Artist talk, The Manchester Museum

 

ARTIST TALK

What a dog might tell us: on photography, perfectibility and the aesthetics of breed. Manchester Museum, Tuesday 23 October 2012, 6pm

Longhurst was invited to give a public lecture to accompany the exhibition, Breed: the British and their Dogs. The talk, which described the process of making works for The Refusal and also Longhurst’s personal relationship with her own pet dogs, was hosted by Dr Julie-Marie Strange, with an introduction by Professor Carol Mavor.

Video, João Bento, Fauna & Flora.

 
 

The Grange Prize 2012 Dialogues

 
 

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
The Grange Prize 2012 Dialogues, Art Gallery of Ontario, 7 September 2012, 3-6pm

Panelists:: Sara Knelman, Annie MacDonell, Jo Longhurst. Moderated by: Dr Gaëlle Morel.

 

Suspension, ICIA Bath

 
 

EXHIBITION RECEPTION
SUSPENSION, ICIA, Bath, curated by Carole Sartain, 13 February — 4 May 2012

Jo Longhurst will be in conversation with Dr Lynn Turner, Goldsmiths, 7 March, from 6pm.

Work exhibited A-Z, 215 appropriated photographs under Perspex; Suspension (1), digital wall vinyl, Apparatus, pigment print [re-photographed lasercopy, perfect solids], mdf, gymnasts' chalk.

 

On Perfection, Whitechapel Gallery

 
 

SYMPOSIUM
On Perfection, organised by Jo Longhurst in collaboration with the European Centre for Photographic Research, University of Wales, Newport, Whitechapel Gallery & The Photographers’ Gallery, London, 2 & 3 February 2012

Programmed as response to the 2012 London Olympics, and framed from an artist’s perspective, this symposium explores the ways in which artists engage with or disrupt ideas of perfection. The programme includes formal papers, screenings, artist talks, conversation & performance, new works by emerging artists, and presentations from international guests.

A book inspired by the event will be published by Intellect, as part of the Critical Photography Series, supported by Hiscox.

With contributions from Mark Durden, Eva Stenram, Clive Cazeaux, Julian Rosefeldt, Catherine Grant, Jo Longhurst, Ray Muller (Leni Riefenstahl), Ceri Higgins, David Evans, Francette Pacteau, Leslie Dick with Audrey Wollen, Jonathan Whitehall, Michal Heiman, Liam Devlin, Oriana Fox, Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno, Dan Hill, Jane & Louise Wilson, Marco Bohr.

 

Critical Dictionary

 
 

CATALOGUE
Critical Dictionary, Black Dog Publishing, London, 2012, edited by David Evans.

To accompany the exhibition of the same name at WORK, London, 27 January – 25 February  2012

Artists: David Bate, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Simon Cunningham, Paola Di Bello, Tim Edgar, Christian Edwardes, Simon Faithfull, Dave Hazel, Justin Hibbs, Laibach, Ann Lee, Jo Longhurst, Tom Lovelace, Office of Experiments, Richard Paul, Poor Photographer, Chloé Regan, Sophy Rickett, Dominic Shepherd, Penelope Umbrico, Jake Walters and others.

Work included: I Know What You’re Thinking [catalogue]; Untitled, limited edition print with book, 2009, [exhibition]

ISBN  9781907317491

 

Behind The Image, Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana

 
 
 

BOOK
Behind The Image, Anna Fox and Natasha Caruana, AVA Publishing, Lausanne, 2012

An AVA Academia Basics Creative Photography title for visual arts students. Featured contributors: Andrew Bruce, Anthony Luvera, Barbara Kruger, Clare Strand, Dean Hollowood, Derek Rodgers, Grace Lau, Harry Watts, Hashem el Madani, Helen Goodin, HelenSear, Jeff Wall, Jo Longhurst, Joachim Scmidt, John Davies, Joy Gregory, Karen Knorr, Martha Rosler, Melanie manchot, Sally Verrall, Steffi Klenz, Stephen Bull, Vivian Maier, Wendy Pye.

Work featured: Breed

ISBN 9782940411665

 

Protected Characteristics, RCA

 

EXHIBITION
Protected Characteristics, curated by Jack Tan, Royal College of Art, 15-19 November 2010

Protected Characteristics is an exhibition marking the introduction of the Equality Act in October 2010. The exhibition brings together artists’ responses to the Act and features video, sculptural, photographic and performance works.

The Act introduces a duty for public bodies to eliminate discrimination and victimisation against people who have a ‘protected characteristic’. The duty also requires public bodies to advance equal opportunities and good relations between people who share a ‘protected characteristic’ and those who do not. The exhibition examines the ideas of characterisation, categorisation, the politicisation of personal traits, and the identification of cultural and social value. The Equality Act identifies core human ’characteristics’ that it aims to protect in law, these are Age; Disability; Gender Reassignment; Marriage or Civil Partnership; Pregnancy and Maternity; Race; Religion or Belief; Sex; and Sexual Orientation.

Artists: Gaea Todd, Dick Jewell, Helene U"ren, James Green, Jessie Brennan, Jo Longhurst, Karolina Raczynska, Mark Hayward, Matthew Pagett, Mia Fernandes, Nicolas Myers, Nina Mangalanayagam, Rachel Louise Brown, The Methods Lab.

Work shown: The Refusal (part I)

 

Update.UK: Photography in Britain after 2000

 

CATALOGUE
Update.UK: Photography in Britain after 2000, Photomonth in Krakow, 1 – 31 May 2010

A series of digital projections - with Kevin Beck, David Birkin, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Bianca Brunner, David Chandler, Glen Erler, Stephen Gill, Anne Hardy, Tess Hurrell, Steffi Klenz, Seba Kurtis, Alastair Levy, Jo Longhurst, Trish Morrisey, Jonathan Olley, Sarah Pickering, Simon Roberts, Indre Serpytyte, Andy Sewell.

Selectors: Charlotte Cotton, Smon Baker, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Jason Evans, Gordon MacDonald, Michael Mack, Martin Parr, Olivier Richon, Aaron Scuman.

Work exhibited: 13 works from The Refusal, A-Z

 

Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding

 
 

CATALOGUE
to accompany the exhibition Cocker Spaniel and Other Tools for International Understanding, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal-Unterowisheim, 6 September – 11 October 2009; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 26 October 2009 – 10 January 2010

Edited by DIrk Luckow, includes contextual essays by Katharina von der Leyen, Feridun Zaimoglu, Julia Schönfeld, Wolfgang Wipperman, Dörte Zbikowski, Ingo Schulze, and Erika Billeter. Published by Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Ursula Blickle Foundation / Dumont, Köln.

ISBN 978-3-8321-9267-9

 

Catalogue, Becoming Human, Becoming Animal

 

CATALOGUE
to accompany the exhibition Tier-Werden, Mensch-Werden [Becoming Animal, Becoming Human], nGbK, Berlin, 9 May – 14 June 2009

Artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila (FI), Catherine Bell (AU), Marcus Coates (GB), Kathy High (US), John Isaacs (GB/DE), Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid (US/RU), Angela Köntje and Peter Frey (DE), Daniel Lee (TW/US), Jo Longhurst (GB), Reiner Maria Matysik (DE), Aurelia Mihai (RO/DE), Patricia Piccinini (AU), Iris Schieferstein (DE), Deborah Sengl (AT), Jana Sterbak (CA)

With essays by Donna J Haraway and Steve Baker, and a contextual text on Sighthound by Jessica Ullrich.

nGbK, Berlin

ISBN 978-3-9812935-0-0

 

The Animal Gaze Exhibition

 

EXHIBITION
The Animal Gaze, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 24 January – 22 March 2009 

Work exhibited The refusal (part III), 6 photographs on aluminium.

Artists: Paul Bush, Nicky Coutts, Jo Longhurst, Kate MccGwire, Rosemarie McGoldrick, Barbara Rauch, Andrea Roe.

 
 
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