Fran Wachtel – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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TranscriptFran Watel: I’m Fran Watel, an Upper Hunter artist. I work in various mediums, but for this project, I will create a collage out of pieces of tin, many sourced from Liddell Power Station. I’m…
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Huw Jones – LiddellWORKS Arts In Residence
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Transcript Hugh: Liddell is a factory filled with instruments, creating many sounds. This space probably hasn’t been seen as a musical instrument before, so we had to discover what kind of instrument or orchestra the…
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Kara Wood – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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Transcript Cara Wood: Hey, this is my space, where I create. Down here is my mess. I hand build and throw on the wheel, sometimes combining both techniques. I do all the processes. I’m Cara…
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Penny Dunstan – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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Transcript Penny Dunston: I thank you, light, for the supple way your mest touch gives shape to such things I could only learn to love through your delicate instruction. I’m Penny Dunston, a scientist and…
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Todd Fuller – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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Transcript Todd Fuller: I’m Todd Fuller, an artist and animator. I currently work in Sydney, but I was born in Branxton, and I’m here as a part of the LEL Works art program. My art…
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Will Maguire – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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Transcript When I first looked at doing a project at Liddell, I was a bit hesitant because it is a big polluting power station. I was like, “Oh, do I actually want to be involved…
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Fiona Lee – LiddellWORKS Artist In Residence
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Fiona – activist, artist – wrestles with the political and artistic issues raised by her LiddellWORKS residency in this engaging video.
Most LiddellWORKS artworks are for sale!
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All purchases will need to be made through Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, rather than Singleton. Works at both venues are for sale.
Change Generators panel broaches the future of our valley on Radio National
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“Hope at the coalface — can this coal town thrive in a post-Carbon future?” … featured on Radio National’s Big Ideas on 3 July – and is available as a podcast now! On Thursday 27…
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Things we wanted to do through the Liddell Program but couldn’t
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Steampunk dance party in the big hall (Turbine Hall), Barnesy in the big hall – too dangerous after closure. Blow-up King Kong climbing a smokestack – would’ve blown up our whole budget. Youth day graffiti-ing…
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Liddell Shutdown Powers Creative Process
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The Upper Hunter’s retired coal-fired Liddell Power Station has mutated to an en plein air artwork as part of an ambitious creative program seeking to honour the legacy of the iconic energy plant. Liddell helped…
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Work in progress w/ Fiona Lee
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LiddellWORKS Artist Fiona Lee is a multi-disciplinary artist and climate justice advocate. This duality of experience enriches the art that she makes and particularly connects with the complexity of the energy transition in the Hunter…
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Family fun by Lake Liddell
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Families flocked to Lake Liddell on the 4th of October to take part in Arts Upper Hunter’s inaugural workshop event, Create By The Lake. The school holidays creative program provided the community with the opportunity…
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LiddellWORKS on Q+A
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What a night for the LiddellWORKS Creative Program! On Monday the 18th of September Arts Upper Hunter was invited to ask a question on the ABC’s TV show Q+A, Executive Director John O’Brien made the…
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Where it all started…
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Arts Upper Hunter and AGL are proud to welcome 16 artists into the Liddell WORKS project, a unique partnership inviting artists to creatively respond to the process of the closure, decommissioning and demolition of the…
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