Sounds of Killhope inspire school's art
For the second year running, Killhope, the North of England Lead Mining Museum hosted a three-day workshop to give students the opportunity to escape the school environment and explore interpretative art in a new and exciting setting.
The workshop is a collaboration between the museum, the North Pennines AONB Partnership, students from Wolsingham School & Community College and the museum's Visiting Artist Jane Foale.
Elizabeth Pickett, Geodiversity Officer with the AONB Partnership, introduced the geological processes that have shaped the North Pennine landscape using examples of her own artwork. Then the students worked with Jane Foale to create their own art using the sights and sounds of the museum as their inspiration.
The event was documented by photographer Alex Sawyer who works at Killhope, and local sound artist Phil Ogg, assisted by Steven Kelly (a student at the school). Alex has edited the work to create a fascinating audio visual piece - Framing Time. The piece documents the activities during the three days of the project; it also gives an insight into a unique museum, the North Pennines landscape and the area's rich mining heritage.
Click on the image (above, right) to play Framing Time - or double click on the icon on the far right of the image so the video window plays fullscreen. Sound artist Phil Ogg recommends listening on headphones to get the most out of Framing Time; the soundtrack has been recorded binaurally (the way we hear).
