„How to show? Lab for research and art“
Emma Campbell – Photography Vernissage 20.03.2014 (19:00)
Finissage 30.03.2014
Öffnungzeiten: Thursdays, fridays, saturdays (15:00 – 19:00)
20.03 (Thursday) Opening
22.03 (Saturday) Talk: “Artist in Residence, Emma Campbell will give a talk on her current research, where photography, feminist activism and research collide.”
29.03 (Saturday) Film Presentation: Sarah Diehl: Abortion Democracy
“Why is access to an illegal abortion in the EU member state Poland lighter than an actually legal abortion in South Africa?
Sarah Diehl’s documentary “Abortion Democracy” compares the political, legislative and social developments regarding abortion in Poland and South Africa:
The comparison of these countries is therefore suitable, because the laws of jurisdiction and public discourse in the 90s completely opposite in both societies developments have taken: Poland criminalized in 1993 especially by the strong influence of the Catholic Church abortions completely.South Africa liberalized in 1997, however, the termination of pregnancy by a review of the legal system in a discriminatory laws against minorities after apartheid and now owns one of the most liberal abortion regulations worldwide.
(The film is in English with German subtitles)
30.03 (Sunday) Finissage
Belfast-born EMMA CAMPBELL is a trained Documentary Photographer (Newport, 2000), with more than a decade experience working in the London photo industry. Switching back to university Emma gained a MFA in Photography from the University of Ulster, where she currently continues with a practice-based PhD, researching the impact of women’s documentary photography in the UK. Emma’s work has been shown at multiple galleries and festivals in London and Ireland during the last fifteen years.
Emma herself viciously deals with gendered themes. Focusing on the role of women in documentary photography as well as documentary photographic culture, investigating their ideas, critique, and modes of practice, she attempts to show how the history of women’s collectives can be revitalized. Using her own practice on abortion as well as trialling a woman’s photographic forum, she follows Women on Waves and Women on Web, sister organizations providing women with early medical abortion pills and advice where it is illegal.
For the series Emma plans on film screenings and public discussions around these illegal, international interventions.
Contact: campbell.emma@gmail.com & emmacampbell.co.uk/tumbler
Originally from Belfast, Emma studied Documentary Photography at Newport until 2000, after which she relocated to London to work in the photographic industry for over a decade. Recently relocated home, Emma gained a Masters of Fine Art in Photography from the University of Ulster under Paul Seawright, Donovan Wylie and Kaylynn Deveney in 2012. The study continues at U.U, with a practice-based PhD researching the impact of women’s documentary photography in the UK.
Emma deals with gendered themes in her personal work and has previously explored the portrayal of female adolescence, the diary as an exploration of sibling identity, the masquerade of gender in photography as well as social and political issues that directly affect women.
HOW TO SHOW? LAB FOR RESEARCH AND ART is a series of events, talks and exhibitions showcasing artistic research projects from Bauhaus-University Weimar, Aalto University, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki and University of Ulster. The project is intended to foster the exchange of experiences between researchers and institutions and to present artistic research projects to a broader public. From February to April 2014 eleven doctoral candidates will work at different project spaces developing experimental formats to share and present their research in Berlin.
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