Media Release – 26th March 2013
Closing event of FORMAT International Photography Festival FORMAT13: FACTORY
With Slideluck London and The Developer at The Chocolate Factory on 6th April 2013
FORMAT13: FACTORY, the 6th FORMAT International Photography Festival, ends with a Grand
finalé event hosted by Slideluck London and featuring a live performance from The Developer
and takes place at The Chocolate Factory in Derby on Saturday 6th April.
FORMAT’s Grand finalé event will be a unique evening including a pot-luck-style dinner (bring a
dish!) and an eclectic programme of over twenty photo-films from international artists, curated
by Monica Allende (Photo Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine and founder of the pioneering
‘Spectrum’ section).
The evening also features the premiere a live music performance and film from a residency at the
historic John Smedley factory by ‘The Developer’. ‘The Developer’ are musicians John Parish,
Seb Rochford, Catherine Graindorge, Cory Mwamba and Pete Judge with film maker Gavin
Bush. Their unique multi-artist residency in a new commission responding to the Derwent Valley
Mills World Heritage Site at John Smedley is part of FORMAT13, using a combination of still
photography and archive images.
FORMAT13 Grand finalé closing event of takes place at the Chocolate Factory, Derby on
Saturday 6th April, from 6:00pm until 11:30pm, tickets are: £8, £6 concessions for guests
bringing home-made food to share (please detail clearly all ingredients used in home-made
food) Tickets can be booked in advance: www.formatfestival.com/events/grand-finaleformat13
For more information about FORMAT events and exhibitions please visit: www.formatfestival.com
For a full list of participating artists, please visit: www.slideluck.com/london-vartistsannouncement
For more information on The Developer please visit: www.formatfestival.com/artists/developer or
see: www.thedeveloper.cc
Founded in 2004, FORMAT International Photography Festival presents the best of emerging
international talent, showcasing it alongside the masters of photography and has established
Media Release – 26th March 2013
itself as a world class biennale and must-see event in the photographic calendar. FORMAT is
directed by Louise Clements, organised and hosted by QUAD and the University of Derby.
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Notes to Editors
High Res Images available
QUAD is Derby’s centre for art and film, on the Market Place in Derby city centre. QUAD is a
gallery, cinema, café bar and workshop that anyone can use. QUAD is a partnership between
Derby City Council, Arts Council England, EM Media, European Union, East Midlands
Development Agency, Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership, Derby City Partnership and
Derby Cityscape. See www.derbyquad.co.uk for more information. http://twitter.com/derbyquad
For further information on this event, or any other issue relating to QUAD, please contact
Kathy Frain on 01332 285422 (mobile 07791441941) or email kathyf@derbyquad.co.uk
FORMAT International Photography Festival will take place in Derby UK between 8 th March and
7th April 2013. The biennale festival celebrates the wealth of contemporary practice in
international photography and is now one of the UK’s leading non-profit international
contemporary festivals of photography and related media and the theme for this year’s festival is
‘FACTORY’. FORMAT13 promises to be the biggest and most ambitious yet, it will be not only a
celebration of Derby, the birth place of mass production, but will also explore how the factory
continues to be relevant in the 21st century digital age through a programme of exhibitions,
events, workshops, mass participation and much more. For more information on FORMAT
International Photography Festival, please see the website http://formatfestival.com