Pinhole Camera Workshop for Bham Architecture Festival

A workshop run for a festival where I first worked with Jenny Duffin.

May 2013

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This was a pinhole photography workshop run with Jenny Duffin for the Birmingham Architecture Festival. It was notable because we then went on to co-run the Birmingham Camera Obscura project together which changed everything.

Oddly enough, while we’ve done many many things we’ve never run a pinhole workshop again.

The Camera Obscura projects:

Jo Gane's obscura research: Helping a fellow artist master the camera obscura as a drawing device. (2019)

Dead Shrines: A camera obscura sculpture in Stirchley Park. (2018)

Flash: A lighting flash as viewed by an insect. (2018)

Developed in Birmingham: A camera obscura studio in Birmingham Museum and a Speculative Cameras workshop. (2017)

Sketching Obscura Cabinet: Commission for the Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre. (2016)

Birmingham Obscura R&D Artworks: Four new artworks by four artists for the camera obscura. (2015)

Flatpack Film Festival Camera Obscura installation: Analogue screens in a cafe window (2015)

The Birmingham Camera Obscura: A crowdfunded camera obscura for Birmingham. (2014)

Prototype Birmingham Obscura: We knew nothing about building a camera obscura but we did it anyway. (2014)

Birmingham Obscura project: An ongoing project to develop and build camera obscuras in Birmingham. (2014)

Theatre Obscura: Turning the Old Joint Stock's theatre into a giant camera with Jenny Duffin. (2014)

Rotunda Obscura: Turning a top floor apartment of Birmingham's Rotunda tower into a giant camera with Jenny Duffin. (2014)

Pinhole Camera Workshop for Bham Architecture Festival: A workshop run for a festival where I first worked with Jenny Duffin. (2013)

Workshops given for adults and/or children:

Rivers of the World 2019: Thames Festival / British Council scheme twinning schools around the world using local rivers. (2019)

City Arcadia mini-residency: Three days with Coventry Artspace (2018)

Rivers of the World 2018: Thames Festival / British Council scheme twinning schools around the world using local rivers. (2018)

Instructions for Humans: A Cargo Cult for Artificial Intelligence - artworks exploring human interactions with machines. (2017)

Developed in Birmingham: A camera obscura studio in Birmingham Museum and a Speculative Cameras workshop. (2017)

Experimental Capture workshop for BOM: Sharing knowledge on weird cameras at Art & Tech Social. (2017)

Art in Crisis: Photography project working with homelessness charity Crisis in Birmingham. (2016)

Pinhole Camera Workshop for Bham Architecture Festival: A workshop run for a festival where I first worked with Jenny Duffin. (2013)

Ikon Gallery workshops: Photography masterclasses using the gallery exhibitions as a stimulus. (2013)

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Photographic Exploration of Place

July 2013: Developing an artistic practice based on photo walks.

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Ikon Gallery workshops

May 2013: Photography masterclasses using the gallery exhibitions as a stimulus.