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Three artists groups from around the country have creatively
united to commission new art works which explore how ideas and locations
are affected by economic change.
PALP,
a Penwith Artist-Led Project, will be teaming up with the Leeds-based
group East Street Arts called ESA, and Newcastle's 'Multiplus' are collaborating
under the artistic banner of CST (Coal, Salt, Tin).
Their aim is to communicate the economic transition from
industrial to post-industrial 21st century Britain where knowledge has
replaced materials as the basis fro economic and social development.
The first leg of SCT will kick off at
Newlyn Art Gallery commencing on Saturday May 1 with a public participatory
work entitled '1100 Rosebuds' let by Shetland -based American artist Roxane
Permar and in association with PALP.
The project will represent a celebration of Newlyn's industrial
heritage achievements and will harness the attributes of historical figures
that sacrificed so much to save people's civil liberty.
The artwork will draw upon the historic Newlyn clearances
and the 'heroic endeavor' of The Rosebud, a fishing vessel that traveled
fro Newlyn to Westminster in 1937 crewed by local fishermen carrying a
petition to Parliament signed by nearly 1100 householders.
The petition voiced the resident's plight in trying to halt
demolition of local houses that had been condemned as 'slums'.
The practical focus of Newlyn's CST project will be to produce
1100 tin rosebuds, using the material that has played a significant role
in the industrial history of Cornwall.
The project will evolve over the seven days progressively
filling the gallery wit a sense of communal endeavor created by people's
shared stories and memories.
Artist Roxane Permar has sourced various different elements
associated with Cornish life to provide inspiration behind the work and
has knitted together topics including agriculture, maritime, landscape,
literature, drama and industrial archaeology.
Local community groups and other members of the public will
be invited to join together and produce a collection of work symbolizing
Newlyn's rich sea-faring roots.
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