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Project to link communities and rescue services

A new project is being launched in Tyne and Wear to create an unusual mix between art and firefighting. Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service is launching Art at the Station, a series of artworks based at Fire Stations, designed to strengthen the Service’s links with the community. The project is a joint collaboration, initiated by Commissions North and Arts Council England, between Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service, Napper Architects, Jarvis plc and lead artist Matt Stokes, winner of the Beck’s Futures Prize 2006.

Art at the Station features three video-based artworks displayed above the entrances of three Community Fire Stations via a rear projection screen and in another three Stations on a flat-screen monitor. The video artworks explore the role of the Fire and Rescue Service and its relationship with the community.

The artworks will be shown at the following Fire Stations: Gateshead Community Fire Station, Newcastle East Community Fire Station, Newcastle West Community Fire Station, Sunderland South Community Fire Station, Washington Community Fire Station and Swalwell Community Fire Station.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .