Architectures of the Near Future
My work will feature in this forthcoming issue of Architectural Design where guest-editor Nic Clear questions received notions of the future. Drawing on such fields as synthetic space, psychoanalysis, postmodern geography, post-economics, cybernetics, and neurology, as well as including interviews with novelist William Gibson, Archigram architect David Greene and musician Brian Eno. ISBN: 978-0-470-69955-3
Photo Fictions at ACP, Sydney
As part of my solo exhibition 'City of the Immortals' at The Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney, I will be giving a masterclass on my practice on 29th August and giving a floor talk along with fellow exhibitor Nairn Scott entitled 'Seeing is Believing' on 5th September. Check out - http://www.acp.org.au/events and http://www.acp.org.au/workshop/courses/photo-fictions. I will also be participating in Portfolio reviews, see the ACP website for details.
Artwork of the Week - Liverpool
My work at Red Wire has just been voted artwork of the week In Liverpool, check the link at : http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2009/07/artwork-of-the-week-michelle-lord/ . Exhibition continues through to 8th August.
Lishui International Photography Festival, China
Following on the success from last years exhibition in Pingyao, I have been invited as the only UK artist to have a solo exhibition at Lishui 09. The festival begins November 28th 2009.
Exhibition in Lithuania
I've been invited to exhibit a range of projects at this year's Kaunas Photo Festival in Lithuania, curated by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas. More details to follow...
New show at Red Wire, Liverpool
My work has been selected for the forthcoming exhibition 'Apocalypse Now' at Red Wire gallery in Liverpool, curated by Joe McNulty and Josh Tennant. Apocalypse Now will reflect on interpretations of the meaning of an Apocalypse today, and bring together artists from the U.K whose work deals with Apocalyptic themes, from a very contemporary viewpoint to reflect on a very human dilemma.
Article in Fotograf Magazine (CZ)
Issue 12 of the Prague based international publication 'Magazine Fotograf' focuses upon the multiple meanings of the term 'reconstruction' in contemporary photography. I have written an article for the magazine which details my series 'Future Ruins'.
Solo exhibition at The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
The 'City of the Immortals' has been selected by Australian Centre for Photography curator and director Alasdair Foster as a solo exhibition to take place in August/September 2009.
Athens Photo Festival catalogue
This new book features images from the 'City of the Immortals' project. This is one a series of art|catalogues by 010 artventures, published on the occasion of the Athens photo festival 08, organised by the Hellenic centre for photography. ISBN 123456778-345
Opening at Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art
Two images have been selected to feature in the exhibition 'The Art of Birmingham II' at the Waterhall Gallery of Modern Art, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The show features work produced by artists from the region between 1940 and 2008, it runs from 15th November 2008 to 1st February 2009.
Solo Exhibition at Athens Photo Festival
'City of the Immortals' has been selected as a solo show at APhF:08, at Lily Fragaki Gallery, Athens. This years theme is 'Mediterrean', focusing on identifying and highlighting the cultural, religious and environmental features of the region to create a common intercultural framework. The opening is on 11th November at 8pm.
Work featured in new movie '1234' at British Film Institute
Giles Borg's new movie '1234' launches tonight at the British Film Institutes 52nd London film Festival. Giles shot some scenes for the film at Elevator Gallery during the exhibition 'Relocating Absence' (see exhibitions). My work appears in the gallery shots, an excerpt can be found on the trailor at http://www.carsonfilms.co.uk/1-2-3-4/home/. All artists and curators involved in the exhibition are credited, as well as Elevator Gallery.
Round Table, new photography book
Images from two bodies of work are included in this new hardback publication 'Round Table' produced inconjunction with the Pingyao festival. ISBN 978-7-5059-6048-0
Critical Mass finalist, Photolucida USA
Selected work has been chosen from a panel of over 100 curators, gallery directors and publishers as a finalist in this years Critical Mass.
Autopsy of the New Millenium - New Publication
The series 'Ultimate City' will feature is this bilingual publication, produced in conjunction with the J G Ballard exhibition at the Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona. Contributing authors include Jordi Costa, Rodrigo Fresán, V. Vale, Vicente Luis Mora and Simon Sellars. ISBN 978-84-9803-291-8
Pingyao Photography Festival, China
This autumn I am one of three artists selected by Rhubarb-Rhubarb to represent the UK at the Pingyao Photography Festival in China, along with Simon Roberts and Max Kandhola.
Babelia feature, Spain
Babelia, Spains equivalent of UK's The Guardian has featured 'Ultimate City #5' as its front cover image. Other media coverage in the Spanish press include El Pais, Público, El Periódico, Avui and Butxaca L’agenda Cultural. See Press section for further details.
Forthcoming article in Dwell Magazine (USA)
San Francisco based design magazine will be featuring an article on the 'City of the Immortals' in their April issue. It will also include a Q & A on my practice.
Feature in Impulsive Random Platform
Impulsive Random Platform or IRP is a London based art zine/ publication, which invites emerging artists of all disciplines to display and promote their work via an alternative, experimental and accessible format. Issue 7 will feature work from 'Ultimate City'. IRP is produced by Alexander Bates, Rachel Ichniowski and Kala Newman and available from the following stockists: Analogue Books (Edinburgh), Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum (Amsterdam), Atomic Books (Baltimore), Donlon Books (London), i-cabin (London), Lik + Neon (London), Mew Gallery (Philadelphia) and The Permanent Bookshop (Brighton).
Nominated for European Champion Award
As project facilitator for 'Re-Vision: Celebrating Diversity through Photography', this European project was the runner-up for a European Champion Award at a recent awards ceremony in Brussels.
Upcoming show at CCCB Barcelona
Upcoming show at the Centre for Contemporary Culture, Barcelona As part of a major survey of the author J G Ballard, work from the series 'Future Ruins' has been selected for the group exhibition J G Ballard: An Autopsy of the New Millenium (July - November 2008). It focuses upon Ballard's artistic and literary referents, and his precise, disenchanted visions of a future life governed by the concepts of anti-utopia and disaster.
Group show at Elevator Gallery, London
Relocating Absence will be a group exhibition showcasing the work of thirteen internationally emerging artists exploring a series of interpretations of the theme. Through a variety of media, including sculpture, installation, video, photography and drawing, the exhibition plays with the constants of space and time. This exhibition is curated by Elisa Tosoni, Cherie-Marie Veiderveld and Simon Reuben White, with an accompanying essay by Matthew MacKisack.
