Ulrika Ferm , No Title (Police on Bikes), 2006, c-print, 60 x 80cm

Public Talk at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios:
Artists Ulrika Ferm, Peter Rosvik and Mark Clare In Conversation

The International Studio (Studio 16)
Tuesday 20th March, 5pm

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios invites you to attend a studio seminar by Finnish artists Ulrika Ferm and Peter Rosvik and Irish artist Mark Clare in the international studio space on 20th March at 5pm. The link between the artists is their connection to Finland, particularly their involvement with the artist-run initiative Platform located in the north west of the country, in Vaasa.

Ulrika Ferm, currently artist-in-residence at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, presents an overview of recent artistic projects. Central to Ulrika Ferm’s practice is photography; she is interested specifically in the interface between subjective storytelling and ‘official’ or ‘objective’ documentation. Research also plays an important role, as she integrates found images from the media, the internet, archives and first-hand interviews in her work. Born in Finland, Ferm now divides her time between Vaasa and Berlin. She is a founding member of Platform.

Mark Clare’s current exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy “One Man’s Terror is Another Man’s Freedom” comprises work made during his residency at Platform, Vaasa, in 2006. A complex and searching project that asks what is art doing in light of the world’s high alert on global terrorism, Clare was aided in its development by Peter Rosvik. At Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Peter Rosvik will present some of his own projects and Clare and Rosvik will discuss the various steps involved in planning and realising Clare´s project currently shown at RHA.

In addition, Clare, Ferm and Rosvik will discuss Platform’s activities within a broader context and provide an overview of the residency programme. The seminar is intended to be informal and questions and comments from the audience are welcomed.

Platform is an artist-run gallery space that mainly exhibits projects by invited guests and artists in residence. Platform is run by "Finnish Cheap Labour", an artists’ collective that assumes various roles from background production to direct programming, as in the recent exhibition at Gallery XX1 in Warsaw. Currently, the collective is working on a project with Hüseyin Alptekin that will be presented in the Turkish pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Hüseyin Alptekin is the current artist-in-residence at Platform in Vaasa.
www.platform.fi

The talk is free and open to the public. Booking is not required.

For further information or images for press please contact myself Claire Power at t. 671 0073 or e. claire@templebargallery.com