'In this unique and ground-breaking collaboration between artist-led contemporary art space PSL and the Yorkshire Film Archive, artist Diane Howse presents film stills and home movie footage exploring the theme of image and memory through life at home in Yorkshire during World War II.'
The first thing that struck me about this exhibition was the sheer amount space in the gallery. The highlight of the show was the small projections room detailed in one of my photos in the slide show. Instead of trying to calibrate the projectors in a perfect line images were scattered all over the walls at various height and sizes. This felt slightly liberating, as if they were photographs scattered across a table top and complimented the idea of flicking through archives. However the installation of the images from the show, whilst technically to a very high standard the nature of the framed enlargements felt quite dry in comparison to the sense of atmosphere that was created within the projection room and was almost as if they were placed around the gallery to fill the vast amounts of space.
The first thing that struck me about this exhibition was the sheer amount space in the gallery. The highlight of the show was the small projections room detailed in one of my photos in the slide show. Instead of trying to calibrate the projectors in a perfect line images were scattered all over the walls at various height and sizes. This felt slightly liberating, as if they were photographs scattered across a table top and complimented the idea of flicking through archives. However the installation of the images from the show, whilst technically to a very high standard the nature of the framed enlargements felt quite dry in comparison to the sense of atmosphere that was created within the projection room and was almost as if they were placed around the gallery to fill the vast amounts of space.
My other problem with the show, which is slightly petty, was the half staging of the reading room. It just felt a little half arsed. The chair and table were nicely selected yet the television on top of the table was a tacky monitor that wasn't in keeping with its surrounding. It would have been better to use a modulator through a DVD player so that an older television set could have been used. If this room fell short because of budget reasons, then it should have been kept much simpler. When it comes to staging I believe it has to be all or nothing.
The strange part of the gallery was the entrance. The two invigilators for the show sit on a desk directly across from the entrance and the guest book sits on a table in front of them so it is extremely awkward to write your opinions, which isn't really helpful for anyone.
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