Drawing on Spike Island’s exhibition, Danielle Dean: This could all be yours!, multidisciplinary artist Yuko Edwards leads a workshop to reanimate our neighbourhoods and local landmarks through communal photomontage.

Using archival photos of Bristol as a starting point, participants are encouraged to reimagine existing landmarks and create new versions of the city. Working in three dimensions, participants will use mark making, collage and layering techniques to build unique compositions.

All materials are provided, and attendees are invited to bring additional imagery to share. This workshop is open to all ages and abilities.

I AM MAKING ART

These regular activity sessions are led by artists and visual practitioners. Visitors of all ages and abilities can try out new techniques and approaches to making art, from drawing and painting to collage, sculpture and animation. All materials are provided.

Yuko Edwards

Yuko Edwards is a photographer, filmmaker, and mixed media artist. Her work addresses concepts of self and social identity. She situates her subjects in historical contexts to explore social, political, and economic realities. Archival material, including found family photographs, are often used as starting points as a way to retell stories and interrogate existing social structures. Her work uses history to investigate how to break cycles of oppression, and explore how one’s sense of identity can change over time.

Yuko’s work is currently on view at MShed as part of the Bristol Photo Festival. She is a recipient of a New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA) Artist Fellowship. She has exhibited in various art galleries and institutions including the RWA, Bristol; Somerset House, London; and The Brooklyn Museum, New York.

Yuko is based at Jamaica Street Studios in Stokes Croft, Bristol, and is a curatorial lead at www.thisisessentialwork.com, as well as a member of Spike Island Associates.

www.yukoedwards.com

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