About this Event
Join us for an evening of phototalks hosted by Pompey Darkroom and photographers Ebun Sodipo and Kairo Urovi, whose work has been selected in response to themes in Aspex Portsmouth’s current exhibition - Melanie Jackson’s The Temperament Index.
Both talks will have a Q&A section to talk with the artists about their practice, drinks and refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the night.
Tickets are pay what you can.
About The Artists
Ebun Sodipo makes work for black trans people of the future. Guided by black feminist study, with a methodology of collage and fabulation, her work locates and produces real and imaginable narratives of black trans women’s presence, embodiment, and interiority across the past, present, and future. In doing this, Ebun Sodipo fills in historical gaps to create moments of archival pleasure for black trans people. This work takes place across multiple spaces: galleries, festivals, theatre, digital, and print; in varied forms such as sound, performance, text, installation, video, and sculpture.
Her work has been shown, read, watched, and performed at Frieze London, Cubitt, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Goldsmiths CCA, Narrative Projects, Raven Row, The Block Museum of Art, SHOWStudio, South London Gallery, Arcadia Missa’s How To Sleep Faster, Auto Italia, ICA, Tate Britain, Text zur Kunst, Bergen Kunsthall, Wasafiri, Glasgow CCA Annex, Camden Arts Centre. She has undertaken residencies at Gasworks, Porthmeor Studios, Rhubaba Gallery, and V.O. Curation.
Kairo Urovi is an Italo-Albanian photographer living and working in London, UK, his work touches on subjects of gender identity, intimacy and family.
'Light Are The Wounds Heavy Is The Wind' is an ongoing project that finds me journeying back to my home country Albania. 11 years after my last visit and 3 years after a gender transition, the work explores a now unfamiliar land where the complex emotions of displacement, loneliness and isolation are amplified due to still being recognised as a girl. No matter how big the grief, 'Light Are The Wounds, Heavy Is The Wind' is a love letter to Albania and a powerful expression of trans resilience and visibility."
Accessibility
Aspex Portsmouth is a ground floor venue offering step free access. Please note when entering via the main entrance, the paving is cobbled. This workshop will take place in the Learning Space which is a large open space with high ceilings. More information about accessibility at Aspex can be found on our website here
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Aspex Gallery, The Vulcan Building, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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