Still Moving: The psychogeography of the gallery visit 2019
Tate Exchange is an ambitious ‘open experiment’ which allows other organisations and members of the public to participate in Tate’s creative process, running events and projects on site and using art as a way of addressing wider issues in the world around us. Thomas Tallis School, London and St. Peter's School, Bournemouth, collaborating under the PhotoPedagogy banner, are proud to present another Tate Exchange project in 2019.
We are delighted to announce our 2 day CPD event for teachers of photography.
Building on last year's success (see below), we've decided to make this CPD opportunity even more of an adventure - a journey in fact; a collaboration with 3 major galleries, two exciting artists, and an inspirational group of colleagues (that's you, at least we really hope so. But best be quick, places are limited).
Still Moving - The psychogeography of the gallery visit
18-19 February 10.00 - 5.00PM commencing at Tate Modern
What makes a gallery visit memorable? How might the journey to, from and within the gallery ‘move’ students and teachers emotionally, physically, spiritually, politically...?
Join us for creative professional development as we immerse ourselves in photographic practice to explore the impact of journeying on our senses and experiences.
This CPD event is for teachers of photography who want to debate the important issues in our subject. You will develop your own practice with the support of artists Tereza Červeňová and Danny Treacy, embracing a spirit of experimentation and play as you journey between 3 distinct institutions: Tate Modern, The Photographers’ Gallery, and Autograph ABP.
Frankly, we're very excited. Two days of provocative and stimulating practice-based activities awaits. Click here to sign up and make the first steps.
Building on last year's success (see below), we've decided to make this CPD opportunity even more of an adventure - a journey in fact; a collaboration with 3 major galleries, two exciting artists, and an inspirational group of colleagues (that's you, at least we really hope so. But best be quick, places are limited).
Still Moving - The psychogeography of the gallery visit
18-19 February 10.00 - 5.00PM commencing at Tate Modern
What makes a gallery visit memorable? How might the journey to, from and within the gallery ‘move’ students and teachers emotionally, physically, spiritually, politically...?
Join us for creative professional development as we immerse ourselves in photographic practice to explore the impact of journeying on our senses and experiences.
This CPD event is for teachers of photography who want to debate the important issues in our subject. You will develop your own practice with the support of artists Tereza Červeňová and Danny Treacy, embracing a spirit of experimentation and play as you journey between 3 distinct institutions: Tate Modern, The Photographers’ Gallery, and Autograph ABP.
Frankly, we're very excited. Two days of provocative and stimulating practice-based activities awaits. Click here to sign up and make the first steps.
Class Photo: Lessons in Photography 2018
We began with a relatively simple question: How might we create a photography classroom over two days at Tate? Following feedback from colleagues in response to this blog post, we designed a CPD event over two days at Tate Exchange. We were delighted to welcome our class of photography teacher colleagues to Tate in February to experience a combination of practical activities, artist-led workshops, expert input from Tate curators, The Photographers’ Gallery and Autograph ABP and plenty of time to share our thoughts about teaching photography.
Members of the public were invited to drop in to the space from 12 noon each day to encounter continued professional development in action as the focus between student, teacher and artist was playfully blurred and a photography classroom was exposed like never before. They could observe teachers debating the important issues in photography, developing their own practice and collaborating on the production of new ideas, all the while embracing a spirit of experimentation and play. Visitors could take on the role of classroom observers and were be invited to provide some feedback about what they had seen.
You can read our write-up of the two days here and take a look at a digital version of edition #3 of our newspaper (given out free on the day). Thank you to all our workshop leaders for their expertise and generosity, to the teak at Tate Exchange, to Simon Baker at Tate for his encouragement and support, to our amazingly talented student helpers, to our wonderful colleagues who took part in our experiment over the two days, to all those who contributed words and images to our newspaper and to WEX Photographic for their sponsorship.
Members of the public were invited to drop in to the space from 12 noon each day to encounter continued professional development in action as the focus between student, teacher and artist was playfully blurred and a photography classroom was exposed like never before. They could observe teachers debating the important issues in photography, developing their own practice and collaborating on the production of new ideas, all the while embracing a spirit of experimentation and play. Visitors could take on the role of classroom observers and were be invited to provide some feedback about what they had seen.
You can read our write-up of the two days here and take a look at a digital version of edition #3 of our newspaper (given out free on the day). Thank you to all our workshop leaders for their expertise and generosity, to the teak at Tate Exchange, to Simon Baker at Tate for his encouragement and support, to our amazingly talented student helpers, to our wonderful colleagues who took part in our experiment over the two days, to all those who contributed words and images to our newspaper and to WEX Photographic for their sponsorship.
Tate Exposed, Tate Exchanged 2017
It began when Year 12 and 13 photographers from both schools spent a day in December 2016 at Tate Modern documenting the building behind the scenes. They explored those parts of the institution that visitors ordinarily cannot reach: store rooms, the staff canteen, offices, corridors and cupboards. What lurked behind those pristine white walls of the galleries? Who worked in the bowels of the building? Where do staff go for a quiet cup of tea?
Our intention was to demystify Tate as an institution, to share a privileged view of the building with the general public but also to reflect Tate back to itself. The students would also gain unprecedented access to previously hidden spaces, using their cameras to explore, describe and reveal seemingly mundane details, transforming them through the power of photography and discovering the marvellous in the everyday.
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The 'behind the scenes day' - that was the best part - it was really interesting and meeting the people...they were completely different to how you imagine...they were so friendly...chefs, security and ...what was that guy? the Gaffer.
On 6th February 2017, the students shared their photographs with other students and members of the visiting public in the Tate Exchange space on Level 5 of the Switch House. They offered visitors the chance to make a zine from their images, engaged them in discussion about the big ideas in photography, encouraged them to think about examples of photographs in the Tate collection and use their cameras/phones to capture their experience with the help of some playful postcard prompts. Photographs were shared online (using the #tateexposed and #tateexchange tags on Instagram) and displayed live in the Tate Exchange space. Here's a small sample of the nearly 300 images uploaded.
It was wonderful to see the way the Tallis and St. Peter's students learned to manage the space, engage confidently with visitors and model the process of risk taking through photography. We were keen to make connections between our playful activities and works on display in the Tate collection. Reference was made to specific images in the Radical Eye exhibition. Irving Penn's corner portraits provided inspiration for our own versions and a picture by George Platt Lynes was an excuse for us to play with our own huge roll of backdrop paper.
We had four school groups visit and close to 500 people in total, approximately 200 more than on any previous Monday. We zoned the space into separate but related activities:
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In addition we had produced a set of 10 postcard prompts, linked to each of our Threshold Concepts, that we hoped visitors would use in the galleries to engage with works on display using their cameras/phones. The students, accompanied by large threshold concept posters, stationed themselves in the galleries where photographs were on display, explaining the concepts and the postcard tasks and encouraging visitors to experiment.
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Issue #2 of our PhotoPedagogy newspaper* was also available for visitors to read and take away. This edition was entitled, not surprisingly, 'Exchange' and featured some fantastic contributions by artists and photographers including Gregory Crewdson, Tom Oldham, Dafna Talmor, Mimi Mollica, Marysa Dowling, Daniel Donnelly and Clarisse d'Arcimoles plus an introduction from Simon Baker, Senior Curator of International Art and Photography at Tate. We are grateful to Wex Photographic for their financial support.
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You can purchase copies of this and other PhotoPedagogy newspapers here.
We have received some very positive feedback from participants. Our questionnaire revealed high rates of enjoyment and appreciation of our student ambassadors. Following their visit, the majority of visitors felt more creative in the use of their smartphones and were more aware of the quality of photography on display at Tate Modern. Visitors commented on the exciting atmosphere of risk and creativity:
This is inspiring: the atmosphere and buzz. You could have done this at school, in a sports hall but...this is about taking risks.
-- John Kime, Fred Longworth School, Wigan
Some were pleasantly surprised by the space, the affordances of the activities and the association of great photography with Tate:
This totally surprised me - I thought maybe a tour of areas you don't normally see and a talk. I didn't expect this - to be making and having a little book to take away...Before Radical Eye, I wouldn't think of Tate for photography but after this [indicating Tate Exposed], I will do.
We are very grateful for the support of the team at Tate Exchange. We would also like to thank our respective schools for the opportunity to collaborate with a team of wonderful Post 16 students. We are involved with Tate Exchange for three years initially so, once the dust has settled, we will be planning another project next year. We'd love you to be involved too!
All photographs by Year 12 and 13 students from Thomas Tallis and St. Peter's Schools.
Tate Exposed: How I saw it
In addition to the resources above, a couple of students, Seb and Chloe, have put together their own take on our Tate Exposed experience:
In addition to the resources above, a couple of students, Seb and Chloe, have put together their own take on our Tate Exposed experience:
By Seb Hibbs, Year 12, St Peter's School
By Chloe Orbell, Year 13, St Peter's School
Tate Exchange Associates
Tate Exchange allows other organisations and members of the public to participate in Tate’s creative process. Organisations from a wide range of fields well beyond the gallery’s normal reach have become Associates of Tate Exchange. This group will help to programme and run new dedicated spaces. Working in a spirit of generosity, openness and trust, the Associates will collaborate with one another around an annual theme inspired by the art on display. Tate Exchange will in time expand its group of Associates to include more partners from the UK and abroad, while consistently seeking to engage audiences which are new to the museum. For the full list of Associates and more information please visit tate.org.uk/tateexchange.
Tate Exchange allows other organisations and members of the public to participate in Tate’s creative process. Organisations from a wide range of fields well beyond the gallery’s normal reach have become Associates of Tate Exchange. This group will help to programme and run new dedicated spaces. Working in a spirit of generosity, openness and trust, the Associates will collaborate with one another around an annual theme inspired by the art on display. Tate Exchange will in time expand its group of Associates to include more partners from the UK and abroad, while consistently seeking to engage audiences which are new to the museum. For the full list of Associates and more information please visit tate.org.uk/tateexchange.
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