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City like me - The Gallery at St George's House, Bolton 12 May 2018 1-3pm

23/4/2018

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Preview Saturday 12 May 2018 1-3pm, includes an artist’s talk at 1.30pm
The Gallery St George’s House, 2 St. George's Road, Bolton BL1 2DD. 
City like me is supported by Castlefield gallery's New Art Spaces, in creative partnership with neo:artists
A solo exhibition of new artworks by Steph Shipley as she uncovers the secrets of Rivington Terraced Gardens on the outskirts of Bolton
The once luxurious country retreat of Lord Leverhulme, designed and realised by him in the early 1900s and what now remains of its fascinating past will hold special memories for many visitors.  For the final major research project of my MA in Fine Art Site & Archive Interventions at the University of Central Lancashire, I am responding to what I have found there, my research into local archives and the many hours spent in the gardens during the last 12 months. 
Places that exude a sense of past, a public fascia and private interior; where a gap or an interval might pervade their obsolescence or revival, are a frequent source of curiosity.  Temporary sites and spaces that vanish as swiftly as they appear hold the same allure as those that accumulate time and those that forbid or restrict access or withhold clear answers in terms of their purpose or history.  Through film, projection, photography and printmaking City like me expresses notions of loss, transience and nostalgia within these sites of heterotopia or otherness. 
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Camera Optional, PS Mirabel, Manchester - until 13 May 2018

15/4/2018

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The light was lovely today, first chance to see this beautifully curated exhibition and so pleased to be one of the six artists who use photography in their work.  Mine is usually a starting point, sometimes source and outcome, but invariably through some process of not knowing I'm able to find a different way in, to navigate the space and embody the image with some sense of having been there - #justaroundthecorner - and far, far, away.
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    Steph Shipley

    Seeking out sites of heterotopia in the common landscape; at once familiar but set aside or transitory, disturbing what surrounds them.  Re-imagined through analogue photography, projection and printmaking.



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