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The Wedding/Ezkontza /La Boda

The Wedding / Ezkontza / La Boda is an exciting fusion of disciplines and cultures exploring the theme of marriage and its meanings with twin exhibitions held at the Yorkshire Craft Centre in Bradford and Bilbao-Arte in Spain.  At the simultaneous openings held on the evening of 5th May, participants took turns to see and celebrate with each other via Skype.

 Images from the Bradford Opening

This international collaboration is the latest outcome of our longstanding and valuable relationship with Universidad del Pais Vasco in Bilbao, as part of the Erasmus Staff Mobility Teaching exchange programme between European institutions. Manya Donaque from Bradford and Inmaculada Jimenez from Spain made visits and worked with students and staff to develop the project, resulting in a seminar and a series of exhibitions.

Manya  explained, “Inmaculada Jimenez came over to Bradford and we did a seminar outlining the concept. Everyone discussed their ideas and said what their idea of marriage was. Inmaculada then gave the same brief to her students. My students are from print and Inmaculada’s are from drawing so this was a marriage of two artistic worlds and also a marriage of cultures and languages. I took work from Bradford to Spain and as the Bradford students couldn’t be there their photographs represented them. Many had dressed up to be brides or grooms. Work was then split into two tables for Bradford and Bilbao and each student had to choose who to ‘marry’ by having their work displayed alongside another’s. Some couldn’t make up their minds to marry just one person, so we had a threesome and a few little divorces. We then had a little engagement ceremony where we all walked together through the space.”
Images from the seminar and ceremonies in Bilbao

Both groups will collaborate again via Skype for a second exhibition at Kultur Leioa in Spain which opens on 30th June.

Exhibition highlights

The Bradford exhibition runs from Friday 06th to 27th May 2011; Monday to Friday, 08:30am until 4.30pm.

 Images of the brides and grooms - the exhibition contributors

Bradford: Sinead Alleyne, Amanda Appleyard, Shazia Begum, Helen Birch, Mandy Broadley, Aimee Carter, Stephanie Cullen, Katie Daniels, Dawn Dixon, Manya Donaque, Rebecca Greenwood, Christine Hinchliffe, Rebecca Hurlstone,    Susan King, Matt Lamont, Jason McCalmon, Lisa Normington, Jo Oldfield, Reshma Rahim, Tom M. Rutherford, Noorjan Uddin,     Olivia Walker, Catherine Westgarth,  Emma Wine, Helen Wood, Kenneth Woods, Clara Yus and Nafeesa Zaman.       

Bilbao: Natalia Albeniz, Leticia Alberca, Xare Alvarez, Eneko Amezaga, Ander Arenas, Tania Argandona, Naiara Arrieta, Maria Bawadikgi, Arturo Cancio, Jose Castiella, Marina Castillo, Maria Jesus Cueto, Jaime de La Torre, Julia de Luis,. Helenca Diez,  Marta Elezcano, Javier F. Paiz, Zuhatz Gorricho, Amaia Garcia, Miriam Isasi, Inmaculada Jimenez, Laura Marchante, Carmen Marin, Cristina Miranda, Carmen Palomero, Esther Pastor, Iker Serrano and Leire Urbeltz.