collaborators
an international photo exhibition
“collaborators”
is a photographic exhibition in Abertillery, Wales, featuring collaborative
works of art by international artists, such as diptychs, films swaps and
kaleidoscopes.
Most
of the images were created by artists who have never met in person and
collaborate via internet platforms. Some of the photographs had initially been
created independently and then turned into collaborations only later; some of
them were created as collaborative works of art from their conception. In some
of the final images, the common themes and colours result from the concept of
the artists; in some of them, like film swaps, the final image is incidental.
Apart
from a form of aesthetic and intellectual game between the artists, there is
another level to some of the exchanges: the goal is to bridge not only the
geographical distance between the countries, but also the political or cultural
differences between them and to create images that are universal.
The
diptychs were created by digitally combining two images, either digital or
analogue. The film swaps were created by one photographer shooting a roll of
film, or a Polaroid image, and then sending it to a different artist without
developing it, who then used the same roll of film. The resulting images are
double-exposures. Kaleidoscopes are composed by different artists arranging
multiple copies of their and other photographs into one square image,
resembling the random but visually matching combinations of pieces of glass
inside a kaleidoscope.
“collaborators”
is the third event organised by the*kickplate*project, an initiative to bring
high-quality international art to people who are not the target audience of
art.
26
Church Street, Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent
17 September – 8 October 2013
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