History and Theory of Photography Research Centre

New Event in May

Free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD

Friday 5 May 2017, 6:00-7:30

Room B04

Pete James & Mat Collishaw

Thresholds: Seeing the Past Through the Future

A collaboration with Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology.

In 1839 WHF Talbot exhibited an extensive selection of his new photogenic drawings at the Birmingham meeting of the Association for the Advancement for Science. In a time of disturbance, this important event took place in King Edward’s School on New Street, a major work of Neo-Gothic architecture by Charles Barry, which was demolished in the 1930s.

Pete James (former Curator of Photography Collections at Birmingham Library) and acclaimed artist Mat Collishaw will talk about their innovative research project that recreates the exhibition and space as a Virtual Environment. Their exhibition Thresholds opens in London on May 17th; here they offer a preview.

 

 

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