To coincide with this exhibition, the ‘Lively Objects #2’ will be held at Paradise Works on Saturday, April 27th of April 11am-2.30pm. Sign up via the eventbrite link here.

Lively Objects

Saturday, April 27 · 11am - 2:30pm

Based at Paradise Works, this session is a continuation from ‘Lively Objects #1’, which explored the agency of water along the River Irwell and engaging in possibilities of the river as a ‘hyper object’. As well as exploring industrial and agricultural history through the peat restoration site at Little Woolden Moss and a short tour of Anna Clough and Nicole Sheppard’s exhibition, ‘Muck & the Mire’.

In this session we will further these discussions, developing our creative ideas through engagement with the River Irwell as a physical river and time-capsule containing heritage. We will continue to playfully explore local and global relationships to bodies of water using artistic interventions. Followed by an informal discussion with Alex Critecherly of Lancashire Wildlife trust, diving into the history of peat extraction and its restoration. We will explore the site specific history of Little Woolden Moss; as a railway and peat extraction site. Throughout the afternoon we will engage in a collaborative mapping exercise, using found objects as a method of mark making. This process will follow our physical journeys around the river Irlam and in the RHS Bridgewater Community Gardens.

Please note this is a free ticketed event, dress warm. You can still attend this workshop if you did not take part in the first session. There will be a shared lunch, please bring your own forks and a contribution. There is a kitchenette and toilet at the facility.

Where: Ground Floor Gallery, Paradise Works, E Philip St, Salford M3 7LE