{"id":2959,"date":"2016-08-24T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=2959"},"modified":"2018-07-26T12:24:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T11:24:32","slug":"esther-johnson-loitering-with-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/esther-johnson-loitering-with-intent\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Loitering with Intent’ – Exhibition at People’s History Museum features Dr Esther Johnson’s ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loitering with Intent – The Art and Politics of Walking in Manchester and Beyond<\/a><\/em> is a group exhibition organised by the LRM<\/a> (Loiterers Resistance Movement), a Manchester-based collective interested in psychogeography and public space. This exhibition at the People’s History Museum<\/a> features artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson<\/a>‘s poetic documentary, ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’. Esther’s film uses oral testimonies and carefully composed portraits to explore how individuals and groups spend time in two distinctive public locations.<\/p>\n

Film event:
\nWalking on Film – Meet the Filmmakers<\/em><\/a>
\n18 September 2016 3PM – 5 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition:
\nLoitering with Intent<\/em>
\n23 July 2016 – 14 October 2016
\nPeople’s History Museum, Manchester M3 3ER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Esther Johnson<\/a> is a Reader in Media Arts and Principal Lecturer in Film & Media Production at Sheffield Hallam University. Find out more about her work here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Loitering with Intent – The Art and Politics of Walking in Manchester and Beyond is a group exhibition organised by the LRM (Loiterers Resistance Movement), a Manchester-based collective interested in psychogeography and public space. This exhibition at the People’s History Museum features artist and filmmaker Esther Johnson‘s poetic documentary, ‘Alone Together, the Social Life of Benches’. 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