Findings Birmingham
About Findings Birmingham
GRAIN Library of Birmingham photography commission by Tom Hunter. Running from 25 April - 19 July 2013 in Church Street Square and St Paul's Square, Birmingham.
Findings Birmingham Description
In January 2013 the internationally acclaimed artist and photographer Tom Hunter was commissioned to make a new body of work in Birmingham finding, exploring and revealing places and spaces in Colmore Business District and the Jewellery Quarter.
“For me this project is a journey back into the country’s industrial heritage and at the same time a personal journey into my own history.
Many of the buildings I have photographed are monuments to this industrial past, showing us the fingerprints of working lives and the products that these endeavours created and from them a way of life and culture. I have always been attracted to these shrines from a disappearing world, a world my grandfather was meshed too, with his engineering company in Birmingham. A world I have explored through photography in Hackney Wick, where the industrial landscape became a playground for the dispossessed, and is now reincarnated as an Olympic wonderland.
All these elements have aligned themselves in this photographic essay, connecting my history to my country’s and Birmingham to Hackney. In the same way Alexander Parkes of Birmingham invented Parkesine, the base material of my film and took it to Hackney Wick to be mass-produced, I now take my pinhole photography back in time to Birmingham, to illuminate and document this very special place. ” TOM HUNTER
Hunter employs a pinhole camera, a simple square wooden box without a lens or shutter, whose origins lie in the pre and early history of photography. The camera has a small hole at one end which allows light to seep onto a sheet of large format colour transparency film held at the back of the camera. He then uses these positive images to make exhibition prints with an intense, exquisite and impressionistic quality in which overall effect and atmosphere are the prime objective.
The exhibition of new work by Tom Hunter will be shown in the public realm over two sites, Church Street Square (CBD) and St Paul’s Square (JQ), Birmingham. The exhibition sites offer the visitor a chance to make their own journey of discovery on either side of the footbridge which links the two districts.
The commission is a partnership project developed by GRAIN at the Library of Birmingham with Colmore Business District and the Jewellery Quarter Business District, supported by Arts Council England, Birmingham City University and Metro Imaging.
Reviews
The FINDINGS exhibition has now come to a close. We would like to thank Tom Hunter and all the partners involved in the project
http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/…/p hotography-exhibitio…
It's the last day of the FINDINGS exhibition. Visit Church Street Square to see the photography exhibition before it closes.
Why not walk through the Colmore Business District this evening after work and check out the Tom Hunter exhibition? Just a day to go till it closes!
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There's two days left to enter the Birmingham Viewpoint FINDINGS project. Have you submitted your photograph in? http://www.birminghamviewpoint.com/findin gs/
Just a couple of days to go till the FINDINGS exhibition comes to a close. Why not see the images at the Colmore Business District? http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/
50 spaces & places have been featured in the FINDINGS exhibition from museums to religious buildings http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/
Brilliant weather in Birmingham this week! Have you taken your camera out and about? Outdoor photography can be tricky, why not share your tips with us?
Another glorious day in Birmingham. Perfect for visiting the Tom Hunter FINDINGS exhibition!
There are just under 2 weeks left until the FINDINGS exhibition closes in both St Paul’s Square & Church Street Square. What has been your favourite image by artist Tom Hunter?
We love these rare photos of The Rat Pack. What do you think of these images? http://life.time.com/…/frank-sinatra-de an-martin-sammy-da…/…
Why not take time out today to have a look at the FINDINGS exhibition on Church Street Square or St Paul’s Square? http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/
There are just 3 weeks left until the FINDINGS exhibition comes to an end. If you haven’t visited the exhibition yet then do check it out!
There are some fantastic locations featured in detail on the FINDINGS blog including The Lost & Found, The Council House & Yorks Bakery Cafe. Which is your favourite FINDINGS location as photographed by Tom Hunter? http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/
A great blog post on the FINDINGS exhibition by Birmingham 2022 writer Abbey Duckett http://birmingham2022.wordpress.com/…/f indings-exhibition-…/
The Lost & Found on Bennetts Hill is a featured location on the blog today. Have you visited the restaurant and bar yet?
http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/…/l ocation-the-lost-fou…
The FINDINGS exhibition is available to view until the 19th July. Just head to the Jewellery Quarter and the Colmore Business District http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/
This week’s featured location is the iconic Birmingham City Council House on Victoria Square. Find out more about the location here: http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/…/l ocation-council-hous…
Just a few weeks left till the FINDINGS exhibition closes. You can view the photographs on Church Street Square and St Paul’s Square in Birmingham http://www.findingsbirmingham.co.uk/