Until last year we were the 'fat capital' of Britain, but we have just been overtaken by Dudley next door. We have very bad health statistics of Glaswegian proportions and are one of the major producers of pork scratchings in the UK. - Peter Jenkins about Walsall in New Sites - New Art, Baltic 2000.
I spend time in a place that enables me to forget my own place, position and daily life. I try to erase myself in preparation for listening and for new ideas and directions... to absorb a place from the perspective of others. If I know nothing about it, it is important to me. Talking is my means of research, this is a live performance-research process. - Emily Pringle in An Architecture of Interaction, ISBN: 978-90-9022039-0
Thank You - this project finished in December 2009
have a look at what I am working on now
Artists Studio: Ania Bas
Ania Bas blurs the edges of what art is and what art can be. Her work centres on ideas of collaboration and the outcome of her projects vary; from texting via mobile phones and setting up market stalls, to simply just sitting and talking. Ania will continue the art of conversation in Walsall by sharing stories with visitors and staff over tea and cake. As part of her residency, she will create unique gallery tours which bypass the exhibits and the architecture to highlight the long-standing memories which resonate throughout the building.