Grafters 15th February
The Mysterious Serial Killer
At first we were concentrating on just evidence photography and creating a murder scene like what happened before during and after a murder. But after further discussion we thought making a murder up wouldn't fit entirely to the brief which was to find a venue and relate our exhibition to the venue.So we decided to still have theme of evidence but link it to The Pusher a mystery serial killer. 85 people - 72 of them men - have died in rivers, canals or other waterways in Greater Manchester between 2008 and 2014. Eleven of them were found dead in Manchester city centre. Although firm findings were made in 44 cases following inquests, coroners recorded ‘open’ verdicts in the remaining 28 deaths,
on CHANNEL 4 there was a documentary about theses mystery deaths and the mystery of ‘The Pusher’. this documentary can be seen below through this link :
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/manchesters-serial-killer
Nothing compared to photography when it came to capturing the Industrial Revolution. As Britain’s society changed, techniques in photography developed, enabling workers to capture their own lives for the first time. Grafters was Curated by documentary photographer Ian Beesley, the exhibition highlights unseen images from important photographic collections.To accompany these scenes of industrial life, the museum has commissioned new poems by Ian McMillan, giving new voice to the unknown people captured in the images.
EXHIBITION HELP
These really interested me at the exhibition as our exhibition is going to be about crime and these a really early mug shots the styling is completely to now as people in these shots are not looking at the camera where as nowadays modern mug shots they are all face on shots. see the comparison above.
Flyer ideas
At this exhibition they had flyers with more information about the images in the form of a newspaper which tied in with theme of the exhibition we can do this for our event as crimes are normally scene in newspapers it would really work and it different to any other event to have something that tells you about instead of a statement on the wall.
The Mysterious Serial Killer
At first we were concentrating on just evidence photography and creating a murder scene like what happened before during and after a murder. But after further discussion we thought making a murder up wouldn't fit entirely to the brief which was to find a venue and relate our exhibition to the venue.So we decided to still have theme of evidence but link it to The Pusher a mystery serial killer. 85 people - 72 of them men - have died in rivers, canals or other waterways in Greater Manchester between 2008 and 2014. Eleven of them were found dead in Manchester city centre. Although firm findings were made in 44 cases following inquests, coroners recorded ‘open’ verdicts in the remaining 28 deaths,
This Interactive Map shows the murders and where they found
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/manchesters-serial-killer
Even though the documentary didn't say who was the pusher the ex detective who investigated the 28 unsolved canal murders he concentrated on three in particular whom were all men that were suspicious due to evidence and CCTV asking my question than answering.
After watching this documentary all four of us were inspired to create our work as if we found a venue around Salford or Greater Manchester this would fit the brief as the venue and location reflect our work especially if we could find a venue near the water that would be perfect.
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