Metal at Edge Hill Station

Dream Machine
15.09.2010 - 23.10.2010
Private Viewing 15.09.2010 from 18.00

A group exhibition with sound, installation, sculpture and painting celebrating the 180th Anniversary of the first ever passenger railway line.

Artists Nicola Dale and Ailis Ni Riain, Phil Lockhart, Tom Palin, Richard Proffitt.

DreamMachine_DownMetal is housed in Edge Hill Station, the oldest passenger railway still in use and to mark the 180th Anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester railway they present Dream Machine.

With Artists from both Liverpool and Manchester this exhibition will celebrate and explore the idea of the first rail journey made between two cities, and the siginificance of this historic moment on modern life.

Through a series of large-scale works which reflect on time, routine, direction and discipline: qualities that all inform the artistic process, the exhibition seeks to reflect the beat and rhythm of train travel. Influenced by the knowledge that railway timetabling or ‘railway time’ was in fact the catalyst for a standardised time system across the UK, the first time regional and London times met, the local and national aligned, the work will show how the train journey is an enduring source for artistic inspiration.

Future Station
Metal at Edge Hill Station
06.11.2010 - 20.11.2010

Exhibition and series of events from Metal’s Future Station group, expect poetry, live music, film screenings, lively debate and installations.

Various artists
       
The Future Station mini-festival in November has been in development over the past year and will feature finished work, work in progress and on the spot happenings from members of the group including; ‘On the Edge’ a documentation of life within small businesses on Wavertree Road by Jane Hughes, film screenings from local artists Paul Fred Kelly and Mark Tierney, a sculpture in progress from artist Adrian Jeans, and The Suitcase Ensemble performing, developing and holding workshops for a new piece of music theatre, plus many more.  Please check the website for further details.

The Future Station group is an open network of individuals who meet every month at the station to develop ideas for the spaces, work with Metal’s artists- in-residence, and to create and encourage collaboration between the group.  Metal have been based in the area for 5 years working with local residents, schools, individuals and organisations to excavate personal testimonies and imaginative responses to the local area. In October 2009 they renovated the former station buildings at Edge Hill, the world’s oldest existing passenger railway station, to become a space for local people and artists from all disciplines to come together, to create new work and to share ideas

Expect poetry, live music, film screenings, lively debate and installations.

Metal
Edge Hill Station Platform 1
Tunnel Road
Liverpool
L7 6ND

Telephone 0151 707 2277

Email edgehill@metalculture.com

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