Artist Statement

Status Update is a project created with the images of Latitude Photographers’ Facebook friends. Presented as a revolving slideshow, images are juxtaposed with text status updates. 

People join cyber communities for business and social networking yet little is really known of either party, personal information is given away freely but the nature of this exchange is not explicit. Authenticity of peoples profiles’ is debatable, and commonly acknowledged that it can fall into the realm of fantasy.   Your presence is there to be found, in whatever form, and is often used for PR and marketing strategies. We are utilizing this engagement. Turning a passive marketing crowd into an active participatory audience. We are fascinated by the cultural and geographical diversity of this group and curious about what could have motivated them to be friends of Latitude. The artwork created will mirror the wall of latitude: a mass of disparate information that forms a strange and chaotically oblique narrative.  

Peter Ainsworth, Christian Alegria, Marc Burden, Manuel Capurso, Ania Dabrowska, Hannah Dakin, Ellie Davies, Caroline Furneaux, Vron Harris, Jochen Klein, Richard Kolker, Issa Randall, Rita Soromenho, Gillian Vaux

Artist (s) Bio

Latitude Photographers is a group of international artists working in London.  We have developed out of a cooperative response to debates within contemporary photography. Defined by experimental enquiry, we are concerned with personal aesthetics and artistic intentions.  We are particularly interested in participatory and collaborative work development.

Latitude have initiated various curatorial projects including Circles of Latitude, Four Corners, 2008, I always knew you’d come back…, 2009 Format09, and presented as a film work at Latitude Festival, 09, Opulence, 2009-2010, alternative arts Photo Space.