Kate Peters, whose work has been featured in The Guardian and TIME, will show Embodied Futures at HOST in High Road Leyton tomorrow and Sunday (26th October) from 10am to 5pm
A local photographer is exhibiting her photography series of working clowns in Leyton this weekend.
Kate Peters, whose work has been featured in The Guardian and TIME, will show Embodied Futures at HOST in High Road Leyton tomorrow and Sunday (26th October) from 10am to 5pm.
With Embodied Futures, the Leyton-based photographer explores the relationship between performance and identity through portraits of female and non-binary clowns.
Kate says she was intrigued by the contradiction of what it is to ‘clown’ – to appear light and absurd but also profound.
She says: “The masks and costumes transcend disguise, they are tools of expression, allowing access to a self beyond where we dare to go in everyday life.
“The work is not about stripping away the mask to find a truth, suggesting instead that a truth can be found in the performance. All selves are performed to some degree, and that performance in itself, can be liberating.”
During the exhibit, there will also be a collage station set up, where kids (aged four and up) can make collages using some of the clown photos.
Originally hailing from the Midlands, Kate’s multifaceted approach to artwork focuses on the relationship between people and place.
She says she is drawn to photography “as a way to engage with the world, form connections, to give reason for an exchange”.
She holds a particular interest in the representation of women and notions of identity, and aims to tell stories that make people think.
Highlights in her career journey include a Guardian magazine commission to photograph 32 Olympic hopefuls including Sir Chris Hoy, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah and having her portrait of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, on the cover of TIME magazine.
Kate’s portraits form part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Find out more: katepeters.co.uk, Instagram: @misskatiepeters
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