Make sure you pop in to Soho this weekend to see final works created by FrenchMottershead during their residency in the area. It is a short exhibition so make sure to get there this weekend!!!
For more info visit: http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pid=537
Over the Threshold
19 – 22 May 2011
1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR
Opening times:
12.00 – 18.00 Thurs, Sat, Sun
12.00 – 00.00 Fri
Free entrance
London based artist duo FrenchMottershead present Over the Threshold, a series of photographs resulting from their 6 month residency in London’s Soho.
Over the Threshold provides a unique insight into the everyday lives and domestic spaces of those who call Soho home. Frequently overlooked as a residential area, Soho houses up to 5,000 people, many in social housing. During their residency, FrenchMottershead met people from all areas in Soho and witnessed the strong sense of community to be found there.
Working collaboratively with residents, FrenchMottershead photographed groups within their homes using movement, clothing and props to create eleven narrative works that recall classical tableaux. Each work visually portrays a theme such as the challenges of urban gardening, coping with the pressures of living in a small space, the ongoing battle to defend residents’ rights, as well as the joy of being able to walk everywhere and the evocative early-morning experience of hearing the Household Cavalry exercise their horses through the Soho streets…
