Laura Edith Guy

mac events

Two forthcoming discussions at the Midlands Arts Centre have been scheduled to coincide with the release of the September and October Miscellaneous Leaflets. On September 23rd Jonathan P. Watts will be discussing the legacy of the photography magazine Ten.8 with founder Derek Bishton. And on Thursday 14th October Angela Dyer, Head of Regeneration at Optima Community Association, public art consultant Emma Larkinson and postwar public art expert Dr Robert Burstow will be involved in a discussion about public art and the city.

To book tickets go here.

Miscellaneous Leaflet No. 2

Misc. Leaflet 2/12, Visual Drama, Fiona Tait

The second in the edited series, released 01.07.2010 at mac.

Fiona Tait is archivist at Birmingham Archives and Heritage. The essay is an amended version of the text that first appeared in Source Photographic Review in Spring 2009.

ISBN 978-1-907796-01-2

Project After S

Work and a new zine from Project After S will feature in an event at Verkstad, Norrköping, Sweden on the evening of 03.09.2010. The event is organised by Susanne Ewerlöf

I will also be reading from Project After S as part of a two day Vision Forum event at Universität Linköping, Sweden happening between 03.09-04.09.2010

New Commission

Over the next few months I will be working with the Cuming Museum on a new commission in partnership with Better Bankside and South Tower Social. The project will culminate in a solo show of new works in November 2010. More information to follow shortly.

Vanishing Point

Pages from my new book ‘Vanishing Point’ resographed in a signed edition of 50 copies currently forming part of a new installation at the exhibition ‘Meeting – Treffen’ at Philara Space, Dusseldorf. Please see editions for more information.

Meeting / Treffen

New additions to the Voided Works series will appear in exhibition Meeting – Treffen at Philara Space, Düsseldorf . The show includes work from eight photographers, and a catalogue will be available during the show. A new bookwork of the Voided Works will be presented alongside the exhibition titled ‘Vanishing Point’, and printed by Ditto Press in a limited edition of 50 copies.

Inheritance Projects / National Trust

Inheritance Projects is working with the National Trust on its first organisational residency programme. More information to follow soon on the Inheritance website.

Miscellaneous Leaflet No. 1

Misc. Leaflet 1/12, Speech, James Yarker

The first of the edited series, released 01.06.2010 at mac.

James Yarker is Artistic Director of Stan’s Cafe, the internationally acclaimed theatre company.

ISBN 978-1-907796-00-5

that is, these scenes / Miscellaneous Leaflets

I am pleased to announce the forthcoming bookwork ‘that is, these scenes’, commissioned and published by mac (Midlands Arts Centre), which will be made available over the next twelve months.

In June 2010 the first of 12 booklets will be released, under the series title ‘Miscellaneous Leaflets’.

The Miscellaneous Leaflets project takes its name from one of only a few British Library holdings relating to mac – a disparate collection of brightly coloured pamphlets tied together with string.

This series gathers interpretations of photographs found in the mac archive and returns them to the public realm. The leaflets are distributed in a limited edition of 1500, each finding its meaning in Birmingham through forums such as bus routes, community centres, and libraries.

Titles will include contributions from Derek Bishton (one founder of Ten.8), Dawn Pereira (writer on the public sculptures of William Mitchell), Fiona Tait (Birmingham Archives), Catherine Fehily & Kate Newton (IRIS Women’s Photography Project and Staffordshire University), James Yarker (Stan’s Cafe), Jonathan P. Watts (YH485 Press) amongst others.

More information can be found on the project blog.

“There is ectoplasm in the air”

Extract: The curtain is drawn, and the projector is switched on. There is a whirring sound, and the door closes as though by itself. In this sealed vessel one of the participants swims in to focus; she is immersed in an aperture of light.

Click here for the full version of my contribution for the Jane Arden Project.

The publication will be presented at London College of Communication on June 3rd 2010, and will be launched later this year with a further exhibition. It is supported by the BFI.