Exhibition
Lived-In Rooms
22 Nov 2019 – 1 Dec 2019
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Tenancy House
Address
- 2a Springfield Lane
- Salford
England - M3 7FH
- United Kingdom
An exhibition of the seminal June Street portraits of Salford residents by photographers Daniel Meadows & Martin Parr, together with new photographs by Gavin Parry.
About
In 1973, Daniel Meadows and Martin Parr photographed the residents of June Street in Salford, documenting them in the front rooms of their homes, just months before their red-brick terraced houses were demolished. In 2018, 1.5 miles away, the white and grey modular terraces of Irwell Riverside were completed, and the first residents moved in.
In a homage and a redux of the June Street series, Gavin Parry has photographed the residents of Irwell Riverside in their homes. From June Street demolition to Irwell Riverside redevelopment, this exhibition reflects 50 years of political, social and technological changes that have re-shaped the terraced street and city living.
Lived-In Rooms exhibits Gavin Parry’s photographs publicly for the first time, side by side with the June Street series, on site in a house in the new Irwell Riverside development.
IN CONVERSATION EVENTS
Daniel Meadows & Gavin Parry: Photographing families, then and now
Saturday 23 November, 2-3pm
Daniel Meadows was a student at Manchester Poly when he and his friend Martin Parr undertook a project to photograph every resident on June Street in Salford, 20 terraced houses that were awaiting demolition. Since the 1970s, Daniel has made a career as an independent photographer, but June Street is possibly still his work that stimulates the strongest emotional response and the most discussion. In an intimate roundtable conversation in the exhibition space, Gavin and Daniel will discuss why these portraits are so striking, their different experiences of photographing Salford residents, then and now, and their approaches to documenting the familial and the home.
Gavin Parry, Sally Stone & Jenny Walker: The home, the terrace and the wallpaper
Thursday 28 November, 6.30-7.30pm
In recent decades, changing priorities and lifestyles have led to a shift in how families and households operate. Men and women fulfill increasingly similar roles and it’s not unusual for friends – and even relative strangers – to live together. These changes are evident in the way we organise our homes, and in the differences between the 1973 June Street photographs and the contemporary Irwell Riverside series. Perhaps the most striking difference is the shift in décor. 1970s’ interiors were a riot of bright colour and over-scaled pattern, woodgrain vinyl and sparkling ornaments. In contrast, the modern interiors are muted, minimal, restrained. Where did this confidence in self-expression and willingness to embrace design trends – no matter how daring – come from? Is it something we have lost – why? Artist Jenny Walker and Reader in Architecture Sally Stone will discuss this and more with photographer Gavin Parry in this intimate ‘in conversation’ event.