"winter prelude" by Keith Mendenhall and "a trick of the light" by our darkroom users - on in Abersychan and Pontypool!

Evening everyone,

We'd like to let you know about two exhibitions we have organised this November: "winter prelude" by Keith Mendenhall and "a trick of the light", a group exhibition by our darkroom users and the final show that we'll hold in 76m2, Pontypool.

“winter prelude” is a solo exhibition by American photographer, Keith Mendenhall, curated by the*kickplate*project. The photographs presented in the show were taken with film cameras, including Polaroid and pinhole. Keith’s images, with their subtle colours and fluctuating light, capture the changing seasons and the atmosphere of spaces free of human presence. 

Keith lives and works in East Hampton, New York.

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You can find Keith’s work on his website and instagram.

“winter prelude” 

15th November -11th December 

4 Broad Street, 

Abersychan, 

Torfaen, 

NP4 7BQ. 

A big thanks to Wayne Randell and family for letting us use their shop!

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“a trick of the light” is a group exhibition featuring photographs taken by some of those who over the last months have been using our darkroom, either by making prints, developing film, or bringing it to us to have it developed and scanned. The show includes medium format black and white images, colour 35mm, lith prints, and even a tri-colour gum over lith print, taken by a group of people from a variety of age groups and photographic backgrounds. We hope it’ll reveal the charm of film photography, whatever camera you use, and encourage more people to try it or come back to it. Throughout the exhibition, we're hoping to add more images to it, so if you'd like to participate by making darkroom prints, it is not too late!

“a trick of the light” is the final in a series of 9 exhibitions that have been organised at 76m2, Pontypool in 2018, and the 18th in this gallery, by the*kickplate*project, with the support from the Arts Council of Wales, Torfaen Council's Arts Development and Pontypool Community Council. 

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who’s come to visit us in the past 19 months for their support. We’ll be taking a break after the New Year, but we’ll do our best to come back to Pontypool in a new location in 2019.

21st November – 15th December

Tuesday – Thursday 10:30 – 17:30 

Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11:00 – 18:00

76m2

2 Portland Buildings

Commercial Street

Pontypool

Torfaen

NP4 6JS

The exhibition is opening on Wednesday the 21st between 15 and 18 

and everyone is welcome to join us for hot drinks and cake!