Post-Industrial Revolution
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| Location | Gdansk Birmingham |
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| Introduction | Post Industrial Revolution is an artistic residency exchange between the UK and Poland focusing on the cities of Birmingham and Gdansk, in particular the areas of Digbeth and the Gdansk Shipyard. The comparisons between Digbeth and the Gdansk Shipyard as post industrial sites are of significance, each city has at some stage been deeply affected by the demise of industry, its movement abroad, and more recently the development of cultural and leisure industries in these former industrial areas. What interests us is how visual art can be seen to carry out and reflect this shift in usage, the change in social and industrial history of such spaces and its implications. Post-Industrial Revolution is developed in collaboration with the Lombard Method (UK) and Wyspa Institute of Art (Poland). The Project is conceived by curators Roma Piotrowska and Kate Pennington – Wilson in partnership with Polish Expats Association. Post – Industrial Revolution is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council. Contact: roma@polishexpats.org.uk or kate@polishexpats.org.uk |