The Swap

Curator Stuart Pilkington recently approached us to ask if we would take part in his latest photography project The Swap. Here are our portraits.

© KEEM/Kate Elliott and Emma McGarry

The Swap is a very simple concept. On two separate days two photographers photograph each other and create two portraits. On day one, person one is the photographer and the other is the subject and on day two they swap roles so that the photographer becomes the subject and visa versa.

The idea of being in front of the camera is abhorent to a lot of photographers but for those who are willing to take part it is an opportunity to create something collaboratively with another photographer.

Click here for further information, and click here to view our portraits on The Swap website.

KEEM at Artslav

Over the last couple of days KEEM have installed a selection of works at ArtsLav in Kennington, ready for tomorrow's Footsy Index poetry event. 

Click here for further information and, if you're in the area, do come along!

Footsy Index # 6

7pm, 29 July 2014

Artslav, Kennington Cross, SE11 4UZ

KEEM at Artslav

ArtsLav is a community arts venue located at Kennington Cross in Kennington, London. It started life as an underground Victorian gentlemen's public toilet, built in 1898.

It went out of commission almost one hundred year's later, in 1988, during a period of public convenience closures in the local surrounding area. Now a listed building it retains many of it's original features, including marble urinals, a ventilator shaft, and attendant's booth.

EXHIBITION: ArtsLav

At the end of the month KEEM will be exhibiting a selection of works at ArtsLav, Kennington, to coincide with Footsy Index's next poetry event.

Here are a few pictures we took of the space when we popped by a couple of days ago to have a look and start planning the show.

Further details to follow soon...

Artslav is a community arts venue located at Kennington Cross in Kennington, London. It started life as an underground Victorian gentlemen's public toilet, built in 1898.

It went out of commission almost one hundred year's later, in 1988, during a period of public convenience closures in the local surrounding area. Now a listed building it retains many of it's original features, including marble urinals, a ventilator shaft, and attendant's booth.

'A Time for Dreams' - Moscow International Biennale for Young Art

Kate Elliott from KEEM's ongoing project, The Study of Peter Pan,  has been selected as part of the main project, A Time for Dreams, at the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art.

The Biennale runs from 26 June - 10 August

 The Study of Peter Pan, photo and video installation © Kate Elliott

Click here for further installation shots of the Biennale

The Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, one of the largest and most ambitious projects in the field of contemporary art, combines the creative initiatives of artists of the new generation from Russia and abroad.  

For this fourth edition of the Biennale artistic director David Elliott has chosen the title A Time for Dreams in acknowledgement of the chronic precariousness of our own times and the urgent need for the dreams and visions of younger and future generations to break the barrier of ‘things as they are’ to make things better.  

The main project of the Biennale in 2014 will be presented in the Museum of Moscow. The educational programs of the Biennale will also be organized in collaboration with the museum. 

Click here for further information and a full list of participants. 

Founders: The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, the Department of Culture of the City of Moscow, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) Organizers: National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)
Co-organiser of the Main Project: The Museum of Moscow
Artistic Director of the Biennale: David Elliott
Biennale Theme: «А Time for Dreams»
Event Dates: 26 June 2014 — 10 August 2014
Main Project Venue: The Museum of Moscow
Venues for Strategic Projects National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA)
Curator of the Educational Program: Antonio Geusa 

The Print Dept. interview

At the end of last year, during KEEM's residency at the Farringdon Factory, The Print Dept. came by to take some photos and interview us for a weekly blog they have launched. Click here to have a look and see what we talked about.

Photos by Anabel Navarro

Here I stand for Five Minutes

For the project Here I Stand for Five Minutes KEEM set up a blog, and put up posters, asking occupants of the neighbouring building (5 Fleet Place) to stand in the window at a certain time in order to pose for a five-minute group portrait.

KEEM were interested in creating a dialogue between the Factory and the surrounding external world, and in exploring the act of performance involved in portraiture, and the relationship between the public and private. The outcome is a ten-minute video portrait.

Here I Stand for Five Minutes was made during a month-long residency at the Farringdon Factory.