GET INVOLVED: Fonds II and It's Criminal
Plus, our newsroom desks are now available to be rented out on an ad-hoc basis for those looking for a hot desk
FONDS II
After the success of last year’s exhibition around Govanhill, we are delighted to be re-running the ‘FONDS: Objects Speak Louder Than Words’ project. Do you have a special object that you’d like to share?
Last summer, we create FONDS: Objects Speak Louder Than Words, a project which celebrated the people and communities of Govanhill through the objects that we hold dear. The project took the form of a photography exhibition and accompanying radio show and video.
It was a collaborative project between Greater Govanhill, Thriving Places Govanhill, working with photographer Morwenna Kearsley, Govanhill’s artist in residence through Street Level Photoworks Culture Collective programme.
We photographed people's objects against colourful backdrops using an innovative technique with a 4x5 inch view camera, shooting the images on colour film. Instead of using traditional lighting techniques, Morwenna used a darkened studio and a moving torch to light the image over an eight minute exposure. The end result is a shimmering silky striking look.
We displayed the images in shop/cafe windows as an inclusive outside exhibition. As we photographed the objects, we recorded interviews with the owners of the objects. These resulted in really intimate interviews that told the stories of family, connection and community. We used the interviews to create postcards and featured some clips in a radio show which also included music choices of participants.
Listen to the radio show that we created as part of the project and watch the video here:
IT’S CRIMINAL
Come along to the first event of It’s Criminal for a discussion on how the ways media reports on crime affects communities in Glasgow.
It’s Criminal is a new pilot project exploring how stereotypical crime reporting in Scotland, and particularly in Glasgow, can affect some people, communities and neighbourhoods negatively. We will be working with a group of people with direct experience of the criminal justice system and with people from communities often scapegoated or blamed for crime. Find out more about the full project here
We will be introducing the project at The Ferret and Greater Govanhill's Community Newsroom at 7pm on Thursday 6 April. Ferret co-editor Karin Goodwin, will be in conversation with writer Francisco Garcia who specialises in true crime and internet subcultures. As well as exploring the phenomenon of Glasgow crime magazine The Digger for the Financial Times, he has authored several books: If You Were There: Missing People and the Marks They Leave Behind, about the disappearance of his father, and We All Go Into The Dark, a book due out in April on the hunt for the unidentified serial killer, Bible John.
AD-HOC DESK USE BOOKING SYSTEM NOW LIVE
After spending the winter settling in to the Community Newsroom, we are now ready to be able to offer the space out for hot desk use.
Once your email has been registered, you will be added to a mailing list for hot desk use. Each week, we will send out an email with what desks are available for the week. We may also send out extra emails for that day if there is unexpected absences in the office. The desks will be available to rent out for full-days and half-days.
You can find rates for office use and more information by clicking the button above.