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Talking Northeast @talkingnortheast.bsky.social · 22d

Life after mining. Art. Videos. Sound installation. Lots of good stuff to enjoy at Going Back Brockens in Sunderland Museum. More at vocal.media/art/going-ba...

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Going Back Brockens

Sounds, films and paintings reflect on life after industry

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Sep 10

Set up complete... see you tomorrow?

Going Back Brockens opens at Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens following a successful run exhibiting across Co Durham. This marks the first showing of the work in a dedicated public gallery

Preview is Thurs Sept 11, 5:30-7:30pm

Link in bio for more info

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Sep 9

Day one of the Going Back Brockens install is complete! The paintings look incredible Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.

Come see for yourself this Thursday, Sept 11, from 5:30-7:30pm.

Link in bio to RSVP, or just turn up.

Big thanks to TFN Production and Atlas North East for install support

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 One week to go!
📍 Going Back Brockens opens in Sunderland

Preview: Thu Sept 11, 5:30-7:30pm @ Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

All 40 paintings by Narbi Price and Mark Hudson’s soundscape, PLUS:

• 3 new Sunderland paintings
• Carl Joyce’s film series

🎟️ Free tickets here
tinyurl.com/57wp4b9a

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Sep 2

Auction alert! 🚨 The original Bob & Roberta Smith artwork, created for this year's Durham Miners Gala print, is going up for auction in September with Anderson & Garland to raise funds for the Gala.

You can watch or bid - more detail soon! 👀🤝

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 31

Today is your last chance to experience the Going Back Brockens exhibition at St. Mary's in Horden 👀👇
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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 29

Going Back Brockens heads to Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens!

🖼️ First full public gallery show PLUS 3 new paintings by Narbi Price

Also Carl Joyce’s film series Where We Belong

🗓️ Preview: Sept 11, 5:30 - 7:30pm
📍 Then Sept 12 - Jan 3
🎟️ Free tickets: www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/whats-on/goi...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thanks for this! 🙌

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Talking Northeast @talkingnortheast.bsky.social · Aug 24

Going Back Brockens is in its final week at Horden church. Meanwhile, looking back at where it began - a disused warehouse in a Bishop Auckland shopping centre - offers ideas about regenerating town centres. More at talkingnortheast.substack.com/p/newgate-wa...

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 28

Still a few days left to catch the current iteration of the Going Back Brockens exhibition in St Mary's, Horden. Free and all welcome.

4pm - 5:30pm every day until this Sunday, 31 August.

nomorenowt.org/big-projects...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thanks to everyone who has visited the Going Back Brockens exhibition so far.

We're open every day until August 31, 4pm- 5:30pm, St. Mary's church, Horden.

Free and all welcome.

nomorenowt.org/big-projects...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 19

Finishing tweaks to the soundscape courtesy of Tom at TFN Production.

Going Back Brockens continues at St Mary's church in Horden, launching this Friday at 5pm.

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Narbi Price @narbiprice.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks to Kate Liston and @corridor8.bsky.social for their thoughtful review of the first outing of Going Back Brockens in Bishop Auckland.

Read all about it below.
@nomorenowt.bsky.social @buildingculture.bsky.social

corridor8.co.uk/article/goin...

Going Back Brockens: Monuments and Rhetoric After the Miners’ Strike — Corridor8

The Level 1 Car Park hums under fluorescent strip lighting. In one corner, a ticket machine awaits; in another, a set of blue fire doors stands open next

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 18

💥 Install day in Horden - the final stop of GOING BACK BROCKENS in County Durham.

Free entry - all welcome

Launch event: Friday August 22 - 5pm - 7pm

Then every day until August 31, 4pm - 5:30pm

📍St Mary’s Church, Blackhills Rd, Horden, SR8 4SD

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 18

If begins! Set up for the final leg of the Going Back Brockens showcase is underway. See you Friday?

nomorenowt.org/big-projects...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 14

Unheard voices from 30+ years ago return to Horden for the final Co Durham stop of the Going Back Brockens exhibition!

Soundscape, Paintings and short films all in the stunning surrounds of St. Mary's church.

Aug 22, 5pm

Part of Horden’s 125th anniversary celebrations.

More info: link in bio

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 5

An artists' talk in the only radical bookshop in the North East? We've got you covered 👀👇

www.tickettailor.com/events/peopl...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 5

This Wednesday! Grab your ticket here:
www.tickettailor.com/events/peopl...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 23

TALK: Mark Hudson & Narbi Price in conversation with The People’s Bookshop
🗓️ Wed 6 Aug, 7pm (doors 6:30)
🎟️ Booking link in bio

Join us for a special in-convo on painting, place, and memory 40 years after the Miners’ Strike.

📖 We’ll also reflect on the book, 30 years later.

Followed by Q&A.

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Aug 3

Going Back Brockens - the final Co Durham Show!

📅 Fri 22 Aug, 5pm
📍 St Mary’s Church, Horden
🎟️ Free entry - all welcome

🔊 Unheard 1990s interviews from Horden by Mark Hudson
🎨 New post-industrial landscape paintings by Narbi Price
🎬 Short films by Carl Joyce

Part of Horden’s 125th anniversary

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 23

TALK: Mark Hudson & Narbi Price in conversation with The People’s Bookshop
🗓️ Wed 6 Aug, 7pm (doors 6:30)
🎟️ Booking link in bio

Join us for a special in-convo on painting, place, and memory 40 years after the Miners’ Strike.

📖 We’ll also reflect on the book, 30 years later.

Followed by Q&A.

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 22

It's been quite a ride so far >> we took Going Back Brockens to Durham Miners Gala 🎪
Built and deconstructed a gallery in a marquee in 36 hours 😮

No easels. No wires. Just ambition + teamwork 💪

Thousands came. It was lovely.
Next stop: Horden, August 22📍

🧡 to everyone who helped make it happen.🙏

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣 LAST CHANCE to get a limited-edition Bob and Roberta Smith print. All proceeds support the Durham Miners Gala.

💥 This year's official print is only available until 5pm today, Weds 16 July.

👉 Order now before the edition closes:
www.friendsofdurhamminersgala.org/2025_gala_ar...

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 14

📣You have until 5pm on Wednesday to get an official 2025 Durham Miners Gala print by renowned contemporary artist Bob and Roberta Smith for the incredible solidarity price of only £50😮

🖼️Buy some art, support the cause
💥All proceeds support the Gala
www.friendsofdurhamminersgala.org/2025_gala_ar...

Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 9

💥 Next stop for Going Back Brockens - Durham Miners' Gala this Saturday!

Catch us in the Redhills Art Tent:
🎨 GBB exhibition
🎥 Where We Belong short films
🎤 Narbi Price & No More Nowt on stage at 10:15am

Big thanks to The Gala & Redhills for supporting.

See you on the field ✊

More info in bio

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Building Culture @buildingculture.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎨 We visited Bob & Roberta Smith’s Ramsgate studio to sign off We Are Still Here! - the official 2025 Durham Miners Gala art print.

💥 Time-limited edition >> order by 16 July to support the Gala!
🔗 Link in bio

www.friendsofdurhamminersgala.org/2025_gala_ar...