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Central Saint Martins MA students interrogate the archives

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This month we enjoyed working with a talented group of students from Central Saint Martins' Culture, Criticism and Curation MA.


Posted on 4th May 2020 at 12:00am

TAGS: central saint martins, collaboration, brick lane, touring exhibitions

Behind the Lens: Derek Smith

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Our second Behind the Lens interview is with Derek Smith. Derek’s photographs of Teesside were exhibited at the Half Moon Gallery in 1976. His images showed the resilience of a community in the face of a rapidly de-industrialising Britain.


Posted on 28th June 2019 at 12:00am

TAGS: derek smith, tees-side, industrial decline, community

Behind the Lens: a new series of archive interviews

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Today is the first birthday of Four Corners Archive! 

To celebrate, we are delving deeper into the archives with a new series of interviews and collaborations. First up, we spoke to Daniel Meadows about his 1977 exhibition Shuttles, Steam and Soot.


Posted on 14th June 2019 at 12:00am

TAGS: interviews, daniel meadows, lancashire, workers, cotton industry, mechanical reproduction, industrial decline, touring exhibition