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Creative Journey with GWR

By Exhibition, InMuseum, Museum Exhibition Archive

Exhibition: Bootcampers’ creative journey of discovery. The GWR Creative Bootcamp journey started in 2022. The first phase included theory sessions on art, activism and identity. The second phase comprised a series of practical sessions on portraiture, gallery visits around London and Oxford to see exhibitions on portrait photography, and intensive workshops with acclaimed photographers including Laura El-Tantawy and Jillian Edelstein.

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Week 5

By Bootcamp Portal, Winter Bootcamp 2022
Photography & Place Excerpts from paper by Mohammadmiri and Nabavi The findings of this study suggest that ‘place’ is a phenomenon that allows photographers to investigate the concepts of identity and attachment, cultural narratives and traditions, environmental challenges, as well as extremes of social realities. Introduction Photography ‘probably more than any other...
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Week 4

By Bootcamp Portal, Winter Bootcamp 2022
Self & Identity We started with a questionnaire about identity (downloadable from here) and this led to an interesting discussion around the different factors that make up identity.  Many of the Heroines use concepts of self and identity in their practice. Some examples of how they work with the theme can be...
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Week 3

By Bootcamp Portal, Winter Bootcamp 2022
Creative Improvisation Create an artwork that relates to activism or protest. It can be something that represents a cause or something that could be used in a protest event (such as a banner or poster). Either: create a complete artwork Or: plan a project (like Laura’s newspapers or the AIDS quilt) with...
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Week 2

By Bootcamp Portal, Winter Bootcamp 2022

Many of the Heroines use photography as a means of protest or a form of activism (a new word that’s becoming increasingly popular is artivism). In week 2, we looked at a number of videos on the topic and saw the huge variety in ways that art and photography can be used for protest and activitsm. The links are below.

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