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Lou Gue Hankins

Nottinghamshire
I am a passionate educator in adult education, teaching photography, design and research skills. I continue to practice & I am open to commissions & community projects. I live in Newark, Nottinghamshire with my family & cats.
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Concepts Operating critically in a position between two familiar practices in contemporary society my practice is concerned with first the production and consumption of art and second the recording of personal histories through photography, illustration, slide projection, video, sound; using analog and digital formats. My practice addresses cultural shifts and transformations which are inextricably bound to the photographic image; focusing on the social and historical specifics of identity, perception and site. Through the investigation of both 'new' and 'old' forms of technology, the work challenges the transitory boundaries between subject/object and public/private.

Influences community led practice, working classes, own gender (female), culture, philosophy, science and technology, art history, cultural identity, geographical spaces, fine art/documentary photography, 

Qualifications: 1996 BA Hons, Fine Art, First Class Honours, The Nottingham Trent University

Teaching Experience: 2017 - present P/T  Lecturer / Course Leader in Photography & Digital Marketing, Nottingham College.  

2005-2015 Lecturer & Course Leader in Creative Media: Photography, Animation, Video Production (Short Film & Music Video), Photojournalism delivering HE/FE programmes, New College Nottingham. 

2000 Part-time Personal Tutor, BA (Hons) Fine Art, Photo Media/Sculpture, Nottingham Trent University.   January-June 1999 Digital animation workshops, Nottingham Trent University 1999 Seminar, Tutorials, Part-time, Department of Visual Arts, Nottingham Trent University

Areas of work: Tertiary education, Exhibiting, Lecturing, New technologies, Practice-based research, Community education, Commissions

 

#6 Full stop

#5 I used to be a Teddy Boy, and now I’m a teddy bear

#4 Mayhem and Uproar

#3 Community at Loose Ends

#2 An evening out on the tiles with Damien Hirst

#1 Nottinghill, 27th August, London, 2008

re-framing

Me, Myself & Eye

Human Beings - A Recipe

Mute and Blink

Accident and Emergency (It's a cultural battleground), Part Two

...It really works on my nerves

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