Hereford Photography Festival present the Wellcome Trust funded touring exhibition
Photo-ID: Photographers & Scientists Explore Identity
Curated by Keith Roberts
FREE EXHIBITION OPENS SATURDAY 24th JULY 2010
The exhibition presents commissioned work by Kim Cunningham; Mark Edwards; Carl Jaycock; Åsa Johannesson; Marlene Haring; Joanna Kane; Evi Lemberger; Dave Lewis; Paul Sucksmith and Simon Terrill.
FREE EVENTS:
Saturday 24th July: Keith Roberts Curator's Talk - 12noon
Monday 26th July: Åsa Johannesson Photographer's Talk - 6pm-7pm
Monday 2nd August: Carl Jaycock Photographer's Talk - 6pm-7pm
Monday 9th August: Simon Terril Photographer's Talk - 6pm-7pm
Guided tours every Tuesday from 1pm-1.30pm
Family Workshops every Tuesday 2pm-4pm
All events at Hereford Town Hall, St Owens Street, Hereford, HR1 9JR.
Saturday 24th July – Saturday 14th August 2010
10am – 6pm. (Closed Sundays)
and
The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, Edgar Street, Hereford, HR4 9JR
Wednesday 28th July – Sunday 15th August 2010
(Closed Sunday 1st - Sunday 8th August)
The way in which identity is constructed is a complex process. At one level, how people choose to describe themselves (and others) might combine information about age, gender, appearance, faith, nationality, ethnicity, language, accent, class, occupation, family and where they come from. On another level, how they feel about being ‘them’ might embrace more complex issues like personality, mood, mental state, illness, and relationships. Some of these factors are influenced by genetic inheritance, while others are probably not. At yet another level, identity may become the subject of ‘identification’ and reside in names, a driving licence, a passport, a photograph, or genetically related biometric data such as fingerprints, iris scans or even DNA profiles!
Some of these complex issues of personal and social identity are explored in Photo-ID. The exhibition presents work by ten photographers alongside recent information about how our human genome affects how we, and others, will think about and use identity in the future.
Photo ID was developed with support from a Society Award from the Wellcome Trust and comes to the Hereford Photography Festival as part of the Identity Project, a nationwide season of activity from the Wellcome Trust exploring what makes us who we are. The exhibition will be accompanied by a book and a programme of free workshops and artist talks.
PhotoID at Hereford Town Hall
Family workshops, Hereford Town Hall
This exhibition is part of a nine-month UK-wide season of activity about identity from the Wellcome Trust.
Visitor Feedback:
‘It’s very interesting to consider how we construct our identity’
‘Very good and informative presentation. Not what I expected’
‘Amazing – love it’
‘We all enjoyed the workshop, it was good to have something age appropriate for all ’
