Last night was the opening of the "Movement" show at Left Bank in Leeds. Far and away the most impressive-looking room either of us have exhibited in!
The building is the re-purposed St Margaret of Antioch (Anglican) church, just over the valley from Armley. It has been a gallery/arts venue since the early 2000's, and we were lucky enough to both be picked for this years summer show, a very open brief on the theme of "Movement".
Architecturally the building (designed in the early 1900's by noted architect Temple Moore) is nicely restrained from the outside, but the inside is utterly stunning.
The work was carefully laid out in the main part of the building, with an AV piece in a separate room, and a central performance space on the raised area which would have once housed the altar and the choir stalls. The work was presented with plenty of space to view the pieces without them being crammed in, and with lots of circulating room for viewing.
We did photograph a lot of the other work on display, but we felt a little awkward showing off other peoples efforts without their permission, so we'd recommend seeing either the show or looking up Left Bank through Facebook or their website for more.
It was also a lot busier than this pic would suggest- in fact the only times we could snap our own work unobstructed was when everyone headed over to view the performance art.
Amy and me had our work, two separate projects which nicely compliment each other anyway, placed facing each other across the aisle, which was a lovely touch. The two units housed A/V pieces on their reverse alcove sides.
This has been an absolute pleasure of a show to be involved with; the standard of art in the exhibition is excellent, thought-provoking and varied. The venue is terrific, the staff friendly and welcoming, all in all a brilliant opportunity for us and a nice event at the end of a hectic spring before we take a little break from these sorts of shoots for the summer. The show is a short one, only on for another few days, but the venue will be showing a lot more work and projects throughout the year, so please look them up online:
http://leftbankleeds.org.uk/
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