Anthony Luvera: CONSTRUCT

Join us to celebrate the launch of CONSTRUCT by artist Anthony Luvera. Commissioned by GRAIN Projects in collaboration with SIFA Fireside, Luvera’s new publication features work created between 2018 and 2022 in collaboration with people who have experienced homelessness in Birmingham.

Anthony Luvera is one of the UK’s foremost socially engaged photographers, having pioneered various forms of collaborative portraiture. CONSTRUCT features 21 new Assisted Self-Portraits; photographs created by participants; documentation of Luvera and participants working together; an interview with the artist; and newly commissioned writing which explores Luvera’s approach to socially engaged practice and reflects on the right to housing in the UK today. To create CONSTRUCT, Luvera was embedded within the support services of SIFA Fireside, Birmingham’s main day centre for homeless and vulnerably housed adults. The artist began by working in the kitchen, preparing and serving meals, before inviting participants to explore photography through regular meetings and workshops. Using disposable cameras to document their experiences and camera phones to share images, more than 50 people took part in the project.

This event is an opportunity to meet the artist and his collaborators and includes a book signing.

No need to book, just drop in. Please note Ikon’s galleries are closed on Mondays, Ikon Shop and Yorks Café are open.

CONSTRUCT is available to pre-order online at Ikon Shop, priced £25.