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OWTSIDE — MICRO GALLERY

OWTSIDE is No More Nowt’s public micro gallery installed outside on the side of Community House in Peterlee, right in the middle of a residential neighbourhood, with a rolling programme throughout 2024.

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UNTOLD STORIES: ON AND OFF

Listen now: Me Lost Me (Jayne Dent), performance co-commission recording of collaged voice and electronics exploring the disorientating cycles of shift work in mining.

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ABOVE BELOW BEYOND

A collaboration between artist Jamie Holman and young people across East Durham, exploring heritage and hope for the future of shared spaces.

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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK

The residents of Horden woke up one day to find their street filled with a series of intriguing installations turning bus shelters into a variety of rooms - from a colliery kitchen - to social club set diners and singers. Much to the surprise of morning commuters.

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APOLLO 50

Apollo 50 was a Durham County Council initiative to celebrate 50 years since the building of the Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee.

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UNTOLD STORIES: FIELD OF HOPE

A pioneering arts project, lead by The Barn at Easington and artists Sharon Bailey and Nicola Balfour, designed to develop approaches to provide holistic, creative and therapeutic support to birth mothers and their children who have been severed by addiction.

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MAKING TIME

Making Time was a discreet programme of workshops which accumulated in a public exhibition of the group’s artwork.

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NEON & THAT

Artists Stuart Langley and Mick Stephenson brightened up January with a light-themed exhibition created with the people of Dawdon.

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THE PAN HAG

An artist’s exploration into the recipes, community, and traditions of East Durham which culminated in the Pan Hag Field Kitchen held in Easington and publication of ‘The Pan Hag’ book.

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PIRATES OF CRIMDON DENE

During May half-term families were invited to explore the beautiful coastal surroundings of Crimdon Dene TO a free pirate-themed arts activity trail.

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VOICEOVER

VoiceOver was an urban scale communication infrastructure that forms a chain of interactive light and sound that everyone can listen in on, and whose spectacular luminescent path depends on residents that choose to host a network node.

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