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D6: culture in transit

Artist Archive A-Z

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Carlos Alvarez

We screened Carlos' film Human Rights, a short film shot in the Copenhagen metro station​, at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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Maria Anastassiou

Maria Anastassiou is an artist filmmaker, originally from Cyprus and now based in London. She collaborated on Safari Here for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Cat auburn

Cat Auburn joined  D6 for a research residency this May as part of our programme There is Beauty in this Journey. Her interdisciplinary art practice explores secondary or hidden narratives; investigating how culture is constructed, reinforced, and strategically employed. ​  >>
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sara baga

Sara Baga (PT) is an artist and film maker who took part in our international programme CONTESTED DESIRES.
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Sharon Bailey

Sharon is a photographer and has been working with Silx Teen Bar and the Over 50's Forum in Blyth on Youth Work Revisited, exploring the youth clubs of Blyth from the 1930's to the present day. >>
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Sarah Bayliss

We screened Sarah's work White at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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​CHRISTIAN BERMUDEZ

Christian Bermudez joined D6 for a research residency in November 2011 to work on Ballast Hill, exploring drastic changes to the environmental landscape of Newcastle influenced by coal and shipping industries. >>
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​​DEBORAH BOWERS, MAT FLEMING & HARRIET PLEWIS

Deborah Bower, Mat Fleming and Harriet Plewis were in residence at D6 in May 2013 to research abandoned spaces in  Newcastle for their new collaborative film work. >>
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​VICTORIA BRADBURY, MARIALAURA GHIDINI, SUZY O’HARA & DOMINIC SMITH

Into Practice is a collective of UK-based artists, curators and researchers who support professional practice in the field of contemporary art and evolving technology. >>
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Adam Butcher

We screened Adam's video work Bradley Manning had Secrets at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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anna carreras

Anna Carreras is a creative coder and digital artist who took part in our CONTESTED DESIRES programme. 
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​ELE CARPENTER

Ele Carpenter joined D6 for a 3-week research residency in 2008 to work on Open Source Embroidery, based on the common characteristics of needlework crafts and open source computer programming. >>
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Marcio Carvalho

Marcio  Carvalho (is an artist and a contemporary art curator who worked with us on our CONTESTED DESIRES programme.
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GORDON CHEUNG

Gordon Cheung presented The Four Horsemen in the Big M for On the Precipice, which was presented in Berwick-upon-Tweed during Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in 2013. >>
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Dimitris Chimonas

Dimitris Chimonas (CY) is an artist and a theatre-maker and was a participant artist in our international project CONTESTED DESIRES.
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Christopher Coleman

Christopher Coleman joined Culture Lab and D6 for a joint residency in 2012 researching Scienmograph. He worked with RAL Space to harness scientific data, and designed objects that visualise real time data. >>
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​ALEXANDRA CROUWERS​

Alexandra Crouwers produced The White Hide [III] for the Big M. The work featured in On the Precipice, which was presented in Berwick-upon-Tweed during Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in 2013. >>
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Katie Davis

Katie joined Berwick Film and Media Festival and D6 for a joint residency in Berwick-upon-Tweed for 6 months, where she created new work for the 10th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival. >>
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Brian Degger

Brian Degger joined D6 in 2008 for a 3-week research residency where he researched interspecies communication, and built devices that communicated with each other using light and movement. >>
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​​JOSEPH DELAPPE

Joseph DeLappe joined D6 in 2007 for a research residency to develop a transformative web memorial to civilian casualties of the war in Iraq. >>
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JUAN DelGado

​Juan joined D6 in 2017 for a one-week research residency, which was followed by the development of a new artist film programme for Common Ground. >>
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​NISHA DUGGAL

Nisha Duggal joined D6 throughout July 2009 for a research residency to explore the omnipresent but often redundant nature of technology using real-time manipulation software. >>
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Lindsay Duncanson

Lindsay is a photographer and has been working with Silx Teen Bar and the Over 50's Forum in Blyth on Youth Work Revisited, exploring the youth clubs of Blyth from the 1930's to the present day. >>
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​​JORN EBNER

Jorn Ebner joined D6 for a 3-week research residency in January 2008 and we recently commissioned Jorn to create Bukuria Dhe - for Mural in 2018. >>
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FanSHEN

Newcastle based artist collective FanSHEN, Rachel Briscoe and Dan Barnard, were in residence with us in 2017, considering how we can create spaces for groups who never come into contact and who hold opposing views to encounter each other. >>
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Simon Farid

Simon Farid is a visual artist interested in the relationship between administrative identity and the body it represents. Simon collaborated on Playground for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Lalya Gaye

Lalya Gaye is an artist, designer and engineer based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK where she runs the collaborative digital media art practice Attaya Projects. Lalya collaborated on Oh My Home - Lost and Found for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​SANCHAYAN GHOSH

D6 commissioned West Bengali Artist Sanchayan Ghosh, with support from UK-based artist Graham Robinson, to create Light of Darkness for Enlightenment, Durham City's festival of light in November 2008. >>
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Andy Gracie

Andy works at the intersection of art and science, exploring the human drive to experiment and gather knowledge. Andy recently completed Micropalypse for Mural. >>
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​LAURA HARRINGTON

Laura joined D6 in residence alongside Kaffe Matthews to develop 'Where are the Wild Ones?'>>
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​​SCOTT HESSELS

Scott Hessels is an internationally recognised filmmaker and media artist who merges cinema with new technologies to create innovative media experiences. >>
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Miha Horvat

Miha is trained in arts and science. Since 2000 he has been a part of artistic collective son:DA that explores the crossovers of art and various technologies. Miha collaborated on Playground for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​G.H. HOVAGIMYAN

G.H. Hovagimyan was in residence with D6 and Newcastle Gateshead Initiative (NGI) during April 2013 to develop a ‘natural interface’ tool. >>
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Zuzana hruskova

Zuzana Hruskova is a Slovakian artist based in the North East. She joined D6 for a 3-week research residency in 2008. Zuzana has been creating short videos, films and reportages based on 'rare private moments' she encounters. >>
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Saadia Hussain

Saadia is an visual artist, art activist, artistic director and art educator based in Stockholm. Saadia collaborated on Oh My Home - Lost and Found for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Ben Jones

Artist and curator Ben Jones joined D6 for a 3-week research residency in 2008 to develop one of the Freee Art Collective's text and photographic works Don't Let the Media have the Monopoly on the Freedom of Speech. >>
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Andy Jones

Andy is a documentary filmmaker based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Andy worked with us as part of Common Ground, training young people at the CHAT Trust in video production skills. >>
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Stelios Kalinikou

Stelios Kallinikou (CY) worked with us on our CONTESTED DESIRES programme.
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​​GERMAINE KOH & GORDON HICKS

Germaine Koh and Gordon Hicks joined D6 in 2007 for a 3-week research residency working towards a new project involving controlling the position and movement of objects at a distance over the internet. >>
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Lucyna Kolendo

Lucyna is a visual artist working in photography, sound and animation. Lucyna collaborated on [Voiceover] for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​​KAFFE MATTHEWS

Kaffe Matthews developed Where are the Wild Ones?, an immersive audio-visual opera, whose music is made from the sonification of Atlantic salmon data gathered from their migrating journeys up and down the river Tyne. >>
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​HANNAH MAYBANK

Hannah Maybank completed a six-month fellowship with D6 and Berwick Gymnasium Gallery in 2010/11, during which he developed a new body of work. >>
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​KLAUS MÄHRING

Klaus joined D6 to present The Nomadic Village in May 2012, where over 30 international artists took up residence in a rural location in County Durham. >>
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​JILLIAN MCDONALD

Jillian McDonald presented Valley of the Deer  in the Big M for On the Precipice, which was presented in Berwick-upon-Tweed during Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in September 2013. >>
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Lulu Macdonald

Lulu Macdonald is an artist who studied at The Slade School of Fine Art. She now lives and works in Hamburg where she recently completed a Masters degree in sculpture. Lulu recently created Blossoming Trees Bearing Incense, Unearthing His Roots for Mural. >>
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Gianfranco Mirizzi

Gianfranco is an Italian visual artist living and working in Rijeka, Croatia. He collaborated on Playground for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Isabella Mongelli

Isabella is a performer and visual artist interested in simple actions inside complex thematic areas. Isabella collaborated on Safari Here for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Samantha Moore

We screened Samantha's work 'Doubled Up'at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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Bojan Mucko

Bojan is engaged with urban-anthropological issues, reviewing the disciplinary boundaries between contemporary art practices and cultural anthropology. Bojan collaborated on [Voiceover] for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Julie Myers

Julie Myers is an interdisciplinary artist working with photography, film, audio, drawing, installation and digital media and her work forms a response to people and place. Julie collaborated on [Voiceover] for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​​SATOKO NAGASHIMA

 Satoko joined D6 for a research residency to create a new series of paintings and digital animations. >>
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Jonas Nilsson

We screened Jonas' work The Loony Room at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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​JENN E NORTON

Jenn E Norton presented Wee Requiem in the Big M for On the Precipice, which was presented in Berwick-upon-Tweed during Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in 2013. >>
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Chris Oakley

We screened Chris' work Revisions at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>


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Eva Olsson

We screened Eva's work The Capsule at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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Ixone Ormaetxe

Ixone is a visual artist based in Bilbao. Ixone collaborated on Oh My Home - Lost and Found for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​NANDITA PALCHOUDHURI

Nandita Palchoudhuri joined D6 for a research residency in 2008, and we commissioned her to create Calcutta Lights for Enlightenment in November 2008. >>
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Piotr Piasta

Piotr Piasta gave a talk at D6 as part of his residency with Berwick Visual Arts and the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) at Newcastle University's in 2015. >>
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Matt Pickering

Matt is a video installation artist who's work examines the complex intersections of autobiographical memory, account, fact and fiction. We recently commissioned Matt to create Lapse using Mural. >>
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​​BEN POYNTER

During his research residency in July 2014, Ben Poytner researched and developed an intensive, 3D virtual reality indie game (Oculus Rift support) re-titled Story Generating Apparatus. >>
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John Quinn

We screened John's work How to Skype call yourself in the future using your iPhone at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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Kia Redman

Kia Redman (BB) is an artist and creative professional who took part in our international project CONTESTED DESIRES. 
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​KATE RICH & KAYLE BRANDON

Kayle and Kate joined D6 in 2007 to 'wild-craft' their own cola from an on-line open source recipe, involving home lab experimentation and merging domestic and scientific techniques. >>
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​EMILY RICHARDSON

Emily Richardson presented Petrolia in the Big M for On the Precipice, which was presented in Berwick-upon-Tweed during Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival in September 2013. >>
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Kelly Richardson

Renowned International media artist Kelly Richardson joined us in autumn 2012 to carry out a curatorial residency to research and curate On the Precipice, inspired by her own large-scale moving image artworks. >>
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Mónica Rikić

​Monica Rikic (ES) was one of the artists on our CONTESTED DESIRES programme. 
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Willie Robb

Willie Robb is a Scottish Photographer, video producer and artist blending autobiographical and documentary practices. We recently commissioned Willie to create European Ferries using Mural. >>
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​​MONICA ROSS

Monica Ross joined D6 in 2007 for a research residency and spent her time researching and developing a new video work in St. Lawrence Square, Byker, Newcastle. >>
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sadia sikandar

Sadia Sikandar (PK) became our first Sanctuary and Culture Artist in Residence in Autumn 2020.
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​DOMINIC SMITH

Dominic joined D6 for a research residency in 2007 to work on Invisible Soap Opera and is currently working with us on ​Mural. >>
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​​SNEHA SOLANKI

Sneha Solanki is a northeast based artist who was in residence at D6 during March 2013 to research her new work Biotechnology Spell Machine. >>
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Jen Southern

Through installations and walking projects, Jen Southern engages with the physical presence of local environments that are also entangled with distant communications. >>
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Riccardo Spagnulo

Riccardo is a playwright and actor. He collaborated on Playground for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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Daniel Spence

We screened Daniel's work Semilunal at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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​MAREK ŠULÍK & ZUZANNA HUSKOVA

In June 2013, Marek's latest production Homelands was premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest. Homelands is a visual and media arts community residency project, initiated by D6, which took place in the North East region over a three-year period. >>
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Jessica Thompson

Jessica joined D6 in 2015 for a 3-week research residency, where she developed Borderline: An artistic investigation of Newcastle-as-site through interstitial sonic territories. ​>>
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Milos Tomic

Miloš Tomić is a multimedia artist whose projects span film, photography, collages and sculpture. Milos collaborated on Safari Here for CORNERS of Europe. >>
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​​MKRTICH TONOYAN

Mkrtich Tonoyan is Co-founder and Director of AKOS Art Centre and joined D6 for a talk in 2010. >>
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​​CYANE TORNATZKY

Inspired by her previous research on Robert Owen’s New Lanark Mill in South Lanarkshire, Cyane examined the lives and working conditions of historical and contemporary female textile workers during her residency at D6. >>
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​​MAIA URSTAD

Maia Urstad joined D6 in 2009 for a research residency, where she explored the Northumberland coast and carried out radio experiments. >>
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​​BORJANA VENTZISLAVOVA

Borjana  joined us in June 2012 to research a new video project called Radical Cheerleading and we also screened Borjana's video work Migration Standards at the Göteborg Culture Festival 2012, Sweden in the Big M. >>
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MARK VERNON

Glasgow based artist, Mark Vernon joined D6 for a residency in 2007 to research a body of work called Tape Recording Clubs. >>
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Dane Watkins

While in residence Dane Watkins worked on a new project called Ikonikit an identikit approach for users to create an iconic profile of how they'd like to be seen on the web. >>
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dani watson

Dani Watson has worked with D6 to produce a collection of poetry in response to our programme with artist Henna Asikainen, presented on our interactive platform Mural. >>
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​​ADDIE WAGENKNECHT AND STEFAN HECHENBERGEREFA

During their residency at Culture Lab and D6, Nortd worked on developing the Lasersaur, an open source laser cutter. >>
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David Wightman

​David Wightman completed a six-month fellowship with D6 and Berwick Gymnasium Gallery in 2010/11, during which he developed a new body of work titled Homage to Loreleia. >>
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​​BRIGITTE ZieGER

Brigitte Zieger presented Bewildered during On the Precipice at the Berwick Film and Media Festival 2013. >>
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Marina Zurkow

Marina developed Friends and Enemies: Nature_2.0 during a research residency with D6, which explores the human impact on the environment we live in and focuses on issues surrounding invasive species, biodiversity and consumption. >>
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