Resources for Somerset Art Weeks Festival 2019

A 12 month reminiscence project is being developed by artist Carolyn Lefley and Somerset Art Works. Council-owned, defective Woolaway houses are being demolished and rebuilt on an estate in North Taunton. Carolyn will engage with residents and their families, to listen to, record and archive their memories during this time of change. Project blog: https://woolawaystories.home.blog/ During […]

‘Welcome to this architecture of remorse. Here you will never stop climbing, one heavy step at a time, your feet no longer yours. See how the levels go up and up. See what an illusion sky is, behind the barred windows. See these broken ladders to the moon…’ Extract by Rosie Jackson in response to […]

Artist Fiona MacDonald (Feral Practice) and Marcus Coates have been commissioned by Somerset Art Works to create a new work for the Art Weeks Festival this year. Part of the County of Contrasts commissioning programme, the artists will create new participatory sound art work that fosters connections between Somerset’s people and its plants, by bringing knowledge […]