#heritage lottery funded
‘Men Marched Asleep’ (2018)
Williamson Museum and Art Gallery, Merseyside, CH43 4UE
Nov - Dec 2018
Heritage Lottery Funded
The title of the installation takes its inspiration from the fifth line of the Wilfred Owen poem: Dulce et Decorum Est
…a poem which provides a deeply evocative description of men exhausted by battle but continuing on. It’s a journey-narrative saturated by time-and-toil, regimental history and personal loss during the Great War. This sense of movement is conveyed in parallel by the installation itself as a series of historical objects, personal photographs and artworks created by the local community transport the visitor through an immersive and evocative environment peppered with lines taken from the poetry of Owen alongside a life-size trench.
Serving & former soldiers contributed to a workshop programme alongside members of The Spider Project, a creative arts and well-being recovery community programme.
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THE LISTENING STATION (2018)
The Wilson, Cheltenham
1st September - 16th December 2018
Steeped in history yet rooted within the present day, The Listening Station embodies a series of responses to World War One. From archive-based material held within The Wilson to contemporary headlines and current affairs the installation considers conflict in its broadest form.
A shrine to War-and-Peace can be found at the centre of the work, surrounded by flowers, flags and protest placards. Quotes from conversations sit side-by-side with inter-generational drawings, song lyrics are placed next to slogans. A series of banners contain historical artworks which mirror, reflect and repeat, like history, they reveal poignant, political and powerful perspectives.
Through workshops, discussion groups and drop-in sessions lead artist Robyn Woolston engaged with Lives of Colour, the African Community Foundation, Cheltenham Borough Homes, Holst Birthplace Museum, P3, Oakley Community Resource Centre, Hesters Way Neighbourhood Project, Cornerstone Centre and ‘Change, Grow, Live’ as well as library, hospital and leisure centre users.
You can find out more about the projects research journey here:
www.thelisteningstationcheltenham.tumblr.com
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