! That was certainly the case in the wonderful Irma Blank exhibition <i>Life Time, </i>at Alison Jacques Gallery; </span><i><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Since the late 1960s, Blank's singular production has focused on the recording of time as gesture. In her drawings and paintings time is inscribed as a material record of life through the material traces of the artist's labour. Located between drawing and writing, the work evokes the space of the book but encompasses paintings on canvas and paper, screen-prints and drawings in pastel, pencil and ink</span>.</span></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This intermixed with meeting new and old friends, sipping Champagne and taking in gallery meals, adventures off to Peckham 24 and making plans for future projects, to me, is really what those fair weeks are all about.</span></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-916554121784611902017-05-29T11:47:00.000-07:002017-05-29T11:47:43.811-07:00Post PhotoLondon 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">So May is nearly over and another month has passed. The crowds have been and gone and the city gets back to business as usual. This year saw the third edition of PhotoLondon at Somerset House and with this still young and establishing fair, a collection of works and rooms that at times work wonders intermixed with a commercial maze that does little to inspire or attract. What I always find so interestingly difficult is the sheer volume of work that is exhibited. Whether over or underwhelming, with so much imagery surrounding us on a daily basis, entering a fair like this demands a clarify of the visual mind, that I feel is almost impossible to have in our current cultural climate. For me, such fairs always present us with a problem to resolve at the first hurdle; how to consume when you have already been consumed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think what is also very important to note is that for the last two years of this three year venture to date, the city in which the fair is held is changing in ways many thought wouldn't or couldn't be possible. The socio-political landscape is shaping our future in a way I personally didn't believe would happen so quickly. We are now living in historical times, quietly, softly, passively watching and waiting as the next wave crashes over upon us and we all reappear, half drowned and dazed, but carrying on our daily lives. I had hoped for a gentle sheer, a nod to this in the work that was exhibited but I must admit, this work was somewhat missing. Maybe it is too close, but I was surprised to see a distinct lack of work that engaged on this level, when last year Wolfgang Tillman's Brexit Posters where so beautifully pinned. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For me, some of the most stunning imagery was found within the 2017 Pavilion and especially in the new gallery editions to the fair this year, of which these Alison Jacques and Victoria Miro were two. The sensual, poetic and tender moments presented at Victoria Miro with works by Issac Julien and his work entitled <i>Looking for Langston (1989/2017) </i>which is currently showing at the gallery until the end of July. The large scale silver gelatin prints hung in the booth empowered. These images intermixed with the tender, exquisite small prints by Francesca Woodman made for one of the best booths at the entire fair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">In times with so such political unrest, with misogynistic themes and phrases rife, it is always so comforting to see women take the rains and steer so hope and humanity back into our mysterious, troublesome ways. I am very pleased to have, (although a small contribution) an image of mine representing some key values and themes in an article about "The Feminine Heroic", written by Megan Mayhew Bergman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">A little excerpt from the article here, <i>"<span style="background-color: white;">Perhaps some early eremitic women, as devout as they might have been, were not running toward Christ but away from life as it had become. If they needed relief, respite, communion with the divine, or a chance to play the protagonist of their own lives, they had to take great risks to claim it.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><i>Times of hardship often demanded women step outside gender roles, such as the expansion of the American frontier, which resulted in heroic, physical pursuits by women. Willa Cather’s Alexandra Berson in <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">O Pioneers!</span> is independent and entrepreneurial. The world wars gave women opportunities to serve as nurses, ambulance drivers, and fighter pilots. The painter Romaine Brooks presented her iconic image of the heroic feminine in 1914: <span style="box-sizing: inherit;">La France Croisée</span> depicts her lover, Ida Rubinstein, as an ambulance driver, the city of Ypres burning behind her."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Thursday saw the opening of the new Braakland exhibition at FOMU, <i>Surface Tension: Breaking The Plane Of The Photographic Image. </i>Sadly I could not attend the opening, but travelled on Friday for a flying visit, just 24 hours to see the show, the sites and sample the delights Antwerp had to offer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">First stop of this whistle stop tour was at FOMU to see the show, meet one of the wonderful curators, fellow friends and collectors. The Museum certainly does not disappoint. A former warehouse, converted into a stunning exhibition venue; multiple floors, all with stunningly high ceilings that provide an inspirational backdrop to a conceptual curation. Here is a little excerpt from the press release.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: start;">After our private tour, off to experience the delights of the city and what better way to start then with an Antwerpen Institution, <i>Des Artist; </i>a wonderful Brasserie that shares in a look and feel of many of the Parisian establishments, but with a warmth and generosity that I found, it seems to be very Antwerpen. Sampling the traditional dishes with the array of Belgian beers, it certainly was the best way to start off the evening. </span><span style="text-align: start;">As the evening progressed, we sampled the delights of the city (the many extraordinarily</span><span style="text-align: start;"> designed bars) and enjoyed until the early hours, all intermixed with old and new friends. </span></span><br />
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-52170221628427268572017-03-05T08:34:00.002-08:002017-03-05T08:34:57.844-08:00New Exhibition - Surface Tension At FOMU Antwerp - Opening Thursday 9 March At 18:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am very please to announce that my collaborative series, <i>Lunar Caustic, </i>will be part of an exciting new exhibition, <i>Surface Tension, </i>curated by Brad Feuerhelm at FOMU, Antwerp's Foto Museum opening this Thursday, 9th March at 18:00, part of the Braakland initiative. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The photographic surface is generally conditioned towards flatness. This exhibition works with artists who are considering the surface of the image as a starting point to investigate what a photographic representation is, was and can be. </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Photographic surfaces are destroyed, built up, and worn to create completely new images. Participating artists: Sofia Borges, Brad Feuerhelm, Melinda Gibson, Petra Kubisova, Thomas Sauvin, Ruth van Beek, Thomas Vandenberghe & Daisuke Yokota.</span></span></i></div>
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Melinda Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07694631538165148209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4677526923100744603.post-51882873871596383052017-02-02T08:20:00.000-08:002017-02-02T08:20:31.186-08:00New Editorial - Ambit Magazine - Issue 227<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">I am delighted to say that my collaborative series "Lunar Caustic" with Thomas Sauvin has been selected by Darren Warner, part of his take over for the new issue of the wonderfully inspiring magazine, Ambit. Our contribution is amoung some astounding artists that include, Alex Crocker, Sam Windett, Ryan Mosley, Caroline Achaintre, John Finneran and many more. You can even download one of our artworks for the next two months from their website here - </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://ambitmagazine.co.uk/download-artwork">http://ambitmagazine.co.uk/download-artwork</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Ambit is a London-based 96 page literary and art magazine that features poetry, prose and art. We strive to feature fresh voices and visions from across the world, placing first-time writers alongside giants of the scene. Started in 1959 by the London paediatrician Dr Martin Bax, the magazine helped discover and establish Edwin Brock, Carol Ann Duffy, JG Ballard, Eduardo Paolozzi, William Burroughs, Fleur Adcock, Liz Berry and Sir Peter Blake among others.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">In these changing times, it was truly wonderful to be part of the launch night on Tuesday, where young poets performed their pieces with artistic onlookers and listeners. It seems in these changing times, poetry is increasingly becoming an important outlet for vocal frustrations, love, loss and life. Language is so important in the era where fiction controls fact.</span></div>
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