[  CONTEXT  ] 

ON SITES ARTS was established in 2004 as a small non-profit arts organisation set up and run by Caroline Christie and Bobby Lloyd, artist-photographers. The work is based in the Olympic area of East London and encompasses parallel projects:

[ ARTIST-PHOTOGRAPHERS ]

Caroline Christie and Bobby Lloyd’s photographic exploration responds to the momentous changes taking place in the London Olympic area. Their work responds to the on-going process of change and regeneration of the area.

In 2005 their exhibition [Re: Moving] was shown in London on four Number 38 Routemaster buses which travelled between Hackney, one of the Olympic boroughs, and Victoria.

MAY-JUNE 2007 they will be exhibiting their current work at Space in Hackney, London E8.

[ COMMUNITY ]

The community-based projects take place on site and offer basic camera skills to local communities living within the Olympic area. The workshops are aimed largely at children and young people to enable them to visually document their environments, lives and experiences.

In 2004/5 they ran a series of photography projects with local Gypsy and Traveller children and young people. These resulted in three exhibitions: LUTON VAN, SITE, OUR SITES. This work will continue in 2007 as sites are relocated out of the Olympic area.

Photographic workshops have also been taking place at Manor Garden Allotments, 2006-2007, culminating in an exhibition at Hackney Museum, June - August 2007.

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