P h o t o R e n g a - R o o k w o o d H o s p i t a l

afternoon PhotoRenga

Andrea, Ben, Claire, Joel, Kerri and Lisa produced a series of PhotoRengas in a special event at Rookwood Hospital in Llandaff on 7th April 2017.

The group started from the chapel, splitting up in pairs and taking series of photographs. After reviewing the images, one image from each pair's camera was chosen and passed on to another in the group. This image was used as the source or inspiration to produce a new set of photographs from which one image was selected to be passed on to the next person in the group, and so on...

The PhotoRengas are inspired by an ancient, courtly form of Japanese poetry, in which sequences of haiku construct complex and profound poems. The aim of the PhotoRenga project is to produce a series of short, collective visual poems.

The workshops have previously been hosted by g39 gallery in Cardiff, madeinroath, The Hanbury Road Gallery in Bargoed and Ffotogallery in Penarth. The Rookwood Hospital PhotoRengas will be produced in an eBook and as a touring exhibition in 2018.