Territorial

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Territorial, curated by Paola Leonardi, will showcase the work of six contemporary photographic practitioners whose work is concerned with concepts of human geography, identity and territory.

Exhibiting artists and projects:

Alastair Bartlett's series “Sandlings” is an exploration of the Suffolk countryside where the photographer grew up, connecting the landscape with concepts of home and belonging. 

Ania Dabrowska, an award-winning artist working with photography, installation, sound, moving image and text, with a long-

Paul Greenleaf's series “Correspondence” involves collecting, cataloguing and archiving found postcards in order to trace the spot where the original picture was taken and to re-photograph the view as it is today.  The project records and highlights social, cultural and physical changes to the landscape from several subjective viewpoints.

Yiannis Katsaris' “Eklissakia” is a documentation of roadside memorial boxes scattered along the motorways of his native Greece, through video and photographic images it combines elements of personal and national identity. 

Christos Koukelis presents 8 images of his new series “The Hills” an exploration of man-made landscape that deals with themes of human intervention on a particular territory and its social impact. 

Paola Leonardi's “Borderlands” explores the relevance of European identity along the land borders of the European Union; rooted in concepts of human geography this body of work utilizes a straight visual approach and combines landscape with portrait photography.

Territorial opens with a private view on the 20th October from 6pm-9pm and there will also be free talks by the artists on 27 October and 3 November, both starting at 6pm.

The exhibition is part of Photomonth 2016, East London's annual international festival of photography.