Cooper+Spowart | Artists-in-Residence @ Foto Frenzy in 2013
Victoria Cooper and Doug Spowart are visual artists working in the fields of photo imaging, book works and education. They have collaborated on many art projects and exhibitions of book works that have featured their room and car camera obscuras.
Spowart+Cooper have had work published internationally in the Pinhole Resource Journal, Photo Poche and Eric Renner’s Rediscovering a historic technique: Pinhole Photography. In 2007 a body of Camera Obscura work was a finalist in the Australian national LEICA CCP Photodocumentary Award.
Both have lectured nationally on the topic of the photobook and artists’ book and their book works are held in the rare book and manuscript collections in the State Libraries of Queensland and Victoria, and the National Library of Australia.
Engagement in Social Media has become an important part of the arts practice.
SEE THEIR WORKS: Cooper+Spowart
AND THEIR BLOG: Wotwedid
ON YOUTUBE: Cooper+Spowart videos
Spowart+Cooper are looking forward to connecting with the Brisbane photography community during their period in residence at the Foto Frenzy Photography Centre, when they will be working on place projects including nocturne light, pinhole work, camera obscura, photobooks and artists books. Their website and blog show examples of their work.
During the residency at Foto Frenzy and beyond, Cooper+Spowart will offer workshops in the creative process of photography, narrative in the photobook form, introductory social media, and consultancies.
You can learn more about the Spowart+Cooper workshop program here.
Meet Cooper+Spowart at a special Meet the Artists event on Wednesday 27 March at Foto Frenzy.