Exhibitions, United Kingdom, Herefordshire, Hereford, 24 July 2010
Hereford Photography Festival is delighted to be presenting Photo ID, a free exhibition, from Saturday 24th July until Saturday 14th August 2010 - at Hereford Town Hall - as part of the lead up to its main festival in the Autumn.
The way in which identity is constructed is a complex process. At one level, how people choose to describe themselves (and others) might combine information about age, gender, appearance, faith, nationality, ethnicity, language, accent, class, occupation, family and where they come from. On another level, how they feel about being ‘them’ might embrace more complex issues like personality, mood, mental state, illness, and relationships. Some of these factors are influenced by genetic inheritance, while others are probably not. At yet another level, identity may become the subject of ‘identification’ and reside in names, a driving licence, a passport, a photograph, or genetically related biometric data such as fingerprints, iris scans or even DNA profiles!
Some of these complex issues of personal and social identity are explored in Photo-ID. The exhibition presents work by ten photographers alongside recent information about how our human genome affects how we, and others, will think about and use identity in the future.
Curated by Keith Roberts and funded by The Welcome Trust, Photo ID was originally shown at The Forum in Norwich in August 2009. The exhibition presents commissioned work by Kim Cunningham; Mark Edwards; Carl Jaycock; Åsa Johannesson; Marlene Haring; Joanna Kane; Evi Lemberger; Dave Lewis; Paul Sucksmith and Simon Terrill.
The way in which identity is constructed is a complex process. At one level, how people choose to describe themselves (and others) might combine information about age, gender, appearance, faith, nationality, ethnicity, language, accent, class, occupation, family and where they come from. On another level, how they feel about being ‘them’ might embrace more complex issues like personality, mood, mental state, illness, and relationships. Some of these factors are influenced by genetic inheritance, while others are probably not. At yet another level, identity may become the subject of ‘identification’ and reside in names, a driving licence, a passport, a photograph, or genetically related biometric data such as fingerprints, iris scans or even DNA profiles!
Some of these complex issues of personal and social identity are explored in Photo-ID. The exhibition presents work by ten photographers alongside recent information about how our human genome affects how we, and others, will think about and use identity in the future.
Curated by Keith Roberts and funded by The Welcome Trust, Photo ID was originally shown at The Forum in Norwich in August 2009. The exhibition presents commissioned work by Kim Cunningham; Mark Edwards; Carl Jaycock; Åsa Johannesson; Marlene Haring; Joanna Kane; Evi Lemberger; Dave Lewis; Paul Sucksmith and Simon Terrill.
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