Exhibition at the Market

On Tuesday afternoon, a group of us Photo Art students headed off to Pontypool Indoor Market where the two market stalls provided for us to be used whichever way we found best, waited empty. The space has now been transformed into a public exhibition space showing each of our ongoing projects at their current stage.
Today, Wednesday being the busy market day in Pontypool, the exhibition was opened for the entire day. The line of photographs and brief artist statements covering the walls caught the attention of many passers-by - some stopped for a chat and a piece of cake, and all were encouraged to leave a message in a guestbook. From now on, the exhibition shall be opened every Wednesday with a few of us always present to answer questions and hear opinions. By publicly displaying our work in progress, we hope to arise the community's curiosity and interest towards the project, and invite them to take part in it.

Exploring Pontypool

After receiving the briefing and being introduced to the general history of Pontypool we were sent off to explore and gather information that would suit our individual needs. The means of doing research are as surely as diverse as the lot of us, and range from spending time in a library surrounded by a book fortress, to chatting with locals, to climbing on the highest spot of Pontypool Park to listen the wind. Getting more and more familiar with the town and its people is beginning to make our artistic ideas flourish. This adventure has only just begun.