Julia Heslop, Taryn Edmonds and Martin Heslop Presents
Galena
PREVIEW:
Saturday 13th June
2-4pm, in our Gallery
EXHIBITION UP:
Mon 15th Jun – Sat 27th Jun
Mon-Sat, 9:30am-5pm
Galena‘s preview was held Sat 13th June.
Artist Julia Heslop launched a free booklet on the history of the Elswick Lead Works site, produced in collaboration with St James’ Heritage and Environment Group.
These booklets are available for visitors to take when the visit the exhibition in NAC’s Gallery.
About the exhibition…
Galena tracks a landscape awaiting development. Through sound, film, painting and print, Julia Heslop, Taryn Edmonds and Martin Heslop explore the site of the Elswick Lead Works on the River Tyne, where a new housing development is planned. These new artworks examine the unique histories and cultures of the area, considering the origins of the galena (lead ore) from the mines of the North Pennines, to the processing and production plants on the banks of the Tyne. The exhibition traces this vanished industry, but also offers a fresh eye and ear to the present day ecologies: from the abandoned factory buildings, to the pigeon crees, and the hundreds of silver birch trees now making the place their home. In examining the legacy of the Lead Works, the exhibition poses questions about how the past and present-day stories of this remarkable landscape are valued within the new housing development proposed for the site.
