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NEW WORKS BY GEORGINA COOK
Coming to Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea
25-28th April 2024
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Here is a selection of photographs from Strike Action in Hastings on Feb 1st. Hundreds of striking teaching staff, cleaning staff, DWP & NHS workers and more came out joined the rally from Hastings Pier to the Observer Building, to ask for better pay and conditions.
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Such a pleasure to experience and photograph the absolute joy that is Alabaster dePlume aka Gus Fairbairn in a little pub in the town I live in. Alabaster’s music is uplifting, funny, spiritual and healing, yet not at all devoid of edge. Songs like Be Nice To people and Don’t Forget You’re Precious, are like mini manifestos. It’s kinda like the 60’s hippy scene mashed up with punk and jazz. It’s stunning. Apparently he mixes up the musicians that he plays with, which I think leads to a freshness and newness among all of the players on stage - like they’re all just experiencing Alabaster dePlume for the first time too. I liked the way he acknowledged that the crowd make the experience as much as he and the musicians do. It certainly felt like the whole room was in it together. Thanks for the after-gig portrait Gus.
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August was a particularly good time for bass and 140 music in Hastings and St Leonards.
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Inspired by a project in progress of the same name, the newsletter will tell a wider story about my life and journey with my favourite visual medium through the fragments of images, zines, albums and books that make-up my archive, new and old. They will arrive in your inbox every Wednesday.
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Taken in May in County Sligo, the project began as an exploration of my heritage via my Great-Grandfather Joe Neilan, but quickly instead became about how the landscape, mythology, folklore and stories reflect my own inner world
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It was being in and around one spot watching people of all ages walking and running past me, or sitting on near by benches that I enjoyed the most; a group of young people sitting chatting about COVID, a toddler attempting to join their conversation, before being swooped up by their mum, an older man taking photos on his phone, kids being kids and of course the obligatory dogs and seagulls that are just as much part of the community as the humans.
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10 days ago, I had a mega exciting & nerve-racking 12 hour day at DG3 printers in Kent where the Drumz Of The South book was litho-printed! I learnt a lot about the process, such as the fact there are 300,000 variables for each print. Litho is an analogue process involving aluminium plates, buckets of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black ink, water, oil & even a tiny bit of alcohol. Tis the season after-all.
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On December 11th, the Hastings community came together to show solidarity with refugees, migrants and asylum seekers. Hastings is a coastal town overlooking The Channel - the treacherous bit of sea that many people cross or attempt to cross, often in small dinghy’s. It’s an issue that is often in the news, due to the tragic deaths of many people as they try to cross the channel, but also due to the attitude of the UK government towards these crossings, and towards migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in general. I went to the rally to show my support, but also to document some of the MANY people in the town, that are also in solidarity with refugees. The message is clear, Hastings supports refugees!
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I am super pleased to say that thanks to a worldwide community of music, culture and history lovers, the total funds raised by my Kickstarter campaign stands at £26,246. A huge success!
530 backers across the globe meant that not only was the first goal reached, but also a £25k stretch goal, allowing me to print a few extra books, and give some away to community organisations, schools libraries etc!
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A few of my favourite photos from Boiler Room at Three Mills Island last Saturday.
A return to collective joy with camera...the music was amazing and the vibes were nice and warm.
This week I launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to fund the printing of 1000 copies of my first ever photobook - Drumz Of The South: The Dubstep Years (2004-2007).
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A big thanks to Richard Akingbehin and Resident Advisor, for giving me the space to talk about some of my favourite music related photos & a little bit about my history with photography and music.
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FOR THE TIME BEING is a series of images taken throughout the various lockdowns we’ve had here in Hasting, some of which you might have seen on my Insta or in a previous blog post. Hopefully the series gives you a sense of the stillness and sometimes emptiness of this peculiar time, plus the new kind of intimacy with home and locale that so many of us had.
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Here’s a round-up of some portraits all taken in the second half of 2020, and Jan 2021. The bulk of them were taken at two different Boiler Room events, and feature Rada, Bina, fellow photographer Lou Jasmine, Mr Eazi and Haich Ber Na. There is also one of Sagal, taken for GD4YA records. It’s been really lovely meeting new people during the pandemic, especially as it hasn’t happened that often.
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Lockdown 2.0 started for the South East of England (including Hastings) last week.
While I took quite a few photos from the last lockdown and even got featured on the brilliant Shutterhub, this time I’m aiming for greater discipline and consistency.
So I’ve set myself a challenge to take & post at least one photo per day from my camera (not my phone) throughout Lockdown 2.0.
For over a year I’ve been working on The Vision of Sound, a podcast on the intersection of art & music. It’s been an absolute pleasure chatting to creative people that make work about or inspired by music, and I’ve learnt so much!
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Remember remember the 5th of November. It was 13 years ago today that Burial’s Untrue was released into the stratosphere. It’s now officially a teenager.
Burial had already gifted us with his self-titled album and a couple of EP’s, but this one hit differently.
I cried when I first heard it, as did my friend Hanna who texted me upon her first listen. I bet some of you reading this did too.
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These photos are from behind the scenes with Ocean All Over at The National Centre for Craft & Design in Sleaford in September. I was there to document the company’s two socially distanced performances on the lawn in front of the centre - you can find all of those photos on the special Ocean All Over page in the Navigation menu.
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A big thanks to Richard Akingbehin who wrote this really well researched and thoughtful feature about the Dubstep forum and its impact on the evolution of Dubstep. It’s illustrated with 5 of my photos of the early Dubstep scene, from my Drumz Of The South series.
I was happy to be mentioned in the feature for my contributions to Dubstep Forum in the form of links to my Flickr Albums of events like DMZ, FWD>> and Skull Disco.
I was an active user of the forum from 2004 onwards and it was very important in building my network and growing an audience for my music photography. I made friends through the forum that I am still in touch with today and while as Richard points out, the forum went from being something fairly intimate to an absolute beast, it’s still very close to my heart!
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