Call out to be part of Berwick sound artwork in 2026

Description

In Berwick-upon-Tweed, where extraordinary things happen in the arts, they’re looking ahead and asking all-comers: “Would you like to be part of an exciting SoundScape planned for 2026?”

The aim is to record people from Berwick and the surrounding villages talking about contemporary spiritual life.

Subject

Gareth talked about it on a video made about the Most Creative Station project in Middlesbrough.

Ten years ago, when he was studying for a PhD at Newcastle University and exploring transcendent experiences through video art technology, Gareth exhibited a stunning piece at the Globe Gallery, situated beneath Newcastle’s now demolished Commercial Union House.

It was an installation called Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt and it moved some viewers to tears.

“I went round doing field recordings in the Himalayas and across Japan and at various other locations, trying to find those rare moments when you are able to think more deeply and clearly,” he told me.