Imo Dunkley
Imo is an artist based in Leeds, working in a studio at Assembly House in Armley. Her work celebrates nightlife spaces in Leeds, emphasising the vital part they play in facilitating identity formation, creativity and community building. She aims to capture the freedom you feel from a great night out, paying homage to those spaces, and the world created within those walls.
Imo Dunkley
Imo is an artist based in Leeds, working in a studio at Assembly House in Armley. Her work celebrates nightlife spaces in Leeds, emphasising the vital part they play in facilitating identity formation, creativity and community building. She aims to capture the freedom you feel from a great night out, paying homage to those spaces, and the world created within those walls.
Sense
Photomontage
61cm x 51cm
In response to the theme of 'Perception', I asked a group of participants in the Leeds nightlife scene to photograph their nights out using digital and film cameras. Before I gave the participants the cameras, I interviewed each participant about how they perceived the cultural significance of nightlife and their viewpoints on its past, present and future. After this conversation, I sent them on their separate nights out and asked them to document the entire journey. It was intriguing to see what each participant focused on, whether that be people dancing and celebrating, the paraphernalia that's involved, or the venues they went to. After developing and printing the photos, I collaged the photographs together onto a board,
to create a homage to nightlife, exploring the range of feelings and emotions associated. A symbolic group night out.
