Max Ferguson will be leading a one-day workshop exploring forms of storytelling in relation to specific places and communities. The workshop will use the context of Bristol and the M32 motorway as a starting point, looking at the how the construction of the road echoes closely with his own study of the Westway flyover in London. The workshop will explore the entanglement of the personal and political, as well as the role of the diary and the archive, asking how we can tell deeper, more complex stories about the places we inhabit.

This workshop is open to all. You don't have to be a photographer, you just have to be interested in ways of telling stories. The workshop will be practical, including moving around the neighbourhood, making images and gathering materials. If you have any specific access requirements, please get in contact with Ben at IC Visual Lab ([email protected])

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Max Ferguson's Whiplash Memorial is a poetic reflection on the shifting histories of North Kensington, exploring the intersection of memory, architecture and belonging. At the core of the project lies the Westway flyover - a towering, brutalist structure that has long fascinated Ferguson. This raised section of the A40 cuts through the heart of North Kensington, passing his childhood home on one side and the shadow of Grenfell Tower on the other. The project is a cryptic love letter to a flyover and the community beneath it, weaving together personal and collective histories.

Max Ferguson is the inaugural recipient of the New Narratives Award, organised by IC Visual Lab in collaboration with UWE Bristol.

Entry requirements: no age restrictions

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