In this place…

Artist(s): Corridor Projects

IN THIS PLACE… brings together local residents, artists and communities through a programme of creative workshops, pop-up events and socially-engaged artist commissions in the Clarendon area of Hove, East Sussex. 
  
Produced by participatory arts organisation Corridor, working through photography-based enquiries, local residents were invited to explore ways of seeing the everyday differently. Pulling focus on what makes this neighbourhood distinct and celebratory, the project explores local histories, lived experiences and aspirations gathered through the process.  

EXHIBITION: IN THIS PLACE..
30 September to 27 October 2023

A trail from Hove Gardens along Conway Street through to Conway Court

This neighbourhood exhibition of new artwork, co-created by local residents, celebrates the Clarendon area of Hove. Supported by artists through residencies, workshops and pop-up events, local people shared experiences, made new connections and explored what this community means to them. Using photography to explore ways of seeing the everyday differently, the artwork in this exhibition pulls focus on what makes this neighbourhood distinct.

At Dyson Gymnastic Club, resident artist Sara Hibbert’s large-scale photographs can be seen in windows of the new Hove Gardens building on Conway Street and the club’s entry gate.

At Industrial House, APEC studio artist Lindsey Smith created a unique set of encounters with the building's diverse and eclectic resident businesses and not-for-profit organisations. Images presented in the building’s windows make what happens inside, visible on the outside.

Activities 

A programme of free workshops and pop-up events took place during spring and summer 2023 at the Vallance Community Centre, Salvation Army and Honeycroft Children's Centre in Hove. Corridor worked throughout the neighbourhood with community partners to discover local stories and co-create the photography exhibition in the public realm, for all to enjoy. 

Activities included: 

  • Community Mapping with James Bellorini 

  • Experiments in Collecting with Eva Louisa Jonas 

  • Photowalk with Hugh Fox 

  • Postcards from Hove with Phoebe Wingrove 

  • Cut-up Poetry and Collage with Hannah Collisson 

  • Photo Zine Making with Pippa Healy, and The Dog Photobooth with Alma Haser (double bill) 

  • Community Portraits with Corridor 

  • Clarendon Community Archives with Arpita Shah

Artist Residencies and commissions

Sara Hibbert was selected for the Artist in Residence commission at Dyson Gymnastics Club: a family-run club that serves many young people in the heart of the Clarendon area of Hove, East Sussex. As a socially engaged visual artist, Sara immersed herself within the local community of members and staff, photographing the gymnasium space using slide film, capturing the gymnasts digitally, scanning drawings made by gymnasts of all ages, as well as collaborating with coaches to re-stage significant gestures of support during training. In post-production, these become layered images representing all of this action and movement.

Lindsey Smith was invited to make new work from within Industrial House, Hove. The artist spent time visiting the incredible and varied businesses and studios based in Industrial House, using hand gestures and the ‘tools of their trades’ as a starting point to capture the energy and innovation flourishing inside the building. From cutlery to cosmetics, cakes to crafts, Lindsey created a series of playful and performative images in collaboration with the people at the heart of this creative hub. 

About Corridor 
Corridor is an arts organisation based in the South East connecting artists, people and places. We design lens-based participatory projects to create encounters for sharing untold stories, supporting well-being, skills development and creative expression. Our artist-led programmes are exploratory and open-ended rooted from the outset in partnerships, creative engagement and learning in its broadest sense. Corridor has been commissioned by Ginkgo Projects as the lead artists for this project.
corridorprojects.org.uk