Seeds of Change Conference Exhibition and Book Launch

Join us for an evening celebrating the launch of The Sustainable Darkroom’s new book and the Seeds of Change Conference exhibition.
About this Event

We invite you to join us for an evening celebrating the launch of The Sustainable Darkroom’s new book and the Seeds of Change conference exhibition. We gather to share and create radical visions for the future of photography.

Book Launch: Bury After Reading: The Afterlives of Images

For six years, The Sustainable Darkroom has fostered an international community dedicated to rethinking photography in an age of climate and ecological crisis. While many seek quick technical fixes for sustainability, our approach has aimed to look deeper—beyond material substitutions—towards more nuanced, critical, and imaginative understandings of what photography is and what it can become. This book of collected essays aims to break the loop of hyper-focusing on process, presenting radical visions of the past, present, and future of photography.

Exhibition: Seeds of Change

An exhibition of art works exploring sustainable futures for photography. Selected artists and community partners present photographic work in response to conference themes: ruins and decay, commons, gardens, regenerative systems.

Contributing artists:

Edd Carr

Hannah Fletcher

Lizzie King

Marguerite Pic

Rachel Wright

Jill Walker

Philippa Shire Oudekerk

Annita Adami & Arsinoi Pilou

Heather Richmond

Marc Provins

Millie Melvin

Maya Kaminishi Jeffereis

Maria McSweeney

Samuel Ian McCarthy

Thom Eagle

DR.ME x James Kuwamura

Wendy Hardie

Renée Greenlee

Sean Fisher

Kaitlyn Brockley, Emily Brackenbury, Hollie Jayne Harrison, Jemma Beaven, Bethany Harding

Elizabeth Wewiora

Alex Nelu

Liam Ratcliffe

Darren Voisey

Emelia Hewitt

Many Hands Craft Collective

Venture Arts

Martha Gray

This event is public and free to attend.

Entry:

Entry to the New Adelphi Building is fully accessible with step-free access and double automatic doors.

Facilities:

There are toilets nearby on the ground floor, behind the Box Office, including level access to an accessible toilet.

Mobility:

The New Adelphi building is fully wheelchair accessible.

Rest/quiet spaces

The New Adelphi Exhibition Gallery is located on the ground floor and offers a quiet environment with current nature-themed show Carry the Clouds Away. New Adelphi Building has several comfortable seating spaces in the ground floor Atrium / cafe area. Or rest outdoors outside New Adelphi / Chapman Building, or Peel Park 5 minutes away.

For any queries around access please email [email protected]