Ultima Thule / Stephen Vaughan / Impressions Gallery
Photographer Stephen Vaughan discusses his stunning large-scale landscape photographs which explore the connections between geology, archaeology and history.
Ultima Thule was exhibited at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK from 13 February to 13 April 2008
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Directed by Anne McNeill
Filmed and edited by Sarabjit Kohli
Video © Impressions Gallery 2008
Photography © Stephen Vaughan
Visit Bradford
Bradford is a city full of surprises. Recently titled a UNESCO City of Film, Bradford is a thriving cultural destination with a packed events calendar, award winning museums, galleries and impressive theatres.
The latest addition to Bradford City Centre is the City Park, Bradford's brilliant new high-tech water feature which features the mirror pool and beautiful ever changing high tech fountains. See the Launch Event in the video. There's lots of events planned throughout the year and there are several restaurants and pubs near the park as well as the National Media Museum and Impressions Gallery.
The many beautiful Victorian buildings found throughout the city illustrate the city's impressive past and include the area known as Little Germany and the Wool Exchange. Also not to be missed is Bradford Cathedral the city's place of worship for centuries.
The surrounding area of Bradford also has a lot to offer. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Saltaire and Bronte Country, home of the Brontes and the Bronte Parsonage Museum.
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Red Saunders at Impressions Gallery
Red Saunders' epic photographic tableaux vivants ('living pictures') recreate momentous but overlooked events from Britain's struggle for democracy and equality, from the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to the Chartist movement of the mid nineteenth century.
This first major solo exhibition of Saunders' work features the world premiere of three dramatic new works, specially commissioned by Impressions Gallery and The Culture Company.
Focussing on the contributions of ordinary men and women, Saunders seeks to shed light on the parallel, 'hidden history' of revolutionaries and radicals. Meticulously detailed, atmospherically lit, and historically accurate, each scene is recreated and posed by models, providing photographic 'evidence' for events that occurred before the widespread adoption of camera technology.
The first newly commissioned work focuses on women's activism during the English Civil War (1642 - 1651), recreating a dusk campsite scene where a female Leveller addresses a large crowd of soldiers, Levellers and dissenters. The second, inspired by the nationwide agricultural Swing Riots of 1830, is a dramatic night scene where hooded farm workers emerge from rushes to act against repressive landlord farmers. The final new work pays homage to Hilda of Whitby, a 7th century abbess and pioneer of women's education.
New Focus Crowdfunding Campaign: Bradford Video Portraits
Hello we are New Focus a group of young people from Bradford who work with Impressions Gallery to develop projects that inspire and engage people from across the city.
We are a mix of young people from different backgrounds who all live in Bradford; we all work together to develop projects that celebrate Bradford’s rich and diverse heritage. New Focus began in 2012 and over the past 3 years we have produced 4 films, run a range of exciting events, created a dedicated blog and taken part 'Changing Bradford' a major exhibition and book
This year we want to create a 20 minute film called 'Bradford Video Portraits'. We want to meet people from all over Bradford and hear funny stories and truthful accounts on what it means to live in Bradford today. The film hopes to capture the community spirit and life in Bradford in an honest yet witty style.
Bradford Video Portraits is inspired by the major exhibition 'extra {ordinary} photographs of Britain' by The Caravan Gallery, made whilst touring hundreds of locations in the UK in a vintage 1969 caravan, extra {ordinary} offers an alternative guide to the ‘real’ Britain in the 21st Century. The exhibition is currently touring across the UK and will be shown at Impressions Gallery from the 29 May to 29 August 2015.
If we reach our target of £500 we have some really exciting plans for 'Bradford Video Portraits'. The film will be shown in a variety of places across the city including Impressions Gallery, Bradford Big Screen, Fuse Art Space, and every day locations such as Oastler Market.
What we are asking for
We need your support to bring Bradford Video Portraits to life. Impressions Gallery has already donated £500 towards the project and the University of Bradford are supporting the project by giving us professional film equipment.
We need to raise £500 to fund the production of our video this will be used to make sure we get out and meet lots of people in different places in Bradford.
Take a look at our kickstarter page here to find out how you can donate, and see the special rewards we are offering.
From Bradford With Love
Inspired by our exhibition 'No Man's Land', we ran a pop up photo studio outside Impressions Gallery and in City Park in October 2017. Anyone could have their portrait taken by a photographer, for free. We turned the pictures into postcards, and asked the people who took part to add their own message to someone they love. This video is a compilation of the postcards created by those who took part.
The photo studio was inspired by our exhibition 'No Man’s Land: Women's Photography and the First World War'. During the First World War, people sent many thousands of photographic postcards sent to friends and family with messages of love.
'From Bradford With Love' is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Photographer: Lucy Barker.
With thanks to Sarah Deane, Abby Walker and the people of Bradford for sharing their messages.
Hidden Schools Tour: Behind the Scenes
In 2013 and 2014, Impressions Gallery toured the exhibition 'Hidden' by Red Saunders to 12 schools across the Bradford district, as part of Arts Council England’s Strategic touring programme.
'Hidden' features large-scale photographs of momentous, yet often overlooked, events in British history, which are full of rich detail to spark the imagination of children and young people. The exhibition has strong links to national curriculum subjects including History, English, Citizenship and Art, and an extensive workshop programme accompanied the tour.
Produced by Impressions Gallery and Twenty Twenty Films.
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The Hidden Schools Tour is funded by Arts Council England through the National Lottery and supported by Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
© Impressions Gallery 2014
The Caravan Gallery installation at Impressions Gallery
Preparations to open our new exhibition extra{ordinary} Photographs of Britain by The Caravan Gallery. The exhibition is on from 29 May to 29 August 2015.
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Bradford Poem
Students from the University of Bradford have been busy producing short films for Bradford's Big Screen.
The films highlight some of the cultural gems within the Bradford District including the Industrial Museum, Bradford 1 Gallery, Impressions Gallery and St Georges Hall as well as promoting some of the stunning landscape in the area including a stretch of the Leeds / Liverpool canal and Ilkley.
Bradford Council, the BBC, the National Media Museum and the University of Bradford have all worked together to brief and mentor the 40 students.
The students, from Bradford Media School, will be assessed on their work as part of a module that will count towards their degree.
Apna Khana's Lazy Susan's at Cedar Court Hotel Bradford
35 of the Apna Khana Lazy Susan's in full flow shining up Cedar Court Hotel Bradford and creating the perfect ambience in the main suite.
Hidden Schools Tour and Who Do We Think We Are
In 2013 and 2014, Impressions Gallery toured the exhibition 'Hidden' by Red Saunders to 12 schools across the Bradford district, as part of Arts Council England’s Strategic touring programme.
'Hidden' features large-scale photographs of momentous, yet often overlooked, events in British history, which are full of rich detail to spark the imagination of children and young people. The exhibition has strong links to national curriculum subjects including History, English, Citizenship and Art, and an extensive workshop programme accompanied the tour.
Students in each school worked with artist Jonathan Turner to create new artwork, playing roles to re-imagine scenes in British history, as well as producing inventive contemporary portraits. Their work was shown in the exhibition 'Who Do We Think We Are: Young People Take Over' at Impressions Gallery from 13 December 2014 to 7 February 2015.
Carlton Bolling College create animation to highlight the amount of plastic we use everyday.
Inspired by Impressions Gallery's exhibition 'Our Plastic Ocean' by Mandy Barker, year 8 and 9 pupils from Carlton Bolling College created animations to highlight the amount of plastic we use everyday.
Tribute to the Bradfordians saying no!
A Trbute to the proud citizens of Bradford West Yorkshire (friendliest city in the world) who said no when someone tried to rip down one of its most iconic buildings. No copyright claimed music by inxs photographs Buzzing Bradford groups who have fearlessly campaigned to save the Odeon Building Bradford. if you like - like!
62 Gladstone Street Opening Exhibition
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Kicking off a series of 2019 exhibitions are Peterborough artist Zain Awan and London / Berlin based artist Kazim Rashid (Pressure Makes Diamonds, Rich Mix 2018) alongside poet Zia Ahmed.
Kazim Rashid will exhibit a new, three part body of work which acts as a provocation, forcing us to ask ourselves what’s really going on in our communities. Kazim is interested in how we demystify each other’s experience and where the oppression of our values comes from. Part 1 is a self portrait, Part 2 is 'Notes to Self' series and Part 3 is 'Home' which responds to a poem of the same name by Zia Ahmed. Kazim’s previous work, 'Pressure Makes Diamonds', a multiscreen video installation will also be exhibited separately.
Zain Haider Awan will open with 'Once We Were Too'. The project expands on a lunch club hosted at the Allama Iqbal Centre in Peterborough in 2016, that brought together men - largely first wave migrants from Azad Kashmir - who settled in the UK. The lunch club saw senior men depart from masculine norms as they cooked, cleaned and ate together. The nostalgic retelling of these stories over food is what Zain observed as a volunteer at the lunch club, and was inspired to document.
“‘Once we were too’ uses poetry and photography to explore the experience of this first generation. It is a sincere attempt to present a more authentic picture of a misrepresented community and to reimagine what place and belonging mean in a modern city; through positioning the people who live in these spaces at the forefront of the discourse, we can re-examine their place.
By working closely with fellow British Pakistani photographer - Sarah Ali, we pay testament not only to the generation before us, but to begin a process of intergenerational dialogue. Understanding that 62 Gladstone Street is positioned in a critical part of the migrant community and the city, I wanted to ensure that the currency of experiences that flowed into the space were not detached from those that live and frequent the spaces that surround the gallery.”
Zain Haider Awan, A digital series will be launched to coincide with the exhibition launch, Creative Director / Producer: Zain Haider Awan, Photographers: Zain Haider Awan, Sarah Ali.
Zia Ahmed from North-West London is part of the London Laureates, having been shortlisted for London’s Young Poet Laureate 2015/16. He is a former Roundhouse Slam Champion and a Writer in Residence at Paines Plough as part of Channel 4’s Playwright Scheme 2017. He is currently part of the Bush Theatre's Emerging Writers Group and will open 62 Gladstone Street with a live performance.
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From 13 April 2019 to 31 May 2019 as per opening times at 62 Gladstone Street.
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♫ The Beatles attend a fancy dress party at the Cromwellian Club, London, 1967 /photos
John Lennon, Georgie Fame, Ringo Starr with his wife Maureen Starkey and Paul McCartney attend a fancy dress party at the Cromwellian Club, London, 8th January 1967. They are celebrating the 21st birthday of Fame's girlfriend Carmen Jimenez.
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The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) pose with a Snowman, as they take a break from rehearsals at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London, 19th December 1963
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Swan Holistic Therapies and Training - In Bradford
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With everyone so busy it can lead to stress and tension. Karen's aim is to help people on their journey to relieve the tension which has developed over time, in order for physical and emotional pain to be released, leaving a sense of new beginnings.
She is a member of two professional bodies The Complementary Therpist Assosiation (CThA) and NO HAMDS Massage Association MNHMA, both requiring her to abide by their Codes of Practice.
Karen's Hypnotherapy training was completed with The Academy of Clinical Medical Hypnosis Ltd and included completion of The Hypnotherapy Diploma, along with training in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) and a Certificate in Stress Management.
She initially became interested in Holistic Therapies in 1997 when her son suffered from severe colic and here began her passion for therapies. Since then Karen has been continually improving her knowledge of Holistic Therapies.
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Facejacker Interview - with James Edgington
James Edgington interviews Kayvan Novak for Celebritain...
Following on from the huge success of Facejacker Series 1, rising star Kayvan Novak returns to showcase his hilarious and diverse array of characters, voices and sublime comic improvisational skills with Facejacker Series 2, out to own on DVD from 7th May 2012
Disguised with the aid of prosthetics, Novak morphs himself back into his popular comical creations. These include, charismatic car salesman, Terry Tibbs - a wheeler dealer with the gift of the gab, Ugandan scamster, Augustus Kwembe - who attempts to elicit people's bank account details with a series of schemes including masquerading as a river patrol officer and a 'Boris Bike' inspector! Then there's super irritating complaint monger, Durfrais and charlatan art critic Brian Badonde, along with several brand new characters! All are thrust into real-life situations where they baffle and confuse members of the public with side-splitting outcomes!
As well as pranking Great Britain, Novak travels across the pond to the US, taking his best known characters with him to prey upon the unsuspecting American public for the first time!
Novak's exceptional talent for accents and voices will have you watching over and over again! Prepare to laugh and be gobsmacked by Novak's nerve once again with the highly anticipated Facejacker Series 2 out to own on DVD 7th May 2012.
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'An important message about the arts' - an animated video by artist David Shrigley
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Over a hundred leading artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin have joined the campaign to make the case against the proposed 25% cuts in government funding of the arts.
The campaign is launched today with the release of a new video animation by artist David Shrigley highlighting the effect of the funding cuts and a new work by Jeremy Deller with Scott King. Each week the work of a different artist, created in response to the campaign, will be released. Mark Wallinger will present the next project.
Supporters of the artists' campaign will be asked to sign a petition which will be sent to the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. It points out that it has taken 50 years to create a vibrant arts culture in Britain that is the envy of the world and appeals to the government not to slash arts funding and risk destroying this long-term achievement and the social and economic benefits it brings to all.
The artists acknowledge that reasonable cuts and efficiencies are necessary but they fear that the 25% cuts being proposed will destroy much of what has been achieved and will have a particularly damaging impact on national and regional museums and their collections.
The campaign is being organised by the London branch of a national consortium of over 2,000 arts organisations and artists dedicated to working together and finding new ways to support the arts in the UK.
The costs of David Shrigley's animation have been covered with a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Robert Dufton, Paul Hamlyn Foundation Director, said: We are pleased to support this campaign and hope that its message is taken on board. As independent funder of the arts we are aware of the effect that cuts will have on many of the organisations we support. We stand to lose a great deal as a society if arts organisations are forced to stop the very valuable work they do.