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Photomonitor and Daniel Blau Ltd are pleased to present an evening of collaboration. On Wednesday, 16^th May 2012, beginning at 7 pm, two artist talks will highlight the importance of artistic collaboration, with WassinkLundgren and Anthony Luvera each presenting their practice and the varied aspects of collaboration in their work.

WassinkLundgren is a partnership between Thijs groot Wassink and Ruben Lundgren, which began in 2005 after they both graduated from the Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands. Through collaboration, they make work often described as conceptual documentary photography.

In 2007 they published Empty Bottles, which won the prestigious Prix du Livre for Best Contemporary Photobook at the Rencontres d’Arles Photofestival, was nominated by Thomas Weski as ‘Best Photography Book of 2007-8’ at the Kasseler Fotoforum, and was included by Martin Parr as one of the thirty ‘best books of the decade’ exhibition and catalogue presented at Photo Ireland 2011. Other publications include WassinkLundgren is Still Searching (2006), Lu Xiaoben (2010) and Tokyo Tokyo (2010) which is currently on show as part of Hijacked III at QUAD, Derby. The same body of work can also be seen at State of the Art at the NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf and as part of The Dutch Photobook since 1945 at the Dutch Photo Museum in Rotterdam.

Wassink lives in London, where he finished an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Lundgren lives in Beijing, where he recently finished an MA at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. On 16th May they will both be in the same city to talk about their work and collaboration at Daniel Blau Gallery.

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“In a society full of prying eyes like ours, everyone can become both spectator and actor in the quotidian spectacle. With CCTV cameras scattered in every public space our dwelling leaves traces behind, stored as visual codes. Choreographed crowds transit the nameless global city during their daily commuting, with self-absorbed pedestrians experiencing the paradox of public space; between anonymity and scrutiny. Non-places are where this paradox turns explicit and evident, and this is where my project was undertaken with the intention of constructing imaginary urban landscapes that comment on our exposure to city life.”

Manuel Vazquez (Colombia) is based in London. He has a master’s in photography and urban culture from Goldsmiths University. He has also studied international cultural cooperation in Barcelona and economics in Colombia. His work was exhibited at the Liverpool Biennal in 2010, and, in 2009, in the Flash Forward (Magenta Foundation, Canada) and PhotoEspaña (Descubrimientos) festivals.

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Read more here: http://www.coinstreet.org/whatson/exhibitions-and-events/turkana.html

See more about Alejandro Chaskielberg here: http://www.chaskielberg.com/

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Martin Parr takes a look at Finnishness

Laboratory’s constantly evolving exhibition programme features work by both Finnish and international artists. The opening exhibition is British photographer Martin Parr’s eye-opening Think of Finland (February 10 – April 8, 2012).

Parr’s exhibition presents a never-before-seen body of work from the internationally renowned photographer and member of the Magnum Photos agency. In August 2011 Parr travelled between Helsinki in the south and Oulu in the north, capturing images of Finns and the Finnish way of life. The photographs depict Finns without sentimentality but with warmth and tenderness.

“I have long been fascinated by Finland, since I was Professor of Photography at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in the early 90s, so how good to have this chance to return with my camera and create a new body of work,” Parr says. “The Finns are a delightfully quirky people, so I wanted to show this and also the tension between tradition and modernity.”

A making of film on Martin Parr’s journey across Finland will be screened at the gallery during the exhibition.

See more here:  http://www.laboratory.fi/2012/01/think-of-finland-landed-in-finland/

View More of Martin’s work here: http://dmbmedia.co.uk/artists/martin-parr/photography/

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