Uncertain States
Uncertain States (UCS) is a British lens-based artists' project that publishes and distributes a free quarterly broadsheet newspaper. UCS, founded in 2009 by Fiona Yaron-Field, David George and Spencer Rowell, also hold group photography exhibitions.
Uncertain States is distributed free of charge at UK art galleries and museums including the Turner Contemporary, Tate Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Ikon Gallery, and Open Eye Gallery.[1]
In 2016 UCS inspired the formation of a similar Scandinavian project, Uncertain States Scandinavia.[2][3]
Exhibitions[edit]
- The Bank Gallery, November 2014. Including work by Cat Steven, Richard Sawdon-Smith, Radoslav Daskalov, David George, Ania Dabrowska, Karl Ohiri, Fiona Yaron-Field and Richard Ansett.[4]
- Four Corners Gallery, October 2015. Including work by Julia Fullerton-Batten, Zoe Childerley, Jolanta Dolewska, Nigel Grimmer, Flore Gardner, David Severn, Rosy Martin, Simon Brann Thorpe and Karolina Lebek.[5]
- Mile End Arts Pavilion, November 2016. Including work by Sarah Amy Fishlock.[6]
- Safehouse 1 as part of Peckham 24, May 2017. Curated by Zelda Cheatle, including work by Mark Aitken, David George, Jonty Sale, and Fiona Yaron-Field.[7]
- Photofusion Photography Centre, March 2019.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Project research featured in Uncertain States magazine, Becoming Coolies, 24 November 2016.
- ^ Release party Uncertain States Scandinavia Issue 01, foto.no, 17 March 2016.
- ^ Photographers 2019, Nordic Light Festival of Photography.
- ^ Karen Falconer, Uncertain States: Cat Stevens joins annual photographic exhibition at The Bank Gallery, The Independent, 14 November 2014.
- ^ Uncertain States Open Call Exhibition 2015, fourcornersfilm.co.uk.
- ^ Double negatives: Sarah Amy Fishlock's collages of grief – in pictures, The Guardian, 1 November 2016.
- ^ Festival: Peckham 24 returns on 19/20 May, British Journal of Photography, 15 May 2017.
- ^ Uncertain States artist-led photography platform, 25 March 2019.
External links[edit]
- Uncertain States website Archived 20 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine