Format is, for the second year, supervising a graduate resident artist. The recipient of this opportunity gives up their time for intern duties in exchange for the share of a studio and mentorship from the group for the period of one year.

This year's beneficiary will present work in Format’s regular meeting place, the crypt of St. Paul’s Church, Coronation Road as part of September XVII. Tom Hemsley is a young artist new to Bristol who recently graduated from BA Photographic Art at the University of Wales, Newport, achieving a First Class Honours degree. His work focuses on the inward thoughts and emotions of others, which are then reworked and combined with his own interpretations, in the hope of touching on a set of common values present in our cultural psyche.

Concerning Time (in my red wooden car), 2007, is derived from interviews in which participants were asked to discuss their memories of time, and the way in which its flow changed depending on the circumstances they found themselves in. Excerpts from these conversations were constructed into a new narrative and juxtaposed with a visual setup influenced by stereotypical TV driving scenes.

The Five-and-a-Half Thousand Daydream, 2009, focuses on the use of imagination by inmates as a way to escape the hardships and the routine of everyday prison life, and add positivity to their time inside. Drawing on contemporary documentary influences, the work uses a series of interlinked narratives to illustrate the different ways in which a prisoner might fantasise and dream.

The exhibition be open from 12pm-6pm and the artist will give a talk about his work at 5pm in The Crypt.