#24: Offline Journal Newsletter : August 2021
Festivals & Exhibitions
October 2021 promises a very busy – indeed unprecedented – month of photography festivals in Wales.
Issue #7 of Offline Journal is also currently in production for another packed issue following the ‘Wild Skies’ issue #6 which sold out in a matter of weeks. The new issue will be published in it’s usual October slot to coincide with a packed month of photography Festivals and photography exhibitions around Wales. New Subscriptions are now available for the next two issues of Offline (October & April) with an option to also opt for the limited edition printed supplements here: offline.wales/subscribe
Indie Galleries
In my recent Newsletters to Offline Journal Subscribers, I’ve been discussing in longer form the importance of photographers in, and visitors coming to, Wales in October for the three Photography Festivals (see listings below) perhaps also taking time to visit the several smaller photography-specific galleries we have around Wales, as all will have photography on their walls in the Autumn.
It would be fantastic if smaller indie gallery spaces showing photography during October might be considered and remembered as destinations for photography during and beyond the fast-approaching festival season.
‘Likes’ on Instagram and retweets on Twitter are no doubt appreciated by both galleries and photographers but are, sadly, quickly displaced by thousands of new distractions online. If we value the experience of visiting diverse (and real) spaces to view photography then perhaps we might, individually and collectively, shout louder about them, on and offline.
If you’re thinking of taking a trip up to Oriel Colwyn, you can listen to my February 2020 conversation with photographer Michael Bennett, where we discussed the background to his Pier Closing Time photographs in #20 of this Offline Newsletter here.
Photography Exhibitions around Wales
(if you’re aware of any others showing now or coming up around Wales in the next few months, please leave a comment or email me).
‘Pier Closing Time’ by Michael Bennett
Oriel Colwyn, (above Theatr Colwyn),Colwyn Bay
29 July - 4 September
www.orielcolwyn.org
‘ONE’ by Al Brydon & Joseph Wright
Tilt & Shift, Llanrwst
21 August - 11 September
www.tiltandshiftphotography.co.uk
‘The Expressive Land’ by Pete Davis
Ffotogaleri y Gofeb, Machynlleth
26 May - 25 September
www.ffotogaleriygofeb.co.uk
‘Until Now’ by David Rich
Thru The Lens Gallery, Hay-on-Wye
7 - 28 August
www.thruthelens.photography
‘Life on the Floodplain’ by Ceri Leigh
Found Gallery, Brecon
4 August - 4 September
www.foundgallery.co.uk
‘Motherland’ by Maryam Wahid
Ffotogallery, Cardiff
25 August - 11 September
www.ffotogallery.org
David Hurn: Swaps
National Museum, Cardiff
23 October - 27 March 2022
www.museum.wales
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Photography Festivals in Wales
You can watch a video recording of the recent Ffoton Social in which the Directors of the three festivals listed below outlined their respective festival programmes and what visitors can expect in October. Watch the video here
1. The Northern EYE Festival / North Wales
9 - 10 October 2021 (Sat - Sun), Oriel Colwyn
Speaker programme announced. Expect real location and online streaming.
northerneyefestival.co.uk
2. The EYE Festival / Mid Wales
16 - 17 October 2021 (Sat - Sun), Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Speaker programme announced. Expect real location and online streaming.
www.theeyefestival.com
3. Diffusion Festival / South Wales
1 - 31 October 2021, Cardiff & Newport locations
Expect physical locations and online access. Festival programme to be announced.
ffotogallery.org (Diffusion Festival website not yet live)
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