Simon Guy will be giving an overview of Catalyst - the book published earlier in 2015 relating to the Jetty Project – at a Centre for Mobilities (CeMoRe) seminar at Lancaster University on 20th October. Please click here for more details. Simon Guy will also draw on the research experiences from the Jetty Project at the…
The book resulting from the Jetty Project - Catalyst: Art, Sustainability and Place in the work of Wolfgang Weileder will be having a number of associated launch events. 3rd June 2015 The Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts Introduced by the editor, Simon Guy, Catalyst was given a small launch in Lancaster. Wolfgang Weileder gave a public lecture relating to…
We took the Jetty Project to two recent conferences in the UK and in the US. First up was the British Sociological Association’s Annual Conference in Glasgow on the theme of “Societies in Transition”. We were asked to think beyond the traditional powerpoint presentation. And so we took some objects including a piece of the…
Using reclaimed timber, Wolfgang Weileder has replicated Dunston Staiths’ missing frames. The structure was partially destroyed by fire in 2003, leaving one end isolated from the other. The artwork, Gap, is a scale model of this section. The Great North Museum Hancock will host the work in March in order for it to be photographed again before…
This week’s activities resulted in a number of people accessing Cone. On Tuesday evening, residents of Staiths South Bank self-organised a tour of Cone, kindly supported by TWBPT. Thirteen people were treated to a fabulous sunset over the River Tyne. The sun setting behind Cone, 9th September 2014. Staiths South Bank residents tour, 9th September…
During the Jetty project, I have spent some time talking to people who all say one thing: you have to put Dunston Staiths on a map. It has also been pointed out to me that Gateshead has probably tried every regeneration strategy that time has privileged. And so, I set about creating a walk that…
Last Thursday, six people came to the sustainability cafe that was led by the University of Lancaster. With nine people in total, we thought that this was about as much as the staiths could reasonably handle for safety reasons. Inside Cone, the word ‘sublime’ was mentioned on more than one occasion. After spending a while…
In the flurry of activity surrounding Cone, I managed to have several conversations with Wolfgang about the work. He spoke of his previous architectural-scale projects where he increasingly recognises that it is important that people make sense of the artwork themselves; from the apprentices who help construct it, to the people who view it. The…
The weather has been more than kind for the building of the first Jetty project artwork. Five construction maintenance students from Gateshead College have begun work under the direction of Dave Purvis from Mears. This week has mostly been about preparing the site and getting the equipment and aquadyne there. Perhaps the most strenuous activity…
Art, Sustainability and Heritage: A Walking Tour with Power and the Water On Wednesday 4th June 2014, Angela led a walk out to Dunston Staiths. The Power and the Water research team, from the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and East Anglia, agreed to be dragged along for some exercise, art and industrial heritage during their…