Documentary Image Maker and Researcher
Research, Exhibitions and Screenings
My research is concerned with the ways in which contemporary documentary practice can be used to engage with localised social issues, and often explores themes of Place, Work, Identity and Socio-Politcal phenomena. I'm currently undertaking a PhD by practice at Manchester Metropolitan University. On this page you will find a selection of practice based research, links directing you towards published articles and a list of selected exhibitions and screenings.
2024
(ongoing) - Collaborative Research Project with artist Gabriella Rhodes exploring the intersections of analogue film and sculptural practice through an exploration of the Llyn Peninsula, Wales
(Upcoming) - conference paper concerning a new 'Eco-Southern Gothic' sub-genre of independent American Cinema
2023
Freedom, Desire, Community. Modal Galary, Manchester - Exhibiting Artist
Understanding Collaborative Documentary Filmmaking Practice as a Methodology for Exploring Participant Perspectives of Place in Areas of Low Social Mobility - Brazilian Creative Industries Journal, Feevale University, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
2022
Cotton Queens Community Arts Project, contributing practitioner
'The Chair' - presentation of research at HOME: Symposium on Place and Belonging, University of Gloucestershire
2021
Glory Days: Understanding the filmic depiction of Post-Industrial Midlands communities as a visualisation of autobiographical and societal trauma. - https://engage.org/contributors/benjamin-green/
Sounds at the Edges, commissioned by Portraits of Recovery, screened at HOME, Manchester
Explorations of Place and Reflexivity in Practice-Based Research: Understanding Personal Connections to Landscape and their Impact on the Creative Research Process - with Fiona Brehony
8th Annual Postgraduate Arts & Humanities Centre Symposium, MMU, Manchester
2019
Braziers International Film Festival, Oxford - Featured Filmmaker
TOIL, Grosvnor Gallery, Manchester- Exhibiting Artist and Co-curator
Neo Screen Festival, Manchester - New work commissioned for exhibition
Solidarity Forever, 2019, Grosvnor Gallery Manchester - Exhibiting artist and curator
2018
To Board a Plane, OA Studios, Manchester - Exhibiting Artist and co-curator. Partnered with OA, CFCCA, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford
Contested Territories , Plant NOMA, Manchester – Exhibiting Artist and co-curator
Rise: Manchester School of Art MA Show, 2018 - Experimental Documentary Installation
Labor and Wait, Hanover House, Manchester, 2018 - New work commissioned for event and exhibition