Earthly Powers
Geothermal plants, Krafla, Iceland, August 2011
From the series Landscape as Factory that will be exhibiting in 2012.
Feature in FK Magazine, Latvia
(…) The idea was that each time I visited a Baltic country I would send Kay [Syrad] a package of my photographs. Based on the ones she liked she would write a poem. This is exactly what happened. (…)
(Source: ginaglover.com)
Artist residency at the Jaywick Martello Tower
Gina has just been selected for a residency at the Jaywick Martello Tower, starting this Autumn.
This work will contribute to her ongoing piece Playgrounds of War, and will be exhibited in May and June 2012.
Atlántica Colectivas
Gina’s series Liminal World has been selected to be part of Tenerife’s first edition of FOTONOVIEMBRE, a photography festival organised by Isla de Tenerife Photography Centre. This work is part of a section called “Atlántica Colectivas”and will be on displayed in exhibition halls across the entire island during November and December 2011.
(Source: ginaglover.com)
A photographer of military landscapes, Gina Glover, discusses her background and future
“… Your practice involves taking photographs of abandoned military bases. What drew you to this subject?
As a child I grew up near the secret World War 2 aerodrome, Harrington, which in the late 50s became a nuclear missile base. I now live on part of this site. Over the road from my home is where the Thor Nuclear rockets were housed – the first intercontinental ballistic missile, and during the Cuban missile crisis, these Thor missiles were primed for firing. As a child I had no understanding of this history so it has become my obsession to continually revisit and collect artefacts and stories from neighbouring farmers, who equally share this passion for this wasteland…”
Read the interview here:
Interview: Gina Glover by Eddette Steynberg from Purple Apple Studios/ The Photography Parlour
As a photographer with a degree in Human Genetics, I have always been interested in medical and scientific photography and the ways I can incorporate my scientific background with my photographic artwork. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the photography of Gina Glover whilst doing research on this subject and view the fantastic ways she has been able to combine and translate scientific subjects with photographic art during her numerous residencies as artist in hospitals.
Read the article here.
Gina Glover - Playgrounds of War Artist Talk
Gina’s talk will be based on her own photographic practice and her experience as a Director of Photofusion Photography Centre which she co-founded in the early 1980’s. She will address these topics: submitting photographs to picture libraries, working with aid agencies, producing a portfolio for different audiences, exhibiting in galleries, making digital books and applying for grant funding. She will also talk about her different art residences in hospitals and also her love of pinhole photography.
Saturday 16th July 3pm. Free
Street Level Photoworks · Trongate 103 · Glasgow · G1 5HD Exhibition continues until 6th August 2011.
Interdisciplinary Symposium, hosted by London Arts in Health Forum
Speakers:
Brian Durrans, anthropologist, former senior curator (Asian ethnography), British Museum
Gina Glover, photographic artist and co-founder of Photofusion
Professor Sue Golding, Director, Institute for the Converging Arts & Sciences
Thursday 14th July, 6.30-7.30pm, followed by late viewing of the exhibition 7.30 – 8.30pm
FREE but booking is essential: mail@meniergallery.co.uk
Menier Gallery
51 Southwark Street
London SE1 1RU
Rencontres d’Arles 2011: Portfolio review
I will be reviewing portfolios at the prestigious Rencontres D’Arles on the 4th and 6th July.
More info here: http://www.r-0-t.com/2011/05/portfolio-review/