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August 23, 2011
I was able to check out a few photographic shows in the core and fringe programmes whilst in Ballarat for the Blurb workshops on DIY publishing and Portfolio Reviews at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2011
Gary Sauer-Thompson, Ballarat Railway Station, 2011
The show that I saw first were the two by the Melbourne Silver Mine Inc. collective in the Fringe programme. These were the Just Don't Call it Street and the sets show. I participated in both.
Melbourne Silver Mine Inc. is a film based photography collective in Melbourne. The Just Don't Call it Street was the more cohesive show as it was based around multiple perspectives exploring what street photography means today. It provides a building block to submit to future festivals or biennials such as the Auckland Festival of Photography in 2010.
This option is not possible with the sets show, as the work was too diverse to have any coherence. The individual practitioners in the show have to develop their own group of photos in to a body of work for an exhibition or a book. That means developing their own portfolios into a tightly edited project. That requires being clear on what the project is.
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Ahhh.. back to the days when railway stations were railway stations.
All hail Federation era architecture and three cheers for Henry Lawson and station water-bags, with tin cups attached to a piece of rope also tied to the water-bag.