Ways of Seeing East Anglia
It was on a trip to Middlesbrough in late March that I caught up with Richard Forster http://richardforster.net . Richard was one half of our first Satellite In-conversation (with Susan Collis http://www.seventeengallery.com/index.php?p=2&id=1… ) at Norwich Arts Centre back in 2009. I was in Middlesbrough for a meeting and to see a number of exhibitions. I was talking about the touring territories project and Richard suggested a book The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald who takes a tour on foot through East Anglia, from Lowerstoft to Southwald to Bungay. The book is well known to Dominique but we had never discussed it (it includes references to Thomas Browne of whom Dominique has made work about). Anyway there is a long waiting list for a copy at the library, luckily have managed to borrow a copy from the UEA library where Sebald was professor of modern German Literature. Anyway I’m only on the first page when there is mention of him being in hospital in Norwich, which is now a former hospital, some has been renovated for flats, some new build and some in a state of being demolished – I wonder which ward he stayed in? I go through the old hospital site when I walk to work so have seen many changes – the next phase is now well underway.
Its nothing to do with UFO’s (which we explored for Dave Evans) but this is exactly what Touring Territories is about, looking at familiar places in new ways, finding out about other people who have undertaken tours to explore new areas. The Liverpool slides are back, well they have been back for ages but now i am getting round to looking at them properly. More in the next post.
Nicola Naismith
