Film screening: I AM A DARKROOM
Film screening: I AM A DARKROOM
Friday, 8 December 2023 18.00–19.30
Photographic Centre Peri (1st floor) Vanha Suurtori 5, Turku
Free entrance!
The Saari Residence and Photographic Centre Peri invite you to a preview screening of the documentary I AM A DARKROOM, created by artist Edd Carr, followed by a discussion between Edd Carr and philosopher Elisa Aaltola.
I AM A DARKROOM showcases the work of artists in the Sustainable Darkroom, a grassroots organisation at the forefront of creating an ecological future for photography. From kitchen tables, to at home darkrooms, and even the dirt outdoors - these artists are challenging toxic legacies to build a new ecology of photography. An ecology not just of sustainable materials, but the political and social entanglements that arise each time you press the shutter.
Following the screening, Carr and Aalolta will share motivations and questions about their practice and discuss new possible ways of understanding and telling an animal within the context of the arts and research. This discussion stems from Carr’s artistic work and Aaltola’s research project Voiko? (eng. Can?). The discussion hopes to explore the question of how we can take into account the individuality and rights of non-human animals in contemporary art and society, considering its material processes.
Schedule
17.45 doors open, refreshments and snacks
18.00 Welcome and screening of I AM A DARKROOM
18.30 Edd Carr’s and Elisa Aaltola’s introductions
19.00 Discussion
Edd Carr is an artist based in the UK. Adapting photographic processes into moving image – his work depicts our relationship to ecological crisis and the wider nonhuman world. Carr is the Saari Invited Artist at the Saari Residence during November and December 2023.
Elisa Aaltola Elisa Aaltola, PhD, works as a senior researcher in philosophy at the University of Turku, Finland. Her research has focused on animal philosophy and normative moral psychology.
The Sustainable Darkroom is the world’s first organisation committed to exploring sustainability and its nuances within the world of photographic materials. As an artist-led organisation, we acknowledge the role of analogue photography in contributing to the global ecological crisis. Founded by Hannah Fletcher in 2019, and now co-directed alongside Alice Cazenave and Edd Carr, we continue to evolve with new knowledge and research. We aim to provide up-to-date and essential information, resources and support, to practitioners that wish to approach their own photographic practice in a more ecologically-considered way.
The Saari Residence, maintained by Kone Foundation, is a residence located in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland, for artists of all disciplines and nationalities. The residence’s long-term activities and thinking are underpinned by an ecological approach, which also covers social and psychological sustainability. Its keywords are slowness, insight and change.
Photographic Centre Peri (Valokuvakeskus Peri ry) is a non-profit organization for photography and lens-based contemporary art. Its members include photography and video artists, photography enthusiasts and researchers. Established in 1987, Peri is one of ten Finland's national photography centres and our goal is to promote photographic art, local and international collaboration as well as dialogue between photographers and audiences.