Geoff Broadway and Brendan Jackson will be collaborating on a new project provisionally called ‘Keepers of the Light’.
Keepers of the Light centres on findings and observations around the iconic lighthouse at Portland Bill and the location of its original production at Chances Glass Factory in Smethwick in the Black Country. Using text, audio recordings, photographic and film fragments, artists they aim to create a new bookwork, podcast and site-specific exhibit. Made through direct engagement with local people in both locales, the artworks will explore, celebrate and share the connective history and significance of these places, engaging with local narratives and themes of place and identity.
The timescale from the project is from September 2018 to July 2019 and they we will be at the B-Side Arts Festival in Portland in September to kick things off.
Meanwhile, Ania Bas is extending her Walking Group activities to the Isle of Portland for the B-Side Arts Festival… on the 8th and 12th September offering a 90-minute walk through shipwrecks and misleading rocks leading up the hill to quarries in search of hair-raising views and rare wildlife.
For information: https://b-side.org.uk/events/storms-rocks-and-thrills-the-west-weares-walk
