If you’ve just come in from a morning run, or cycle, and idly wondering what to do for lunch; or if you’re rousing after a heavy Saturday night and deciding to switch off the football and do something more interesting instead, get theesel down to Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Starts at 3pm, so there’s time to gather a couple of friends: it’s only a half hour’s drive from Darlington, Middlesbrough, about 45 mins from Seaham, an hour from Sunderland. If you’re in Newcastle you could get a train, or straight down the A19 and you’ll be there by 2.
Very interesting stuff in the Gallery. Helen and Helen, the two curators there are doing really excellent work bringing pretty much cutting edge work to show, and this afternoon you can meet and talk to Peter Spiers. His all-day workshop last week was one of the best participative events probably all-time ever, coming as it did at exactly the right time in my practice to create some of this stuff, and use the techniques in yesterday’s Duckrabbit workshop to distribute elements of it all.
Some of the hooks, keys, eyes, windows, through-a-glass delusions, any other metaphor you like that I explored included these:
There’s talk of a network, of linking up Saltburn with what we’ve been doing here in Seaham, the Deep Sea Diving Project, a coastal collaboration, maybe more, the tie-ins are obvious. If you want to be involved, if any of this piques your tastebuds, drop me a comment or a tweet and I’ll keep you posted.
One of Peter’s most engaging projects is where he runs like hell away from the camera, after setting the timer. Who doesn’t feel like doing that, most days?
So yes, take a look, and/or you could always write to the magnificent Helens. I’m told there are tea and cherry scones afterwards. Get going, now!
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Great pictures…I like the picture with the blue balls the most! :)