BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Gateshead / Free Admission
BALTIC 39
Newcastle upon Tyne / Free Admission
FABRICE HYBER
Until 30 June 2013
This exhibition invites visitors to interact with the works directly by opening the ‘wind house’ to bring the exterior elements inside and physically infiltrating an inverted countryside scene in the work Trans-parent.
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NOW OPEN: MATT CALDERWOOD
For his solo exhibition at BALTIC 39, the first in a UK public gallery, Matt Calderwood has created a series of ambitious new sculptures, works on paper and video. Now open Wed-Sun.
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GRAYSON PERRY / RELIQUARY PENDANT
Own your very own piece of art history with this Reliquary Pendant by Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry. A unique and original relic of his work.
Exhibitions
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The Encampment of Eternal Hope at BALTIC
Photo: Mark Pinder
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Encampment of Eternal Hope at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Installation shot
Photographer: Mark Pinder
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The Dance of Eternal Hope at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Choreographed by Kate Taylor
Photographer:Mark Pinder
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Heaton Herbalists Ann Larvin and Jill Schnabel
Photographer:Mark Pinder
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Mayan Priestess Giovanna Miralles performs a Mayan Ceremony at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art.
Photographer: Mark Pinder
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Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich Encampment of Eternal Hope.
Mark Pinder
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Heaton Herbalists at BALTIC
Photo: Mark Pinder
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Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich
The Encampment of Eternal Hope
5 October 2012 - 13 January 2013
BALTIC will premiere The Encampment of Eternal Hope, a major new sculptural installation by Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich extending their enquiry into the role of art as an active agent for transformation in society. Taking apocalyptic predictions for 21 December 2012 – the end date for the Mayan Calendar – as an imaginative catalyst, the project envisages a post-apocalyptic utopian community, a kind of ‘garden of earthly delights’. This ambitious participatory installation will evolve within the gallery space involving audiences in a programme of events, which bring together experts in the fields of ecology, economy and the arts to explore hopes and fears for future survival.
The Encampment of Eternal Hope is a nomadic social sculpture, field laboratory and evolving community. Part-tent and part-garden, it seeks out positive strategies for future living at a time of global uncertainty. The collaborative duo are renowned for their large-scale participatory events and exhibitions that invite audiences to imagine better worlds.
View The Encampment of Eternal Hope Events Programme
View The Festival of the Apocalypse Events Programme
Watch a film on The Encampment of Eternal Hope on YouTube
Additional Information
RELATED EVENTS PROGRAMME
10 November – 22 December 2012
Daily at 13.30 until 20 December 2012 / Level 2 / FREE
The Encampment of Eternal Hope will include a programme of events and daily activities. Visitors are invited to become part of this laboratory for future living. Join a team of experts within the fields of ecology,economy and the arts and play your part in this live artwork. The programme includes invited expert speakers such as physicist David Korowicz from Feasta (The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability), Transition Towns Newcastle, Heaton Herbalists, Dr. Geraldine Wright from the Honeybee Lab, Newcastle University, alongside survival exercise classes, around the ‘campfire’ discussions and soapbox opportunities, the ritual dance of Eternal Hope rehearsals, apocalyptic choir recitals and off-site visits, featuring a field trip witha professional forager and visit to Bill Quay Community Farm.
Explore the full programme by clicking on the info to the right.
View video footage from the Events Programme so far on YouTube
THE FESTIVAL OF THE APOCALYPSE
21-22 December 2012
These activities will climax in The Festival of the Apocalypse, a two-dayfestival starting on 21 December 2012, the apocalyptic end date for theMayan Calendar and continuing (hopefully) into the new dawn andrebirth on 22 December 2012.
Explore the full programme by clicking on the info to the right.
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The Encampment of Eternal Hope Events Programme
Sat 10 Nov - Thu 20 Dec 2012 / 13.30 - 15.00
Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich's exhibition The Encampment of Eternal Hope includes a programme of events and daily activities where visitors are invited to become part of this laboratory for future living. Join a team of experts within the fields of ecology, economy and the arts and play your part in this live artwork. View video footage from the Events Programme so far
The Festival of the Apocalypse
Fri 21 - Sat 22 Dec 2012 / 13.30 - 15.00
As part of the Walker & Bromwich exhibition at BALTIC, The Festival of the Apocalypse is a two-day festival starting on 21 December 2012, the apocalyptic end date for the Mayan calendar and continuing into the new dawn and rebirth on 22 December 2012.
Exhibitions
Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich
Walker and Bromwich work in a variety of media exploring different relationships between people and their social and political environments in surreal and often absurd ways. Limbo-land is a film of lunar exploration at dawn and dusk.
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