14/09/14
Jules Wright / The Wapping Project Bankside-Mayfair
August 2014
Feisty, flame-haired Australian Jules Wright came to the UK
as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1975. She studied for a PhD in Psychology,
simultaneously began directing at the Theatre Royal in Stratford East, and also
became the first female director of the Royal Court Theatre. In 1993, she
acquired a derelict power station building in Wapping and launched The Wapping
Project, turning the site into a restaurant and arts venue, hosting large-scale
exhibitions and celebrity-filled opening night parties. In 2009, she additionally
launched The Wapping Project Bankside, next to Tate Modern, a commercial gallery,
focused on lens-based media. Earlier this year she ended her lease on both and
September sees the launch of her new venue, The Wapping Project
Bankside-Mayfair, in Ely House, home to Mallett, on Dover Street.
Anna McNay met with Wright to discuss this venture, her work
as a whole, and her views on the photographic medium.
To read this interview, please go to: http://www.photomonitor.co.uk/2014/09/the-wapping-project-bankside-mayfair/