Exhibition
SA1
13 Oct 2018 – 3 Nov 2018
Event times
Tue & Thu 10.30-17.30
Wed, Fri & Sat 11.00-18.00
Cost of entry
free
Address
- Portland Buildings
- Commercial Street
- Pontypool
Wales - NP4 6JS
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- the nearest stop is Town Hall (Clarence Street). You can reach us by bus from Cardiff, Newport, Abergavenny, Blackwood, Brynmawr, Blaenavon & Cwmbran with one or no changes. Train and bus times and changes can be found on Traveline Cymru
- the nearest train station is Pontypool & New Inn, which is about a 20-minute (through the park) walk from the gallery, there are buses to and from town about every 10 minutes. It takes about 30 minutes from Cardiff Central. you may have to change at Newport for some services. There is also a direct train from Newport.
SA1 is an exhibition by Dan Staveley featuring colour multi-exposures printed from a mobile phone in the darkroom.
About
SA1 is a joint project between Dan Staveley and the*kickplate*project at our 76m2 gallery in Pontypool. Dan was commissioned by us to use his technique for printing images from a mobile phone and to create colour prints of his photographs in the 76m2 darkroom. None of us had done this before, so Dan and the*kickplate*project collaborated to work through the technical details and create colour prints. After three weeks of experimentation, Dan had created images suitable for the exhibition and over 6 weeks printed the series.SA1 is a long-term project Dan has been working on documenting the changing face of Swansea city centre as it goes through a large regeneration period. Dan uses multiple exposures taken on a mobile phone to create a series dealing with the many different views of regeneration, and encouraging viewers to reflect on how the creative industries play a role in the process, how during the large timescales it takes to build and modify a city, and if the original idea is fit for purpose when the project is complete.
Dan Staveley is a commercial photographer based in Llanelli. He teaches degree and foundation courses at Carmarthen College of Art and is a founder member and director of elysium gallery in Swansea. He has also created the ESPY photography award.
You can find Dan’s work on instagram and his website and read about ESPY on www.espyphotoaward.com.
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SA1 is the 8th in a series of 9 exhibitions that will be organised in 2018 in 76m2, Pontypool by the*kickplate*project, with the support from the Arts Council of Wales, Torfaen Council's Arts Development and Pontypool Community Council.
13th October – 3rd November
Tuesday – Thursday 10:30 – 17:30
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 11:00 – 18:00
76m2
2 Portland Buildings
Commercial Street
Pontypool
Torfaen
NP4 6JS
