Living in an Interface Community

The “Living in an interface community” photographic project was designed to engage youth at risk from and affected by interface conflict and examine the images they felt represented their life experiences within the community.

This project has been a partnership with Ardoyne Marrowbone CEP, the North Belfast Interface Network & the Golden Thread Gallery funded by the NBCAU. The images and editorial decisions were made by the young people with the simple brief that they had to represent how they felt life in an interface community affected them.
The group of young males aged between 14 & 17 years of age were brought together by the AMCEP detached youth outreach workers who in turn facilitated a series of workshops with artists from the Golden Thread Gallery. It is of note that all the individuals involved have given a full commitment to the project and continued engagement with local youth & interface programmes.
The images reflect the youth themselves, sometimes in quite a humorous way but also demonstrating just how seriously they appreciated the opportunity to show how they felt about living in an interface area.