Photo David Farrell
BerlinSummerWorkshops
Making Personal Geographies
David
Farrell (engl.)
I am interested in having a dialogue with photographers who are working
with, or wish to explore, personalgeographies. The notion of mapping a
subject or theme through the narrative possibilities of photography allows
photographers of the real world many possibilities to excavate their
memories, psyches and philosophies.
In Berlin you will walk and observe, documenting your traces in an
alternative cartography.
Photo David Farrell
The workshop will include the making and editing a body of work during the
week as well as individual discussions
in relation to ongoing projects.
I envisage the workshop as an opportunity
to engage in a vigorous, thought
provoking debate on the demands of a subjective creative practice within
photography.
Photo David Farrell
David Farrell was born in Dublin (1961), read Chemistry at UCD graduating
with a Ph.D. in 1987. Currently working as a lecturer in photography in
IADT-Dun Laoghaire. He has worked independently and on communion projects
with Gogo della Luna (Gudòk). Received the European Publishers Award for
Photography in 2001 for Innocent Landscapes and in 2004 participated in the
European Eyes on Japan project. Crow, his collaborative multimedia film with
composer Benjamin Dwyer, was premiered during the Composers Choice Festival
at the National Concert Hall Dublin in 2005. He has exhibited
internationally including Houston FotoFest 2006, on three occasions at the
Festival Internazionale di Fotografia, Rome and more recently in Pinyang
Festival of Photography in China in 2008.
David Farrell, Photo by Luca Nostri
His second publication, Nè vicino
Nè lontano. A Lugo (Punctum -Autumn 2007) was a result of a residency
project curated by Luca Nostri in Lugo in the North of Italy. David Farrell
- Elusive Moments a documentary by Donald Taylor Black (Poolbeg Productions)
was premiered at the Cork Film Festival 2008 and was broadcast on Irish
Television as part of The Look of the Irish series on Irish photography.
Since September 2009 he has been documenting his revisits to the sites of
Innocent Landscapes and the ongoing renewed searches at some of these
locations for those disappeared during the conflict in Northern Ireland at
www.source.ie/blog.
His book
Innocent
Landscapes was
published by
Dewi Lewis as a result of winning The European
Publishers Award in 2001.
Background information on this project at
source.ie
David Farrell’s Homepage
The workshop will be held in a small group of 7 to 12 participants.
The fee is 570,- € (incl. 19% VAT). All interested applicants should apply
by
email before May 16 2011. Please attach 5 to
10 examples of your own work and/or a link to your personal website. You
should also attach a short statement about your photographic skills and
motivation.