Description
the OCA has teamed up with Bank Street Arts to hold a symposium, New Pastoral Paradigms: Explorations in Landscape and the Self on Saturday 23rd July 2016.How can we use visual representations of place to explore and express how we feel – not just about the place itself, but about different things entirely? And in approaching place this way, are we distracting the viewer from learning about the topography, people and events depicted within the image? And what about drawing on other people’s narratives and tales about place and the land? How can we interpret other people’s stories creatively, while doing justice to their lived experiences?
Building a connection with previous narratives is a key aspect of Michal Iwanowski’s project Clear of People, which is currently being published by Brave Books. The project retraces the footsteps of his grandfather and great uncle, who escaped from a Soviet prisoner of war camp at the end of the Second World War, and walked thousands of miles back to their hometown in Poland. Iwanowski’s work is as much a visual exploration of the topography as a re-enactment of his forefathers’ sense of the anxiety and isolation as fugitives on the run in a hostile territory.
| Period | 23 Jul 2016 |
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| Event type | Other |
| Location | SheffieldShow on map |