Sea Coal Series
Solo exhibition & installations Feb-March 2022
multiple venues @Newbiggin by the Sea
Bringing together archive and new work inspired by Newbiggin by the Sea.
These pieces explore the emotional effects of a changing coastal landscape through industry, community, and mythology.
Sea Coal, 2022
4th-6th March @Pop Up, 46 Front St Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland
Immersive installation made up of 3 Short films, projection, perspex, glass, sea coal, found objects, place and sound.
Percussion by Christian Alderson
Sea Coal, 2008
Looped short film created in 2008. Reinstalled as a large window installation
25th-27th Feb 2022 @Newbiggin Maritime Centre, Newbiggin by the Sea
(See images below)
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“Ripples, changing tides, heritage and myth, interweave into an abstract canvas”
Filmed and edited in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland. A place (certainly when it was filmed in 2008) that if you get up early enough, you could catch a glimpse of the remaining Sea Coalers by horse and cart. Times have certainly changed.
Sea Coaling
Archive audio interview with Sea-Coaler Terry Turner
Interviewed by Joanne Burke, Newbiggin by the Sea, 2008. Approx 27min
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This interview has been gifted from the Turner Family in loving memory of Terence (Terry) Turner 1946-2019. This version was originally used on a touch screen in a Museum display at Newbiggin Maritime Centre, Feb 2022.