Photos: Andrii Androsiuk
We welcome (Re)Grounding artists to Newcastle
We welcomed (Re)Grounding artists Alexandra Krolikowska and Karolina Uskakovych and Mykhailo Glubokyi from IZOLYATSIA in Ukraine this November. The research visit was structured around the cross-cutting themes of the programme - art, environment, the climate emergency and the shared industrial heritage between the North East of England and Eastern Ukraine.
Diving into the North East's industrial past, we visited to the Common Room, which holds one of the largest public collections on mining engineering in the world. The impact of industry on the North East was further explored at the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre where Peter Stark, co-author of Releasing the Genie of Coal, led a discussion on industry and de-industrialisation in the North East. This took in the global impact of the industrial revolution on the climate, as well as the consequences for local communities and how they are coming back from this. Ros Rigby, chair of D6 and board member of Land of Oak & Iron, further brought this to life with a tour of the surrounding grounds and industrial landmarks.
Sustainability and community spaces were at their best at Scotswood Community Garden where Sean Clay, the Garden and Community Engagement Manager, took us through the seasonal beauty of the community garden and treated us to a taste of the honey from the apiary. The Baltic's Hinterland exhibition gave a different view on our relationship with nature, digging deep into how communities and natural spaces have impacted on each other. We were lucky to be joined by the curators Emma Dean and Niomi Fairweather and artist Dawn Knox, whose installation The Felling (2022) is part of the group exhibition. We finished with a warm welcome from the Newbridge Project team, who gave a great introduction to the local art community and their programme.
During the artists' visit, D6 and our curator in residence Lucy Nychai invited artists from Ukraine who are now based in the North East for a networking event and chance to connect with the wider cultural sector.
Alexandra and Karolina will return to Newcastle in February 2023 for a month-long research and production residency to develop new work. A joint artist talk, co-produced with D6’s current curator in residence Liudmyla Nychai, is planned to take place in the city in early March (more information coming soon).
(Re)Grounding is a new programme that explores the climate emergency in post-industrial contexts through two research residencies connecting artistic practice, heritage and communities in the UK and Ukraine.
Find out more about (Re)Grounding here.
Diving into the North East's industrial past, we visited to the Common Room, which holds one of the largest public collections on mining engineering in the world. The impact of industry on the North East was further explored at the Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre where Peter Stark, co-author of Releasing the Genie of Coal, led a discussion on industry and de-industrialisation in the North East. This took in the global impact of the industrial revolution on the climate, as well as the consequences for local communities and how they are coming back from this. Ros Rigby, chair of D6 and board member of Land of Oak & Iron, further brought this to life with a tour of the surrounding grounds and industrial landmarks.
Sustainability and community spaces were at their best at Scotswood Community Garden where Sean Clay, the Garden and Community Engagement Manager, took us through the seasonal beauty of the community garden and treated us to a taste of the honey from the apiary. The Baltic's Hinterland exhibition gave a different view on our relationship with nature, digging deep into how communities and natural spaces have impacted on each other. We were lucky to be joined by the curators Emma Dean and Niomi Fairweather and artist Dawn Knox, whose installation The Felling (2022) is part of the group exhibition. We finished with a warm welcome from the Newbridge Project team, who gave a great introduction to the local art community and their programme.
During the artists' visit, D6 and our curator in residence Lucy Nychai invited artists from Ukraine who are now based in the North East for a networking event and chance to connect with the wider cultural sector.
Alexandra and Karolina will return to Newcastle in February 2023 for a month-long research and production residency to develop new work. A joint artist talk, co-produced with D6’s current curator in residence Liudmyla Nychai, is planned to take place in the city in early March (more information coming soon).
(Re)Grounding is a new programme that explores the climate emergency in post-industrial contexts through two research residencies connecting artistic practice, heritage and communities in the UK and Ukraine.
Find out more about (Re)Grounding here.