This is the story of a unique inter-relation between Sheffield and Garston, with reference to another kind of art:
The trendy Sheffield band “Arctic Monkeys” used one of the abandoned houses in Garston for their latest album cover art (pictured), and a music video.
The interior of the house was painted with psychedelic murals, before the front [...]
The ‘Winter Lights Project’ has run for two successive years. In the first year artist Ron Haselden invited pupils from schools to make a drawing on the subject of ‘Animal’ in 3 areas of Liverpool. Three of the resulting Animal drawings were transformed into large scale, freestanding line drawings in neon light and installed in [...]
Kelham Island is a riverside area of Sheffield, where the steel industries were traditionally located. Some still remain, though many buildings are now abandoned and boarded up, as in Garston.
Many other parallels exist, though in terms of regeneration it is a few steps ahead. It’s at a point of transition, and is currently a strange [...]
Don’t Believe The Hype – Three Tables Three Cities (DV, 8 mins, 2007)
Documenting Three tables in three cities.
Nowa Huta, Krakow, Poland. Kelham Island, Sheffield, UK. Garston, Liverpool, UK.
