Coming soon: Next Up, our annual graduate exhibition of work from the MA in Socially Engaged Photography course a joint programme Open Eye Gallery has run with the University of Salford since 2018.
This year, we feature work by three early-career photographers and creative producers from our 2024 graduates (in our upstairs Gallery 3 space), from 26 September – 16 November.
Isabel Walker’s photography focuses on social connections found through subcultures in the electronic music industry. Her project, Hold Tight, highlights the strength of the community and the challenges some people face around access and inclusion to these specific music environments.
Eleni Karypidou showcases her project, Breaking the Silence; a participatory art project between Eleni, fellow student Isabel Walker and women from HMP Styal. Together, the group explored ideas of freedom of expression through music and dance and questioned our ideas of open and flexible conversation in often inflexible environments. Eleni also worked as a co-curator on the design of the Gallery 3 show.
Anna Wijnhoven presents Embracing the Inevitable, an ongoing collaborative photography project which navigates the real lived experiences of six assisted death advocates who support the actions of the charity Dignity in Dying to legalise assisted death for terminally ill adults with less than six months to live.
For more details, visit the Open Eye Gallery website here