Art exhibition to showcase features of Wolverhampton
The changing features of Wolverhampton city centre over the years are being explored as part of an art project.
The videos of the features of the city have been edited through old home videos of the artist and instructional archive material from the City Archives.
Thomas Jack Brown produced the short films using super 8 footage from the archives and present day footage of the city centre.
It is part of his residency at the Asylum Art Gallery in Chapel Ash, one of five residencies which produce a solo show in response to community engagement.
The residencies also look at the research of "Heretopia's", which means spaces within spaces.
Artist Hannah Taylor, who is director of the Asylum, spoke about what she hoped would come out the work produced from the residencies.
She said: "We hope to explore and highlight spaces that both enable and restrict community’s access and movement.
"Working with Wolverhampton City council, the process and research will be presented as an academic publication in collaboration with writer in residence Nathaniel Grant.
"This encapsulates all five artist’s journey investigating the spaces and engaging in community discourse regarding the historical, cultural and political context of the spaces in the city.
"It is the hope that these outcomes and the research can be used to better understand how public space can be better used and improved through arts and culture, contributing to a regenerated high street."
The current exhibition by Thomas Jack Brown also uses archive audio as well as the voices of residents and workers of Wolverhampton in order to gain some understanding of the people who use spaces within the city on a regular or daily basis.
It will be on show at the Asylum Art Gallery, 21 Clifton street, Chapel Ash until Friday, February 28, with a talk by Jack on the research and film on Thursday, February 27 at 2pm.
For more information on the exhibition and the gallery in general, go to theasylumartgallery.com/
