We Held Our Breath [still], 2024, Two Screen Video Installation with Sound
Opening at Crown Street Gallery in Darlington on 20 June, Hot Contents explores the relationships between the past and present industrial heritage of the North East and the climate emergency.
The society we live in has been built on the foundations of industry. In the North East, our industrial culture and landscape – from coal mining to steel working, textile production to large-scale engineering – is a significant part of our regional identity. Industry has played an important part in shaping our cities, towns and communities. However, the growth of industry and the pace of associated development has also played a significant role in accelerating the climate and ecological emergency: from the pollution caused by industrial waste to the growth and profit-oriented actions that shape our local environments.
Hot Contents imagines a near future where unsustainable growth and over-production has dramatically changed our landscape. Taking the form of brightly coloured video installations, sound maps and living sculptures, the work in this exhibition explores possible futures through local sites of transition, spaces of resistance, and climate action that aims to shape a positive future for Darlington and its surrounds.
The exhibition will run from 20 June - 18 July, and theopening time are available on the Crown Street Gallery information page. Hot Contents is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Creative Darlington.
The society we live in has been built on the foundations of industry. In the North East, our industrial culture and landscape – from coal mining to steel working, textile production to large-scale engineering – is a significant part of our regional identity. Industry has played an important part in shaping our cities, towns and communities. However, the growth of industry and the pace of associated development has also played a significant role in accelerating the climate and ecological emergency: from the pollution caused by industrial waste to the growth and profit-oriented actions that shape our local environments.
Hot Contents imagines a near future where unsustainable growth and over-production has dramatically changed our landscape. Taking the form of brightly coloured video installations, sound maps and living sculptures, the work in this exhibition explores possible futures through local sites of transition, spaces of resistance, and climate action that aims to shape a positive future for Darlington and its surrounds.
The exhibition will run from 20 June - 18 July, and theopening time are available on the Crown Street Gallery information page. Hot Contents is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Creative Darlington.
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