Building on London College of Communication’s reputation for conceptual photography, this artists’ discussion between Marcus Coates, Clunie Reid and Erica Scourti puts forward photography as an interdisciplinary practice. By combining the image with elements such as the voice, technology and performance as a means of writing within this expanded field, these artists’ work counter traditional notions of text and the photograph, adding to a contemporary understanding of Writing Photographs. The conversation is chaired by artist and writer WiebkeÌýLeister.
Following on from this event each artist will lead a practical workshop delving further into the relationship between writing andÌýphotography.
- Writing Photographs: Clunie ReidÌýWorkshop
- Writing Photographs: Erica Scourti WorkshopÌý
- Writing Photographs: Marcus Coates WorkshopÌý
In collaboration with the Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary Research Hub, London College of Communication, University of the ArtsÌýLondon.
Biographies
Marcus CoatesÌýlives and works in London. He devises processes to use the pragmatism and insight that empathetic perspectives and imagined realities can offer. He explicitly addresses a need to create functional and inclusive languages where conventional strategies of understanding prove inadequate. Recent exhibitions includeÌýYou Might As Well Ask A Crow,ÌýWorkplace Gallery, London 2016;ÌýMarcus Coates,ÌýKate MacGarry, London, 2015; andÌýApe Culture, HKW Berlin, 2015. In 2013 he was shortlisted for the Trafalgar Square 4thÌýPlinth.
Wiebke LeisterÌýis a German artist and writer, who studied photography at the University in Essen and gained a PhD from the Royal College of Art in London. Wiebke is course leader for MA Photography at the London College of Communication and has also taught fine art photography at Fachhochschule Bielefeld and Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen. She is also a co-organiser of the Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary researchÌýhub.
Clunie ReidÌýis an artist working in print and digital media. She is interested in modern histories of image based critique, images and identification, subjectivity and the ongoing function of the feminine in representation. Solo exhibitions of her works includeÌýPeek A De Boom, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart 2009;ÌýDumb Down, Get Dressed, Move Out, Studio Voltaire, London 2010; andÌýProject 8Ìýat the Contemporary Art Society 2015. She was exhibited as part ofÌýArt NowÌýat Tate Britain with James Richards in 2010 and is part of the Tate collection. She is Senior Lecturer at Central SaintÌýMartins.
Erica ScourtiÌýwas born in Athens, Greece and is now based in London. Her work across different media draws on personal experience to explore life, labour, gender and love in a fully mediated world. She has exhibited at the Wellcome Collection, CTRL+SHIFT, Oakland, Somerset House, Microscope Gallery, New York, FACT, The Photographers’ Gallery and Hayward Gallery, and presented talks at Whitechapel Gallery, South London Gallery, IMPAKT Festival and the ICA amongst others. In 2015 Erica was in residence at Wysing Arts Centre and the White Building, London, and she is currently a resident of Somerset HouseÌýStudios.
This event has been provided by Tate Gallery on behalf of Tate Enterprises LTD.​