Thursday the 28th of March sees Pompey Darkroom host a series of Photography Talks at Aspex Portsmouth 6-8pm. Karl Bailey, a valued photographer, set up Pompey Darkroom in the city. London-based artists Ebun Sodipo and Kairo Urovi will be talking about their practices with a chance to ask questions afterwards.
About Pompey Darkroom
Pompey Darkroom is a Portsmouth-based CIC aiming to promote and support photography in the city. The aim is to facilitate photography-based events including exhibitions, workshops, open calls, commissions, crit groups and much more. The idea is to also promote local photographers as well as friends of Pompey Darkroom from further afield.
Having a primary focus in the city to support people who are interested in photography and may find it otherwise inaccessible is a long-term goal. Nurturing a community of open and like-minded photography lovers and help them develop their creative practice, no matter what stage they may be at is something that the founder Karl Bailey is keen to focus on.
The biggest goal for Pompey Darkroom is to build a darkroom in the city which will open up further opportunities to those interested in accessing traditional analogue printing and pave a new path for keeping traditional print methods alive
About The Event
Residing at Aspex Gallery in Gunwharf Quays allows the audience to attend the talks and explore more about the photographers. Both talks will have a Q&A section to talk with the artists about their practice, drinks and refreshments will be available to purchase throughout the night. This event is free but you can also pay as much as you can afford to help with the running costs.
You can get your tickets here
More About The Artists
Kairo Uvori – https://kairourovi.com
Kairo Urovi is an Italo-Albanian photographer living and working in London, UK, his work touches on subjects of gender identity, intimacy and family.
‘Light Are The Wounds Heavy Is The Wind’ is an ongoing project that finds me journeying back to my home country Albania. 11 years after my last visit and 3 years after a gender transition, the work explores a now unfamiliar land where the complex emotions of displacement, loneliness and isolation are amplified due to still being recognised as a girl. No matter how big the grief, ‘Light Are The Wounds, Heavy Is The Wind’ is a love letter to Albania and a powerful expression of trans resilience and visibility.”
Ebun Sodipo – https://www.ebunasodipo.com/
Ebun Sodipo makes work for black trans people of the future. Guided by black feminist study, with a methodology of collage and fabulation, her work locates and produces real and imaginable narratives of black trans women’s presence, embodiment, and interiority across the past, present, and future. In doing this, Ebun Sodipo fills in historical gaps to create moments of archival pleasure for black trans people. This work takes place across multiple spaces: galleries, festivals, theatre, digital, and print; in varied forms such as sound, performance, text, installation, video, and sculpture.
Her work has been shown, read, watched, and performed at Frieze London, Cubitt, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Goldsmiths CCA, Narrative Projects, Raven Row, The Block Museum of Art, SHOWStudio, South London Gallery, Arcadia Missa’s How To Sleep Faster, Auto Italia, ICA, Tate Britain, Text zur Kunst, Bergen Kunsthall, Wasafiri, Glasgow CCA Annex, Camden Arts Centre. She has undertaken residencies at Gasworks, Porthmeor Studios, Rhubaba Gallery, and V.O. Curation.
