Partner Organisations: University of Sunderland, Durham University, Seascapes, East Durham Artist’s Network
Creative Practitioners: East Durham Artist Network supported by students and graduates William Smith, John Lewis, Hamza Mohammmed Alsarayreh and Leigh Alexander Crawford of the University of Sunderland.
Academics: Professor Dave Roberts and Dr. Adelle Hulsmeier
Participants: Stephen Williams Dixon, Desmond Consitt
Co/Lab Curator: Dr. Suzy O’Hara
Documentation: Colin Davison (photography), Alan Fentiman (videography), Lottie Steele (audio).
Blast Beach
Blast Beach is a multi-media based project based around and informed by interviews with communities who are living around and/or influenced by Blast Beach, Seaham.
Over a 6 month period, varying individuals were interviewed to create a documentary that highlights the influence of the coast upon the people who live, and are influenced, by it.
Blast Beach, Digging Deeper
Blast Beach: Digging Deeper features interviews with geologists, artists, miners and local community members were interviewed about the coast and its meaning and influence upon their work, practice and everyday lives.
Blast Beach, Podcast
Geologist David Roberts talks about how the Blast Beach project came about and how the artist and ex-mining communities were crucial to the project. Dr. Adelle Hulsmeier and Jac and Jean (representatives from the East Durham Artist Network) share their experiences of the creative vision and artistic delivery.
Co/Labbers