Bristol Photo Festival
(English below)
川内倫子さんの展示は、Bristol Photo Festival の一環でした。Pre-sessional English class でのCultural Diversityに関するプレゼン練習も兼ねて、他の出展作家の情報を調べては、とても楽しみに待っていました。
Hashem Shakeri "Staring into the Abyss" と、Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah "The House is a Body" には、UWE Photography society のメンバーと一緒に観に行くことができました。アフガニスタンの新たな日常を真摯に捉えたHashem Shakeri の展示に圧倒された後、ブリストル博物館の常設展を見て回ってから、The Georgian House Museum を訪問しました。Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyahの、身体の記憶と会場の歴史が呼応した展示が、強く心に残っています。友人たちと写真展を回ることで、感想を英語で言葉にする機会にも恵まれました。
会場の構成や写真の展示方法が、少し KYOTOGRAPHIE に似ていたので、他は一人でも気軽に観て回ることができました。Ritual Inhabitual "Oro Verde"のユニークな作品群や、 Andrew Jackson "Across the Sea is a Shore" の静謐な写真から、今まで知らなかった社会を垣間見たり、教会の地下で行われていたドラマチックな Sarker Protick"Spaces of Separation" を訪れたりしました。M shedでのスナップやストリートフォトの展示は、点数が多く圧巻で、ブリストルについてより多角的に知ることができたように思います。
いくつかの会場は、私が住んでいたFrenchay campusからのアクセスがよくなかったため、観に行く時間を確保できませんでした。Bristol Photo Festival のポスターになっていた、Martin Parr Foundation での Trent Parke "Monument" に行けなかったのが、とても心残りです。
Rinko Kawauchi's exhibition was part of the Bristol Photo Festival. I was looking forward to it, researching the other exhibiting artists and practicing my presentation on cultural diversity for my pre-sessional English class.
I was able to go see Hashem Shakeri's "Staring into the Abyss" and Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah's "The House is a Body" with members of the UWE Photography Society. After being captivated by Hashem Shakeri's exhibition, which sincerely captured Afghanistan's new normal, we toured the Bristol Museum's permanent collection and then visited The Georgian House Museum. Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah's installation, which resonated with the physical memory and the history of the venue, left a lasting impression on me. Touring the exhibition with friends also provided me with the opportunity to express my impressions in English.
The layout of the venue and the way the photographs were displayed were somewhat similar to KYOTOGRAPHIE, making it easy to browse the other exhibits on my own. The unique works of Ritual Inhabitual "Oro Verde" and the tranquil photographs of Andrew Jackson's "Across the Sea is a Shore" gave me a glimpse into a society I had never known before, and I also visited the dramatic Sarker Protick "Spaces of Separation" held in the basement of a church. The snapshot and street photography exhibition at M shed was overwhelming with its large number of pieces, and I feel like I was able to learn more about Bristol from various angles. Some of the venues were not easily accessible from the Frenchay campus where I lived, so I couldn't find time to go see them. I regret not being able to go to Trent Parke's "Monument" at the Martin Parr Foundation, which was featured on the poster for the Bristol Photo Festival.
