Katie Tobin is a culture writer and a PhD candidate in English at the University in Durham. She is also a former lecturer in English and Philosophy.
, currently on view at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, opens a request: ‘You are invited to strike and touch the bells’. It’s a simple yet powerful summons – one befitting of an exhibition that aims to redefine not only how we experience art, but how it might also bring us together.
Aaron McPeake, the artist behind these evocative sculptures made of copper, tin, and oak, created them fifteen years after losing most of his eyesight. His work stresses the importance of multisensory engagement, welcoming viewers to experience his art through sound and touch as well as visually. It’s a theme that runs throughout the exhibition too, as all the artists showcased in2021. Single-channel video, colour, silent, 1 min 38 sec, looped.
There’s also a local element to the show, as many artists are from the Northeast themselves. Local photographer and farmer Joanne Coates turns the camera on herself for the first time, creating a mesmeric series of portraits from her barn. Elsewhere, Małgorzata Dawidek’s combines aerial and ground-level photos of the River Tees, historical maps, and microscopic images of locally mined potash, connecting the land, its minerals, and the human body.
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