Where the Gaze Falls | ASC Gallery

Where the Gaze Falls – MA Photography, Kingston School of Art

Opening times 25th January – 3rd February 11:00-17:00

Private View 28th January 17:30-20:30

ASC Gallery, The Handbag Factory, 3 Loughborough Street, London SE11 5RB

Exhibiting Artists

Mrigesh Inamdar/ Tu Hsiang/ Li Siqi/ Liu Zimeng/Jiacheng Ge/ Simin Huang/ Amal Thomas/ Yian Zhu/ Sisi Chen/Sejal Kaur/ Tiwei Fan/ Shiqi Liu/ Kai O’Connor/ Fumio Kubota/ Sam Pont/ Yunhao Zhang.

Where the Gaze Falls presents sixteen artists from around the world working across the still and the moving image showcasing their work from Kingston School of Art’s MA Photography Course. In Sportsman’s Diorama, Mrigesh Inamdar employs field research, archival documents, books, and photographs to explore narratives and histories that highlight the impact of British colonialism on contemporary conservation practices and approaches to nature and its preservation. Tu Hsiang’s The Spririt of Zhishan Hill examines the political discontinuities of colonial histories to reflect on the conflicting identities of Taiwanese utilising archival materials, photography, film, performance and ink rubbing. The Forgotten by Li Siqi investigates the overlooked histories of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC)—a group of Chinese labourers recruited by Britain and France during World War I. Zimeng Liu’s Tongue’s Memory focuses on food in China to explore how culture influences individual identity and social recognition. Sam Pont confronts themes of sexuality, consent and morality through an exploration of the taboo feederism subculture in FRÖNEN. Jiacheng Ge explores consumerism and its entanglement with social and economic fabrics of contemporary life in Lost in desire. Yian Zhu explores the complexities of gender, body, and societal expectations placed on women in Mark, to reveal the marks left by society, time, and history on the female body. Sisi Chen’s montages in An Untypical Love Story explore female identity in myth and religion. KAUR by Sejal Kaur documents the Sikh celebrations of Guru Nanak’s birthday in Southall, London, focusing on the diverse identities of Sikh women. Tiwei Fan’s Home captures the destruction of urban villages in Wuhan, China, as the city makes way for new developments. Shiqi qi Liu’ Flowers of Remembrance explores the fragility and continuity of life in cemeteries to reflect on the tension between remembrance and forgetting. C17H17Cl2N by Kai O’Connor highlights the current mental health crisis in the UK exploring the visions he experienced when coming off antidepressants. Going Down the River Thames by Fumio Kubota documents the changes in the appearance and utility of the river. Yunhao Zhang Gas Holder documents the remnants of the iconic industrial Gas Holders architectural structures in the British Landscape. Finally, Simin Huang’s film Rapid Eye Movements, centres on her mother’s childhood experiences, weaving personal memories with the historical backdrop of Nanjing, China’s former capital city, to examine the intersections of family, trauma, and history while Amal Thomas, Misunderstandings explores the fragile and often unspoken dynamics of family relationships, particularly between father and son.

MA PHOTOGRAPHY KINGSTON SCHOOL ART

With an emphasis on contemporary urgencies and socially engaged practices, MA PHOTOGRAPHY KSA encourages enquiries into the social, technological, political and familial through expanded definitions of image making. For further information on this exhibition contact Sean Wyatt, MA Photography Course Leader, S.wyatt@kingston.ac.uk or Dr Judy Price j.price@kingston.ac.uk.