Belfast Exposed

Exhibitions

3rd Aug - 16th Sep

Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5

In partnership with the British Journal of PhotographyBelfast Exposed is delighted to be hosting the British Journal of P...

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1st Jun - 22nd Jul

Else Time | Ulster University MFA Photography Exhibition 2023

In this unique time that we find ourselves in, the things that once were so certain, are no longer so.Else Time is an 'ot...

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Community

21st May - 22nd May

Showing the faces of dementia with Alzheimer’s NI

Ahead of the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference 2019 (ASAC19), Belfast Exposed was commissioned by Alzheimer’s NI to w...

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4th May - 20th May

Coronation Generation 2023

Bringing together young people from across communities for Coronation GenerationIn April 2023, Belfast Exposed worked wit...

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I’ve Always Liked Slime

Studio Gallery

9th Sep 2021 to 25th Sep 2021

About The Exhibition

Belfast Exposed presents the second instalment of provocative punk photography magazine ‘Rotten Magazine Volume Two - I’ve Always Liked Slime’ - created by Joel Seawright and Lucy Jackson.

This exhibition brings together a selection of photographs and spreads from the publication, featuring work from Gareth McConnell’s ’Sex Drugs & Magick, Zara Carpenter’s ‘Bed’, and a previously unpublished series of work by Ciarán Óg Arnold.

Exploring the collectively experienced distortion of time during lockdown and its decaying effects on mental health, the images are manipulated to become more visually dissonant, and text becomes almost illegible. The themes of each series – love, sex, drugs, mental health – are woven together and re-contextualised through emails, comments sections, internet forums, and text messages. In this way, the magazine becomes a series in its own right, revealing a collective narrative through individual stories.

“This exhibition and launch will appeal to post punk fans. The work draws you from the visual energy of the imagery and through a distortion of text, highlights a discrepancy between our physical experiences and the digital ways we relive them. This exhibition will excite but is not for the fainthearted.” – Deirdre Robb, Chief Executive, Belfast Exposed.

 

** This exhibition contains images of an adult nature and viewer discretion is advised

The Artists

Joel Seawright

Artist Biography

Born in Wales and raised in Belfast, Joel Seawright, founder of Rotten Magazine, moved to London in 2017 where he met Lucy Jackson, a figurative painter from Kent. The two bonded over their love of art and joined creative forces to build Rotten into a deep and personal magazine that recontextualizes contemporary art in the internet age.

Events

Exhibition Opening

Thursday 9th September | 6pm | Belfast Exposed

Free

Acknowledgements

‘I’ve Always Liked Slime’ is generously sponsored by Arts Council Northern Ireland and Belfast City Council.