Selected Work: Glen Erler

‘Family Tree’

‘Family Tree’ is a project about the loss and rebirth of my family. I moved from Southern California to England 15 years ago and whilst visiting family members back home, I started photographing the people and places that were important memories in the shaping of who I am today. While I’ve been living in England, many of my relatives on both my fathers and mothers sides have passed away and this has made me realize the impact death has on the lives of those remaining. These images explore the current status of some of my remaining family members in their daily lives and are moments spent together during family gatherings. I also concentrated on returning to places where either significant events in my life happened or happened to those around me and have remained with me since childhood. They are not always memories of great importance but in fact played a role in the life I once knew.

This project also explores the addition of a new generation into our family. My nieces are now wives and mothers and their children will experience a very similar life to what I experienced. I tried to find beauty in the everyday life I took for granted while retracing footsteps of places where my memories lay and a new generation of actions will take place.

Glen Erler has accrued a rich body of work documenting the poignant beauty of adolescence and the forthcoming project titled 'Family Tree' to be published by Photoworks. With over 20 years experience as an established photographer, artist, lecturer & tutor in Europe & the USA, his work has spanned public and private commissions, portraiture, advertising & editorial for some of the world’s most respected mastheads. Glen resides in London, England.

All images ©Glen Erler

http://www.glenerler.com

Up & coming: Bjorn Veno

Bjorn Veno artist and photographer grew up on an island of Norway's west coast with his loving family and 99 sheep. On this remote island he experienced strange events and fantastic adventures. At the tender age of 17 he entered modern civilisation and started on the path that would lead him to question the perceptions western society have on male identity. Veno works with a form of performance that tries to access the subconscious by performing what ever comes to his mind without censor. This process has resulted in a successful series titled MANN which can be seen at www.bjornveno.com

Making a living of creating art is a great challenge for an artist and even more so in our current economic climate. In response to this Veno has created a new project titled PXsnatch.com which gives the public the possibility to own a unique part of art, be a part of the creative process and directly support an artist. Veno invites the public to the web site www.pxsnatch.com where one can pay anywhere from £1 to £900 for a set of original pixels (digital fragments). The Artwork in question is a picture that will be revealed as people buy pixels. When every pixel has been sold the original artwork will only exist fragmented across the world. Veno will then invite the owners to help put the artwork back together again to create a one off print giving the public a direct influence on how the final printed image will look.

In relation to the PXsnatch project itself Veno takes on the persona of a slightly over-enthusiastic artist who features in short and spontaneous videos that try to convince the public to take part in the project. Veno has been run over by an Ice cream Van, tried to enter Frieze art fair with a plaque saying "Destroy Art" only to be turned away because the plaque did not meet sufficient health and safety regulations, eaten two Snicker bars at the same time and dressed up as a woman all in the name of Art.

All images belong to ©Bjorn Veno

Streets of Identity

As part of the Viva Festival which will take place in Manchester in conjunction with Instituto Cervantes, we are pleased to invite you to the next Centrepoint Collective exhibition entitled 'Calles de Identidad' (Streets of Identity) from the 9th of March to Wednesday 6th April, 2011. The Instituto Cervantes in Manchester is located at 326-330 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4FN.

For further information regarding this event please refer to the invitation shown below or by going on to www.manchester.cervantes.es to find out more about this and other events.