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Changing Spaces

Mandy Lee Jandrell’s photographs, taken within the parameters of constructed leisure environments such as theme parks and zoos, highlight the discord between the aspirational or idyllic nature of their design and the points at which those aspirations are broken down by reality. Jandrell spent 8 years working on this project in which she explores the pre-packaging of our perceptions of the ‘real’ and the belief systems that sustain them. For this exhibition she exhibited 3 works from the series titled Eidyllion. Her interests in making this work were to look at culturally produced nature.

The development of this body of work has been recognised in its inclusion in this exhibition alongside contemporary artists of international standing. The exhibition CHANGING SPACES, curated by Paul Halliday (Course Leader of MA Photography and Urban Culture, Goldsmiths College), reflects on 
a range of visual styles, narratives and research methodologies drawing on documentary, fine art and landscape practices, in order to investigate how urban space is constructed through the perceptions, intuitions and apperceptions of the visual artist.

This exhibition was open to the public at PhotoFusion and coincided with the Urban Encounters: Photography, Ethnography & the City, 2008 conference at Goldsmiths College at which Jandrell presented a practice talk. This 2 day conference brought together international photographers, artists and academics researching the city. The speakers reflected an interdisciplinary range of photographic, theoretical and research areas, and through six panels explored the nature of past and contemporary photographic approaches to the representation and evocation of city life. The theme of 'the encounter' was explored, not only in the way photographers experience the city, but also through discursive encounters between urban social science and visual practice.