Multi-Story Presentation for APHE Conference at BCU January 2015

APHE

Conference

Presentation

We make great

art with, for and

about local

people.

Sandwell is a diverse

borough, with 23.3%

(and growing) of the

population from black

and minority (BME)

ethnic groups.

Office of National Statistics

Sandwell has the 3rd

lowest levels of

engagement, in the

arts, in the country.

Arts Council England

Sandwell is the 12th

most deprived area in

the whole of the

United kingdom.

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2010 shows Sandwell’s

average deprivation score ranked 12th most deprived local

authority in England, out of a total of 326.

Martin Parr

Black Country Stories

Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Films

Online

Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


A living archive

Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Martin Parr


We

Martin Parr


Martin Parr


Engaging young and

developing photographers

Sandwell College - Student Project

Show me a secret

Which was exhibited


Show me a secret


Show me a secret

Using the archive to

create more work

Martin Parr and Margaret Drabble

Black Country Women


Black Country Women


Black Country Women

You just had to get on with it, didn’t you?

You just had to get on with it, didn’t you?

Susie Parr

Black country Allotment Society

Susie Parr


Susie Parr


Bringing new artists and

photographers

to the Black Country

Bruce Gilden

Part of the family

Bruce Gilden

Part of the family

Bruce Gilden

Part of the family

Mark Power


Mark Power


Mark Power


Mark Power


David Goldblatt


David Goldblatt


David Goldblatt


Debbie Wilkes had 50 cannabis plants growing in her attic. Wolverhampton 27 September 2012

“I didn’t have a good childhood. My mom was diagnosed with cancer when I was eight and died when I was 12. My father wasn’t very nice. I finished school, married a soldier, and went to Germany. It was fabulous. The only thing wrong was my husband. I married the wrong person. He went through the Gulf war, and it makes people angry. He beat me up. My dad did too. I’ve been brought up believing that being hit is right.

David Goldblatt


David Goldblatt


Yasin Ali Mohammed was carrying a bag with 14 kgs of heroin and a Harry Potter book to read on the train when he was arrested here at Dudley. 11 October 2012

It was a big operation: 26 others were arrested simultaneously. Yasin decided to confess. ”If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. And if you’re gonna do the crime, work out the consequences.” It was his third arrest. He’d been dealing for decades, had a seven gram-a-day habit himself.

David Goldblatt


David Goldblatt


Steve Tracey at the church he desecrated after the death of his nine day-old son. Webnesbury. 24 September 2012

“I’ve got a list of convictions as long as my arms, but there’s some things I never got caught for.” Vandalising the church was one of them. Stacey did it soon after Dale, his nine day old son died. He was spending nights at the cemetery, sleeping on Dale’s grave, bereft, drunk, drugged.

Hans Eijkelboom

Birmingham

Hans Eijkelboom

Birmingham

Hans Eijkelboom

Birmingham

Liz Hingley

Work in progress

Liz Hingley

Work in progress

Liz Hingley

Work in progress

Mahtab Hussain

Mahtab Hussain

A quiet town called Tipton

Work in progress

Mahtab Hussain

A quiet town called Tipton

Work in progress

www.multistory.org.uk

At Multistory we feel compelled to tell stories.

We are curious and want to ask questions.

Working with documentary photographers, writers and

filmmakers is a license to be nosey, it’s a passport in to

other people’s lives.

Most of all it is a privilege.

http://www.multistory.org.uk

Art & Photos

Multi-Story Presentation for APHE Conference at BCU January 2015