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Gary McLeod & Others "Tell’em I tried"
University of Tsukuba Art Space
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Gary Mcleod & others
Since 2019 I have been making trips to Iwate prefecture to rephotograph changes in the landscape. It started with Kamaishi and Ofunato in November 2019, followed by Kuji, Tanohata, Taro and Miyako at the end of that year, then Rikuzentakata and Kamaishi again in February 2020, Kamaishi and Ofunato in March 2020 just before pandemic measures kicked in, Kamaishi again with students in November 2020 with a short trip to Ofunato, followed by a longer visit to Kamaishi in March 2021, another in July when the delayed Olympics began, another with students in September, and another trip at the end of the year combined with Ofunato. These were followed by an exhibition in Kamaishi in March 2022, trips to Ichinoseki, Ohara, Oshu and Tono with students in July, further trips to Kitakami, Ohara, Orikabe, and Ichinoseki again in September, and two trips to Kamaishi in the autumn of 2022. Trips to Tono and Hanamaki in the February snow of 2023 were followed by a road trip stopping overnight at Kuji, Tanohata and Miyako in March, and a second exhibition in Kamaishi a week later, and then returning trips to Kitakami, Oshu, Ohara, Orikabe, Tono and Hanamaki at the end of May.
Listing places was necessary so that you know them, will think about them, and perhaps even remember them if you have visited them before. This exhibition is not about comparing these places; rather it is about photomediated representations of change in these places. Specifically, the exhibition is an entry point into the kinds of change that are necessary or hoped for. These are not concrete assumptions but uncertain observations, ever aware of the fragility of photomedia and its need for belief. Regardless of opinions about change, this is a landscape that is and will continue to be associated with disaster and recovery, sea walls and rocky shores, depopulation and migration, and as a ‘playground’ for photographers and scientists alike. The title of the exhibition is “Tell ‘em I tried”, a casual British shortening of “Tell them I tried”, but I’m not telling you who “them” are. Nor am I asking you to work it out on your own. Rather, I present you a sort of map for orientation. After all, that is what photographs are but have cease to become.
Listing places was necessary so that you know them, will think about them, and perhaps even remember them if you have visited them before. This exhibition is not about comparing these places; rather it is about photomediated representations of change in these places. Specifically, the exhibition is an entry point into the kinds of change that are necessary or hoped for. These are not concrete assumptions but uncertain observations, ever aware of the fragility of photomedia and its need for belief. Regardless of opinions about change, this is a landscape that is and will continue to be associated with disaster and recovery, sea walls and rocky shores, depopulation and migration, and as a ‘playground’ for photographers and scientists alike. The title of the exhibition is “Tell ‘em I tried”, a casual British shortening of “Tell them I tried”, but I’m not telling you who “them” are. Nor am I asking you to work it out on your own. Rather, I present you a sort of map for orientation. After all, that is what photographs are but have cease to become.
Schedule | Jun 6 (Tue) 2023-Jul 27 (Thu) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Free | ||||
| Website | https://www.art.tsukuba.ac.jp/archives/9295 | ||||
| Venue | University of Tsukuba Art Space https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/about/campus-artspace/ | ||||
| Location | 3 Amakubo, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-0005 | ||||
| Access | From exit A3 at Tsukuba Station on the Tsukuba Express line, take the University Loop-line On-campus bus or Kanto bus and get off at Daigaku Kaikan Mae. The venue is 3 minute walk from there. | ||||
| Phone | 029-853-7959 | ||||
| Related images | Click on the image to enlarge it |
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