University of Newport Wales 2 May, Venue: Lecture Theatre A16, City Campus at 1:30pm–5:30pm, The exhibition Performance, Pleasure, Photography will explore the work of two artists; Dawn Woolley and Jackie Chettur whose works challenge the senses, utilising colour, space, and performance to entice the viewer into a more active role. The fixed-point perspective of the camera is up-ended through staged tableaux and stereoscopic stories which play with visual and psychological games. The exhibition will run from 23 April until 18 May in the Wall gallery at the City Centre Campus with a special symposium held on 2 May.
First exhibited in June 2011 at the Coliseum Theatre Aberdare, the exhibition included a series of love stories recorded by members of the public, together with a tableaux of stereoscopic images depicting an imagined love story. The audio stories were available through headphones in the auditorium and the tableaux through 3d viewers positioned at the front of the circle and pointing towards the stage. My aim was to invert the prodigious space of the theatre by creating intimate spaces for listening and viewing, which would simultaneously acknowledge the audience as stand in performers.