A week of original visual content and discussion exploring creativity in lockdown to better prepare for a potention second wave this winter.
19th – 24th October 2020
As we stand on the edge of another potential national lockdown gripping the UK and with several regions already in partial lockdowns, there is now no better time than now to discuss how visual creativity was affected during the last national lockdown. The last lockdown saw many of us creatively crippled and understanding how our creative community overcame and adapted to the first lockdown will fundamentally help us better prepare and overcome the challenges that a second wave might present.
Starting on Monday 19th October and running throughout the week, several contributors from the Two Forty Four Network and beyond will be sharing and discussing creative practice in lockdown and isolation. Made up mainly of blog posts on TwoFortyFour.org and visual work sharing on instagram, the week will also feature the debut of Calum Heywoods Isolated Portraits project which was shot exclusively over the lockdown period in Lancashire. Each day of the week will feature a new portrait from Calum’s series, as yet unseen by the general public.
The week of content will come to an end with a publicly available live streamed artist talk from PhotoUCLan Alumni and MMU post-graduate student Calum Heywood. The talk will discuss the themes of his Isolated Portraits work as well as how he molded and executed his ideas during lockdown. The talk will last approximately 40 mins (timings yet to be confirmed) and in an interview fashion with Two Forty Four co-directors Lisa Oldroyd and Alistair Grimley. But the week will be far from over, immediately following Calum’s talk there will be a live and interactive Q&A session with some of the week’s contributors where the public and Two Forty Four members can ask questions directly to our contributors.
Calum Heywoods Artist Talk and Q&A
As part of Equidistant Exile, photographer Calum Heywood spoke about his project of socially distanced portraiture called Isolated Portraits. Hosted by Two Forty Four co-directors Alistair Grimley and Lisa Oldroyd, Calum’s talk is followed by a Q&A session hosted by Alistair Grimley and Lisa Oldroyd featuring Calum Heywood and Daniel Oyegade.
First broadcast live on 24th October 2020
Timings for each section:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:05 Calum’s artist talk
0:27:46 Q&A Session starts
0:35:45 Daniel joins the Q&A
0:58:39 Wrapping up and thank yous
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Introducing: Equidistant Exile
A week of original visual content and discussion exploring creativity in lockdown to better prepare for a potential second wave this winter. 19th – 24th October 2020 — TwoFortyFour.org Two Forty Four is proud to present; Equidistant Exile, a week of visual content and creative discussion to better prepare for a second wave this winter.…
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