Sculptor and Photographer Bill Leslie was selected from open call to lead the Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN16 Participate Project. Bill studied theatre, before turning to sculpture, film and photography, and receiving an MA in Visual Performance and Time-Based Media at Dartington College of Art. He has shown work in the UK and Germany and currently lives and works in London. For Participate he proposed a series of experimental workshops working with groups and the general public. 

Want to get involved? There are two workshops open to the public:

WORKSHOP 1 - What happens to sculpture when it is photographed?
Make a sculpture to photograph. How will the camera dramatize the object? Can it create mystery, personality or surprise?Bill will be hosting drop-in workshops for all ages at King’s House, Grand Avenue, Hove on Sunday 2 October between 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.  The work created will be on show at the Outdoor Hub from 11 October.

WORKSHOP 2 - Can movement become sculpture?
Using multiple light sources and long-exposures objects and models will be created which generate the impression of movement and dynamism in front of the camera.  Sign up to a 2-hour workshop on Sunday 16 October at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e... age 16+. The work created will be on show at the Outdoor Hub from 22 October.

Can’t be at a workshop but want to join in? We will be posting Bill’s questions online and sharing our workshop participants’ answers on Instagram.  Have your say and share yours! www.instagram.com/photofringe #BPF16Participate

Bill is also working with local groups to create work that will will be on show at the Outdoor Hub.

Is it a sculpture if it only lasts for a moment? 
Answered by the Photography Club at Grace Eyre, on show at the Outdoor Hub from 1 October.

The theme for this session will be balance, and participants will consider how a photograph can capture something that only existed for a moment.  They will construct their own precarious sculptures out of different parts, which can be assembled in front of the camera. They will try to capture the moment just before the sculpture collapses. 

What will a sculpture made to be photographed look like?
Answered by St Margaret’s Primary School, Rottingdean, on show at the Outdoor Hub from 7 October.

Pupils will be introduced to different types of modern sculpture and asked to think about them as objects but also as pictures. What can we tell about a sculpture from a picture? Is anything lost? Is anything added?  If you were going to make a sculpture that people could only see as a photograph what sort of thing would you make? 

How can light transform an object, how can an object transform light?
Answered by sixth form students at BHASVIC, on show at the Outdoor Hub from 15 October.

Students will be introduced to artists working in photography and sculpture and will photograph sculptures they make in a variety of ways to explore camera and lighting effects, exploring how lighting can transform an object and how an object can transform light.