BTW 2011 Calendar of Events

London

8am

Sandra Shevey

London Street Markets Walk

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sandra_shevey@yahoo.com

Guided Tour/Walk

All

Sandra Shevey has also produced a 30 min DVD about 4 ancient London markets: Smithfield, Spitalfield, Covent Garden and Borough. Entitled `London`s Ancient Markets: Their Fight for Survival the documentary is available online at http://sandrashevey.tripod.com. Sandra has recently launched Countryside Markets Walk at http://sandrashevey.tripod.com/countrysidemarketswalk.

London

11am

Sandra Shevey

The Alfred Hitchcock Walk

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sandra_shevey@yahoo.com

Guided Tour/Walk

All

BFI Associate Tutor Sandra Shevey has been profiling film since 1968. She will mount an exhibition about Alfred Hitchcock`s London Location Art in March 2010 at the St. Martin`s reference library in Westminster where last July 2009 Sandra exhibited something about Hollywood and Identity (Sandra`s `identity project`) Sandra Shevey has interviewed masses of megastars over an astonishing 45-year career. She has recently republished her account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, `The Marilyn Scandal` via Sandra Shevey Books. She also has authored a biography about John Lennon (`The Other Side of Lennon`)

Viewfinder Photography Gallery

Louise Forrester

Viewfinder Photography Gallery

020 8858 8351, ext 2

louise@viewfinder.org.uk

Exhibition

All

*The exhibition runs from 18 March to 5 April* The group exhibition 'Masked Ball' presents portraits of people in a variety of marks – from animal heads to cheese slices. Laura Hensser takes self-portraits, wearing mundane objects that suggest her memories. Hiding behind a false façade, the artist challenges the conventions of performance based self-portraiture. Rather than presenting external details, the artist's face is concealed and we see only hints of her internal self. In one, cup cakes are stuck to her face like inverted limpets. In another, cheese slices are pushed into every crevice of Hensser's face, merging to form a mask that resembles latex. Whether her face is covered with glistening, red jelly or swaddled by a map, the viewer is offered little clue as to the sitter's identity or persona. James Reid presents a departure from the norm of masked balls, with humans wearing formal clothing and animal heads – from oversize, colourful chicken heads to comic horse heads. The urge to read emotion in animal faces is invoked here - do the animal masks tell us anything of the sitters? Or do they simply conceal the emotions on their faces? The series was shot on location in big brand boutique stores in Paris - Reid questions whether buying branded clothing offers the chance to escape identification, to take on different personas. Stuart Southwell presents portraits of three generations, dressed for a variety of roles (from a general to a doctor) and in distorted, disturbing masks. Southwell explores the way in which we are shaped by others around us, adopting or rejecting hobbies, careers, and ideals. Southwell believes that in contemporary Western society we are unable to accept our 'true selves' but instead choose to constantly recraft our physical appearance to suit any given situation. These macabre portraits suggest the extent to which we may have become puppets of the media. Curator Louise Forrester comments: "Although each photographer is using masks in portraiture, the results in each series is markedly different. Some unsettling, some funny, there is something here for everyone." Accompanying this exhibition, Nigel Rumsey presents a pop-up photo booth in the gallery on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 March (12-4pm). Members of the public will be able to take their own self-portrait, either masked or unmasked, in the booth. Photographs taken will be printed out on the spot for the sitters to take home, and included in a slideshow of images projected in the gallery all weekend. This is a unique experiment to interact, and become part of, an exhibition - pop down to the pop-up photo booth and get involved!

London Borough of Greenwich

Wendy Tang

Greenwich Council

020 8921 6295

wendy.tang@greenwich.gov.uk

Festival

Local residents

Visit Greenwich and enjoy the rich heritage and culture available right on your doorstep this spring when many popular attractions, cultural venues and restaurants are offering free or special promotions in Greenwich, Eltham and Woolwich. Download a leaflet on our website and present it at participating venues, unless advance booking is required. Leaflets will also be available at Greenwich Tourist Information Centre, local libraries and participating venues. Come and be a local tourist!