Cian Oba-Smith’s A Quiet Prayer featured in Art Council England’s Creative Lowdown
A Quiet Prayer, Cian Oba-Smith’s online commission for How We Live Now has been featured in this week’s Art Council England Creative Lowdown. Read more
How We Live Now #2: Cian Oba-Smith, A Quiet Prayer, 2021
In the week the UK recorded its highest daily death tolls from the coronavirus pandemic, Foreground launch the second project in our new online programme How We Live Now: A Quiet Prayer by Cian Oba-Smith. Read more
Foreground announce release of new File Note essay on Aaron Schuman’s SLANT
We are delighted to announce Facts and Other Mysteries, a newly commissioned text by David Campany on Aaron Schuman's series SLANT as part of our Document and Location programme. Read more
Foreground Director Simon Morrissey selected as external mentor for Plymouth College of Art project ‘Listening to the Future’
Following the announcement of Foreground’s How We Live Now programme in response to the Covid pandemic, Foreground Director Simon Morrissey has been selected as the external mentor for ‘Listening to the Future’, a project developed by students and staff of Plymouth College of Art, inspired by Tate Exchange. Read more
How We Live Now #1: Aaron Schuman, SLANT (Election, Fall 2020)
On the day that former US President Barack Obama has called “the most important election of our lifetimes”, Foreground are delighted to launch our new online programme How We Live Now with SLANT (Election, Fall 2020) by acclaimed American-born, Somerset-based photographer Aaron Schuman. Read more
How We Live Now: New Online Projects
Foreground are delighted to announce the launch of our new online programming strand How We Live Now. 2020 has seen huge changes in our society. The global Covid-19 pandemic has affected the way society functions more significantly than any other event outside of wartime, changing the way we live, work, connect and interact with each other in radical ways. Read more
Foreground Director Simon Morrissey appointed by CAMP, Plymouth to mentor artist Stuart Robinson
Our Director Simon Morrissey has been appointed by CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Plymouth) Plymouth to mentor artist Stuart Robinson as part of their Arts Council England funded programme of visual arts professional development. Read more
Document and Location awarded UWE research group funding for 2021 programme
We are delighted to announce that Document and Location have been awarded research funding from the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education at the University of the West of England, Bristol for the third consecutive year. Read more
Foreground announce ‘More Akin To That Of An Interloper’, a newly commissioned text by Lizzie Lloyd on Sophie Hayes’ Storage
We are delighted to announce More Akin To That Of An Interloper, a newly commissioned text by Lizzie Lloyd on Sophie Hayes' Storage series as part of Foreground's Document and Location programme. Read more
Foreground announce new Document and Location member Lee Elkins
Lee Elkins is the founder and Creative Director of The Lost Light Recordings. Established in 2018, Lost Light Recordings is an independent publisher that works with photographers to realise projects through the medium of the photobook. Read more
