It’s been a trying twelve months, but now that we are easing out of lockdown the world feels fresh with new possibility. Undeniably it hasn’t been easy working collectively, but MAP6 have remained busy behind the scenes through having monthly online meetings, making new work and planning projects for the coming year.
© Richard Chivers, Brighton 2021
Firstly we are very excited to announce that we are working on a new book. As we approach out tenth year as a collective we thought the best way to celebrate this was with a new publication. We are currently in the final stages of shaping the book and hope to have pre-orders available soon.
MAP6 members have also been editing work through online meetings and feedback sessions. Coming from a culture of discussing prints intimately around a table, collaborating online has been a new way of working for us as a collective, and has proved to be a useful way of remaining productive. Putting this to the test, during the past few months we have been working on a project that has been a way of us playfully responding to our own personal experiences and being isolated from one another. A taster of this new work is featured on this update, but we will be sharing lots more images and information about the project soon.
© Mitch Karunaratne, London 2021
© Mitch Karunaratne, London 2021
© Aaron Yeandle, Guernsey 2021
Over the past couple of months we have also been planning our next collective venture for a new major project. We are really excited to work together again on location. For now we are keeping the project under wraps, but suffice to say it will be keeping us within our roots of making work about people and place, but with an interesting twist to help us to work collaboratively in a different way.
© Barry Falk, Eastbourne 2021
Currently we are also developing our online shop to incorporate print sales to help us fund the production of further work, so keep an eye on our website for updates if you are interested in purchasing limited edition prints. Furthermore we also have new member Aaron Yeandle on board, who has already proved to be an exciting new addition to the group and will be coming along on our next trip. Finally, we have also been organising an exciting line up of Instagram takeovers and website features from guest photographers, so be sure to keep an eye on our Instagram feed.
© Paul Walsh, Arundel 2021