‘That wet stuff (and other things)’

Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness

Art works, talks and activities focused on climate change, water and it’s possibilities.

Featuring:

Anna Clough – Saltworks sculptures, mushy pea making & artist’s tour (Art Gene artist in residence for REAL barrow @ Allotment Soup)

Jenny Steel – Woven installation, artist’s presentation & tour (Art Gene artist in residence for Ritual’s for Tomrrow residency)

And

Talks on water ecologies, seagrass restoration and earth construction, with: Art Gene’s Creative Gardener, Bethan Pettitte; Amber Gould, Cumbria Wildlife Trust; Cella Collective; and ecologist Jenny Holden.

Alongside film screenings, campfire conversations, art work by Art Gene’s artists, and delicious food.

Free plant-based Allotment Soup lunch at 1pm and supper from 6pm both prepared by local cook Russ Dean.

‘Today’s news is tomorrow’s chip paper’

Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness

I was excited to run a project based on Art Genes allotment soup. Mushy Peas are a big part of the food culture in Barrow, I wished to celebrate this. The project ran within the framework of the lifespan of a pea. We used the peas to bring together an autistic community to explore the steps of production and how different objects rise and fall in importance along the way. The project was themed by the travel, change and growth that happens in creating Mushy Peas.

We started by creating pea-themed drawings, which were screen printed onto Chip Shop paper and handed out in the Olympic, Sea Breeze and Greens Pie Shop. Alongside this we planted pea seedings and helped them to grow, looking after them over the summer. When they were ready we picked them and made our own mushy peas. Throughout the whole process we kept drawings, writings and photos which turned into a ‘mushy Zine’ 

I would like to say thank you to all the participants who came as well as to the staff in the Olympic, Sea breeze and Greens Pie shop.