January Harker Herald
Think Las Vegas by Sharon Wilson is a temporary memorial to the closure of Swan Hunters shipbuilding plant at Wallsend. The Hammerhead cranes are about to be severed from their historic location and sold to the Indian shipbuilding company Bharati. As the industrial landscape is reshaped, impacts on the community are not only economic but also about loss and nostalgia.
This playful yet melancholic image attempts to deal with the post industrial present by looking at the edifices of urban regeneration and imagining new meanings. The iconic machinery is restaged as an impossible fairground attraction" Sharon Wilson
With help from audio artist Tim Hutchinson and photographer Derick Henderson.
Haker Herald will continue throughout 2008 with monthly posters from twelve more studio artists.
Look out for artworks from Mary Renner, Jock Mooney, Laura Lancaster, Rachel Lancaster, Mick Davies Sarah Wales, Carol McGuigan, Mike Collier, Karen Davies, Stephen Palmer, Lynda Dodsworth and Joe Woodhouse
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* * Wednesday 30 January 6-8pm * *
* * * Hanging Wall Private View * * *
* * Think Las Vegas by Sharon Wilson * *
* & Speculative Research by Brian Degger *
* * RSVP here or freekstar1@mac.com * *
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Harker Herald 2008
These are the next 12 Waygood studio artists that will be showing their work on the Harker Herald billboard and calendar throughout 2008
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