Bristol Photo Festival: Launch Night & Listening Event

NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU DIDN'T SECURE A TICKET, PLEASE ATTEND THE OTHER OPENING WEEK EVENTS: https://hdfst.uk/bristol-photo-festival-events-programme

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Join us from 6-9pm at the Welcome Building (Avon Street BS2 0QF) where we will be launching 5 exhibitions:

- One of Many: An Alternative History of Photography (group exhibition)
- Stray Sod by Maria Lax
- Studio Kegham by Kegham Djeghalian Jr
- Common Sense by Martin Parr
- Heat (group exhibition in partnership with the Magnum Foundation)

To mark the launch, we have organised two special in-conversation events, including musical contributions.

> The Sounds of Stray Sod with Maria Lax and David McKeown - To produce the exhibition Stray Sod, artist Maria Lax worked closely with the Irish National Folklore Collection, investigating stories in which travellers are led astray, becoming lost within unfamiliar landscapes. To mark the opening, Maria will discuss the project in conversation with the exhibition’s curators. We will also be joined by music curator David Mckeown (known for his contributions to Accidental Meetings and the inis.eto mix series) who will be selecting and playing Irish folk records in response to Maria’s work.
> Jazz in Exile with Christine Eyene - Between 1970 and 1994, the photographer George Hallett documented the life of exiled South African activists, writers, musicians and visual artists, in England, France and the Netherlands. Curator Christine Eyene will be introducing Hallett’s work and playing rare recordings of the Jazz musicians he photographed.

TICKETS

We have decided to make this event free so that all can attend. However, donations are welcome. If you are attending the full evening, we encourage you to donate a minimum of £6 to help cover the contributors fees.