Upcoming San Francisco + Portland events

Mandy Barker, Beyond Drifting

East Wing gallery at Photofairs San Francisco / 23 – 25 February 2018
Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Boulevard, San Francisco

East Wing announces its participation in the second edition of Photofairs San Francisco, the West Coast’s only fair exclusively focused on the photographic arts. East Wing will present a solo exhibition by Mandy Barker and her award winning series, Beyond Drifting: imperfectly known animals.

Made while on residency at Sirius Arts Centre in Ireland, Beyond Drifting mixes history, in-depth research and a bit of fiction in the creation of plastic ‘specimens’ which reflect on the insidious global pandemic of plastic waste damaging our waterways and coastlines.  Harkening back to historic scientific studies by biologist, John Vaughan Thompson in Cork Harbour from the early 1800’s,  Mandy Barker collected plastic from the area to create these new ‘specimens’ as a way of revealing the shocking fact that the same species of plankton Thompson studied over 100 years ago are now ingesting microplastic particles.

Shortlisted for the 2017 Prix Pictet Photography Award in sustainability, Beyond Drifting: imperfectly known animals is also a breathtakingly beautiful book published by Overlapse.

Beyond Drifting

Imperfectly Known Animalsby Mandy Barker

Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animalsencapsulates in miniature the much larger environmental problems of an imperfect world. This work presents a unique collection of plankton specimens related to pioneering discoveries made by naturalist JV Thompson in Cork Harbour during the 1800s. These recently found specimens are deceptive, however, and mysteriously conceal their true origin.

Hardcover, 104 pages, 23 x 17.5 cm portrait
Section-sewn binding with book ribbon; interior tip-in; dust jacket; hand finishes
59 colour photographs + illustrations throughout
Published by Overlapse | 1 May 2017

San Francisco lecture “Follow the Money”

In this presentation, I will start with a review of the evolution of the art market in Europe, plus the motivations of invention and the birth of the photo industry. From there we will look at photography as the “modern medium” and its acceptance as an art form, the snowballing of the photography market in the 1970s and 1980s, analyze the top selling photographers and photographs, and finish with a discussion about the current landscape of the fine art photography market. —Jennifer Stoots

The “Follow the Money” lecture & discussion will be at the Harvey Milk Photo Center on Thursday March 1st at 6:30 p.m. (50 Scott Street, San Francisco). Recommended donation $10.

“Follow the Money” lecture in Portland

Like the presentation in San Francisco, my lecture will take a retrospective look at the history of the Western art market, the fine art photography market and where we are today. There will be time for Q&A and discussion. —Stoots
The Portland edition of “Follow the Money” is scheduled for Thursday March 15 at 7:00 p.m. at Disjecta (8371 N. Interstate, Portland) $10 in advance via Eventbrite; $15 at the door.

This presentation is a co-production of Photolucida and Stoots LLC.

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