CARÔ GERVAY
I am interested in how photography enables a quest for a sense of belonging whilst weaving individual's and people's narratives into collective memory-or loss of it. To me photography is a relationship and a performance where time slows down and people come together.
My practice has a strong background in analogue photography, with increasing experience of collaboration with other art forms (sound, performance, video, participation). I am a long-term facilitator at Fotosynthesis CIC, an associate artist at youth organisation Phakama UK and a member of Asia Art Activism research network.
In London I co-run the Gate Darkroom, a community darkroom based at Thames-Side Studios, Woolwich. We are a collective welcoming all who wish to engage with black & white and alternative photographic processes in a communal & supportive environment.