Dreamlines Community Event

2pm to 4.30pm. Location: M Shed.
Free entry, donations welcome. 

Join us to celebrate the group exhibition Dreamlines. During summer 2023, Bristol Photo Festival, in collaboration with Historic England and Bristol City Council, invited 14 photographers to collaborate with local communities, creating a portrait of Bristol today. Highlights included: 

• Clementine Schneidermann collaborated with the Shire Stitchers, a local textiles group based in Shirehampton, to create a series of quilts that included new photographic portraits of the women involved.
• After researching Two Mile Hill’s historic brass band parade – which in its heyday draw 10,000 participants – Sebastian Bruno worked with current members of the local Salvation Army to restage the parade today.  
• Jessie Edwards-Thomas and Kelly O’brien worked with elders from Acta Community Theatre to explore overlooked histories of working class labour in South Bristol. 
• After finding an image of Shirehampton Men’s Social Club from 1951, Chris Hoare set out to document the club today, creating an updated portrait of its membership. 
• Esther May-Campbell set herself the challenge of photographing every business along Church Road. Along the way she photographed local families, religious leaders, undertakers, key cutters, hairdressers and many more besides. 
• Grounded in the desire to increase the visibility of women of colour, Jade Carr-Daley joined a group for young mothers that meets regularly on Stapleton Road. Together they created a series of portraits that examine experiences of Black motherhood. 

The Community Event 

The event offers a chance to view the exhibition, which will contain works by all of the participating photographers. The Bristol Photo Festival team will talk about the production of the project, inviting some of the photographers and project participants to share their experiences. Light refreshments will be served. 

The full line-up of photographers includes: Khali Ackford, Michael Alberry, Sebastian Bruno, Esther May Campbell,  Jade Carr-Daley, Yuko Edwards, Mohammad Hassan, Chris Hoare, Kirsty Mackay, Lua Ribeira, Clementine Schneidermann, Mikael Techane and Jessie Edwards Thomas & Kelly O’Brien.

Venue

M Shed

©Photo: Michael Alberry