Screening and Discussion
Discussion and Screening held at Trongate 103
In November I was invited to give a screening and discussion of my MA Documentary Photography project at a one off event in Street Level Photoworks in the Trongate 103 building. The screening and discussion was supported by the Market Gallery as part of their HOST season, a number of special off site one off events. I wanted the screenings to include a discussion afterwards and I invited several of the traders from Paddy’s Market and some residents from Sighthill, two of the stories I covered for my MA and a lively engaging debate followed the screenings covering all kinds of topics from housing, policing, drugs and the Commonwealth Games. The event was attended by over 100 people with standing room only. Several other screenings and discussion are taking place at the Glasgow School of Art and Glasgow University in January and February 2010.
If you would like to request a screening of the films please get in touch via email
From the Trongate 103 website: For the past two years, Chris Leslie has been documenting a changing Glasgow landscape from the East End in Dalmarnock, to Oatlands in the south, Sighthill in the north of the city and to Paddy’s Market at the Briggait. Using photography and audio he captures hopes, fading memories, lost livelihoods and the disappearance of schemes and communities - issues largely forgotten in the utopian goals of regeneration. Allowing the people he photographs to tell their own stories, he has produced four short films focusing on each of the above areas. A discussion will follow the screening with guest speakers featured in the short films.
This is Market Gallery’s inaugural ‘HOST offsite’ event, and takes Market’s HOST happenings out of the east end and into the exciting new venue of Street Level Photoworks at Trongate 103. HOST is Market gallery’s event-based programming and forms a series of happenings occurring over short time frames. HOST creates a refreshing space that brings many artists together for live and experimental works.
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