| Description | This folder contains material relating to an exhibition produced by Faction Films, titled, 'Talking to a Brick Wall: An exhibition of posters and images on homelessness and capitalism.'
It contains 4 posters advertising the exhibition at Cockpit Gallery. They are A2 - sized with red and white text on a black background, featuring an image of a young black man standing in front of a projection. Also present are the exhibition press release, exhibition invitations are printed on postcards featuring the same image, and a notice for an event as part of the exhibition on 9 February.
The event is listed as a a panel discussion on issues surrounding the exhibition: ' how to create effective visual representations of homelessness;' 'the artist's work in relation to charities who commission it'; 'current media coverage of the housing crisis'. The speakers advertised include: Jon Snow (ITN reporter); Karen Welch (Assistant Director for Housing at the Rainer Foundation); Sarah Tanburn (CHAR / London Housing Unit); Nick Beacock (Campaign for Bedsit Rights); David Fox and Tony Roberts (Faction Films).
Also included are photocopied pages from the exhibition comments book; a transcription of a conversation between Dave Fox and young people from Rufford Street Hostel.
A folded leaflet produced by Albany Video [at The Albany, Douglas Way, London SE8] advertising a resource packs including editions of the posters created as part of 'Talking to a Brick Wall'. The other projects are 'Hotel London' a 50 minute video by Retake Film and Video Collective, and 'Home and Dry' produced by Leeds Animation Workshop. |