Listen to the first talk in a new series entitled Contingencies: Citizens and Photography with artist William Lakin

Throughout 2024, the University of Westminster and The Photographers’ Gallery have invited various artists and photographers to explore the impact of their work within broader discourses, with each speaker discussing how photography is used as a means to challenge visual representation within socially oriented practices.

This talk is moderated by artist and educator David Moore.

Artist Talk: William Lakin

Hear artist Lebohang Kganye in conversation with curator Catherine Wood

In the first in our series of talks with this year’s shortlisted artists and photographers for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, Lebohang Kganye takes us through her practice and her nominated exhibition Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home (2023), which first showed at Foam in Amsterdam.

Kganye brings us beyond the image, to other areas of making that encompass installation and liveness, locating us within a unique sense of place and collective identity. Together with curator Catherine Wood, we look at the wider histories of South Africa and the legacies surrounding apartheid and colonialism that inform Kganye’s research and work.

Please note due to technical difficulties, part of the conversation was not recorded. Thank you for your understanding.

Artist Talk: Lebohang Kganye

Artist Hrair Sarkissian gives insight into his practice in this new talk with curator and writer Vali Mahlouji

Born in Syria, Hrair Sarkissian uses photography, installation, moving image and sound to reflect on the broader historical and social issues behind personal narratives. Nominated for The Other Side of Silence (2023), the first survey of his work in the Netherlands at Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, Sarkissian draws on his own memories and experiences, alongside extensive research, to uncover formerly excluded stories behind global conflicts and collective loss.

Joined by curator and writer Vali Mahlouji, Sarkissian takes us through the research process behind Last Seen (2018) and Deathscape (2021), the two bodies of work presented at The Photographers’ Gallery. He also discusses the way his work moves beyond photography to make emotion tangible and sound material.

Artist Talk: Hrair Sarkissian

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