John Maher: Screen Machine | Nov - Dec 2016
Street Level Photoworks are currently in partnership with Regional Screen Scotland and with photographer John Maher in exploring a new way of presenting photography to new audiences.
Communities in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are long familiar with the Screen Machine showing movies. From now until the end of 2016, while audiences are settling down before the main feature, they can also see an exhibition of photography. The exhibition, which includes work from John’s Nobody’s Home exhibition, could previously be seen at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. It features work taken in the Outer Hebrides, mostly on the Isle of Harris. A 10-minute presentation of the photographs, together with some explanatory information, will be shown prior to films such as Bridget Jones’s Baby and Jason Bourne, in locations on the Western Isles, North West Highlands and Orkney between now and mid-December.
Of the project, Robert Livingston, Director of Regional Screen Scotland said:
“We are delighted to be collaborating with John Maher and Street Level Photoworks to help bring a new audience to his work. This will give people in locations such as Bettyhill and Orkney, as well as on the Western Isles where the photographs were taken, the opportunity to see work which they would have previously had to travel a long distance for. We hope this will be just the start of Screen Machine being able to show exhibitions in this way.”
Photographer, John, Maher said:
“All of the photographs featured in my Screen Machine slide show were taken in the Outer Hebrides – most of them on the Isle of Harris. Since these photographs were first displayed in 2013, a scheme has evolved that aims to renovate some of the empty properties and make them homes once again. I want to be there with my camera when the first family moves in.”
To check Screen Machine’s programme until the end of 2016 visit www.screenmachine.co.uk
Banner Image: © John Maher