Critical Practice Reviews
We’re delighted to offer one-on-one Critical Practice Reviews with Ángel Luis González Fernández of PhotoIreland, over here to showcase Irish photobook making. Ángel is a designer, artist, and curator who supports engaging visual arts practices. He’s the founder of PhotoIreland and the internationally distributed Over journal and a curator of many events. He’s a highly experienced reviewer and critic and was recently on the juries for the Portrait of Humanity Award by the British Journal of Photography and the LensCulture Critics’ Choice Awards.
Read more about Ángel and the PhotoIreland activities during the Festival.
What will happen in a Critical Practice Review?
This is a unique opportunity to have a 20 minute conversation about your work with an international curator. You can bring a any project you are working on, or an overview of your work that will fit a 20 minute session. Prints, books, PDF’s, laptops and tablets are all ways to present your work. The review will consist of both talking about what you are doing and showing your work.
Critical Practice Reviews are valuable for artists at all stages of their career.
Some outcomes of a review may be:
-Feedback on projects, guidance and direction
-Direct and indirect opportunities
-References and connections
It is important to understand that although direct exhibition and publishing opportunities can occur from a Critical Practice Review, they may also take a longer time of continued conversation to develop. Don’t approach a review expecting an immediate offer, but approach it with an open and positive attitude, setting out your intention or questions at the beginning. A review may not always help in the way you may expect, but it can provide you with further points of research, contacts, and constructive advice.
Booking your place
We are sorry these sessions have now booked out. We’ll post again if any places become available.