Growing Up Hackney < 27.07.09 - 22.08.09 >

As part of a collaboration between Discover Young Hackney, Hackney Museum and Iniva, this was a 5-week course where a group of young people 17-21 had the opportunity to explore and rediscover their domicile of Hackney - the music and arts venues and its vibrant communities. Participants were given a chance to learn to how to take photographs and sound recordings with professional equipment as a means of re-presenting their environments in a personalised way.

Taking inspiration form phtographer Dennis Morris' photographs of the community he grew up in, participants collaborated with artists Othello de'Souza and Obinna Nwosu [blond02] in exploring how the visual and the audio create indentity, using photography and sound recordings to examine what it means to be Growing Up Hackney.

Participants showcased their work in an exhibition at Rivington Place on Saturday 22 August 2009. See below for samples of their work.

This will be followed by their work being exhibited alongside the Dennis Morris: Growing Up Black exhibition at Hackney Museum from Thursday 01 October 2009 to Saturday 23 January 2010.