PERMANENT PROJECTS presents: 

Real, Fake and Imagined

6^th - 29^th October 2006

 

 an exhibition of photographs by:                                             at:

Laura Braun                          The Regency Town House

Mandy Lee Jandrell              13 Brunswick Square

   and   Melanie Stidolph                  Hove 

 

To coincide with the Brighton Photo Biennial and as part of the Brighton Photo Fringe,

these three emergent artists present new and previously unseen photographs that explore notions

of landscape and the building of meaning around it. Playing with illusion - nature approaches

fantasy and constructed leisure environments are exposed in their fallacy: 

 

Laura Braun - documents urban swimming pools and lidos, out of season, in states of

abandonment, showing these spaces as disused sites of forgotten dreams.

http://www.laurabraun.net/ 

Mandy Lee Jandrell - explores the manufactured landscapes of wildlife parks, botanical

gardens and theme parks to uncover the pre-packaging of the real.

http://www.mandyleejandrell.info/ 

Melanie Stidolph - makes epic narrative images from intensely experiential moments,

immersed within remote landscapes and amongst native wildlife.

http://www.melaniestidolph.com

 

Using these different elements ‘Real, Fake and Imagined’ creates a dialogue that

disillusions and re-mystifies our conceptions of landscape. 

 

The Regency Town House is a grade 1 listed terraced house from the mid 1820s situated

in the rich architectural heritage of Brunswick Square that faces Brighton and Hove seafront. Sited

within these wonderful surroundings, amidst restoration, this exhibition correlates with the traces

of opulence and removed layers.  

 

‘Real, Fake and Imagined’ is an off-site project in collaboration with Permanent

Gallery and is curated by Paddy Kernohan. 

 

The exhibition will be complimented by two pieces of writing: Clare Moloney from artist-

group OMSK, has written a textual translation of the artists’ images which will be published in the

forthcoming issue of ‘Miser & Now’ magazine; and Stefanie Braun from The Photographers’

Gallery, will respond to the work in its unique setting in a text freely available within the exhibition.

                                                                                                                                               

PERMANENT PROJECTS                                                         at:  The Regency Town House,

http://www.permanentgallery.com/                                                     13 Brunswick Square,

Hove,

as part of Brighton Photo Fringe                                                    East Sussex, BN3 1EH

http://www.photofringe.org/                                                                 http://www.rth.org.uk/

 

Supported by Arts Council England