Location:         RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
Date:                22nd June 019
Time:               10am to 5pm 
Features:         Performativity, interventions, architecture
Creative director:  Diego Ferrari
Tutors:              ​Diego Ferrari and Andy Day
Focus:               Practical technique, collaborative practise, play

£70-80
Picture
© Diego Ferrari
This one-day workshop hosted at the remarkable home of the Royal Institute of British Architects in central London aims to help participants to challenge conventional ideas of boundaries through photography.

Taking inspiration from the RIBA’s photographic collections and through playful interventions with a professional dancer and parkour athlete, you’ll explore the dynamic relationship between photography, the human body and architectural space.

​For ages 18+ and all abilities.
Overview

This course invites participants to explore 66 Portland Place, the home of RIBA, and the institute's new Clore Learning Studio through photography, creating improvised interventions with a professional dancer and a parkour athlete. The course examines the role of photography as a performance practice, and explores the concept of shifting boundaries as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture. Photographers of all levels are invited to attend and are welcome to use any photographic equipment.
Themes
  • shifting boundaries
  • the human body
  • architecture and urban landscape

  • ​performing and choreography
  • ephemeral interventions
  • ​photography as hybrid media​
Course Description
The day will look at photography as a versatile tool for exploring architectural space using performance, the human body, and objects. We will take inspiration from RIBA’s photographic collections and from discussions between the participants and performers. Working individually and in groups, we will challenge conventional ideas of boundaries. Participants will develop their own photographic projects on the interaction of the physicality of the human body with architecture. Learning outcomes will include an understanding of contemporary photographic practice on art and architecture, a conceptual approach to the representation of space and its social values, and how to construct visual narratives. In addition, participants will improve their technical skills as photographers. This course will provide a playful, creative arena for exploring personal, intellectual and emotional responses to space.
 
Picture
© Diego Ferrari
Objectives/Learning Outcomes

As well developing practical photographic techniques, participants will have a greater understanding of photography's capacity to question the nature of boundaries, of social conventions, of architectural spaces, and how the body can disrupt and question preconceived notions of how cities function.
Requirements

Essential:  
  • A camera. Ideally a DSLR or mirrorless equivalent, but compacts and bridge cameras are acceptable. Even a mobile phone.

Desirable:  ​
  • Laptop for editing
  • USB memory stick
Book online

Bookings are managed by the RIBA via eventbrite.co.uk. For more information about the terms and conditions, please visit the RIBA event page.

£70-80
Images by former students