Updates
Blogs from artists, participants and art centres written during the project, which give insight into the highs and lows of individual Here and Now projects.
Hit the Ground Running
The first stage of the project engaged young boys from the local area and resulted in a short performance. The second phase of the project showcased the voices of South Tyneside’s Maritime Trust. The men participated in an intensive 4 day participatory process, which concluded in a performance for the wider community, celebrating the stories […]
Field Music & Paul Summers
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the project had to change in nature and sessions that where originally going to take in person eventually took place via Zoom from Feb 2021. Poet Paul Summers invited the young people to think about the way that they use descriptive language and how they think of their locality. They were asked to […]
Invisible Flock & Umar Butt
Sound recordings were built from multiple sites, including the Georgian Theatre, Farooq E Azam Mosque and Islamic Centre, the Golden Smog public house, the North East Migration Project at Newtown Community Centre and more. Each recording was layered and replayed, the order is composed and driven by variables such as local weather data, traffic data […]