Working through photography-based enquiries, local residents were invited to explore ways of seeing their everyday differently. Inviting them to tell us about what makes this neighbourhood distinct, the project explored local histories, lived experiences and aspirations through a process of creative workshops and interventions.
 

Workshop programme and events

Corridor invited eight artists to collaborate with the neighbourhood by each proposing a lens-based creative action. We held the following sessions on consecutive Saturdays with the Vallance Community Centre:

—Community Mapping with James Bellorini
—Experiments in Collecting with Eva Louisa Jonas
—Photowalk with Hugh Fox
—Postcards from Hove with Phoebe Wingrove
—Cut-up Poetry and Collage with Hannah Collisson
—Photo Zine Making with Pippa Healy
—The Dog Photobooth with Alma Haser 
—Community Portraits with Corridor
—Clarendon Community Archives with Arpita Shah

—Pop-up Portraits with Elizabeth Doak

Artist Commissions: 
 
Sara Hibbert was commissioned to be artist in residence at Dyson Gymnastics Club: a family-run club that serves many young people in the heart of the Clarendon area of Hove, East Sussex. As a socially engaged visual artist, Sara immersed herself within the local community of members and staff, photographing the gymnasium space using slide film, capturing the gymnasts digitally, scanning drawings made by gymnasts of all ages, as well as collaborating with coaches to re-stage significant gestures of support during training.
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Lindsey Smith was invited to make new work from within Industrial House, Hove where she holds a studio at APEC. The artist spent time visiting the incredible and varied businesses and studios based in Industrial House using hand gestures and the ‘tools of their trades' as a starting point to capture the energy and innovation flourishing inside the building. From cutlery to cosmetics, cakes to crafts, Lindsey created a series of playful and performative images in collaboration with the people at the heart of this creative hub. Images were presented in the building’s windows making what happens inside, visible on the outside.
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Exhibition, 2023

A public realm exhibition took place in the form of a neighbourhood trail connecting each of the project's interventions through presentations on the exterior of local buildings, clubs and services.

 

Starting at the Vallance Community Centre, co-created artwork from the workshops were presented on bespoke exhibition pods on the public square underneath Clarendon Court. The trail then extended with work outside: The Salvation Army, Decon Laboratories, Dyson Gymnastic Club's entry gate, Industrial House and Hove Gardens.



 

 

 

 

 

IN THIS PLACE... was commissioned by Ginkgo Projects. Corridor thanks all the volunteers at The Vallance Community Centre, The Honeycroft Centre, Dyson, The Salvation Army and all participants that gave and shared so much to make this project reflect the Clarendon community.

 

Film made by Annis Joslin
 
Corridor regularly invite socially engaged artists to collaborate on projects with us and the community. Please join our mailing list here to hear about upcoming opportunities.
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