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| Bede |
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Bede Metro station is named after the priest and scholar the Venerable Bede who, in AD 680 at the age of seven, entered the twin monastery of St Peter and St Paul at Jarrow and Wearmouth where he lived and worked for the rest of his life. |
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| Next Stop Byker Phase 1 |
| Byker Metro Station |
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Next Stop Byker was a series of four temporary works installed in Byker Metro station between November 05 and June 06. |
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| Next Stop Byker Phase 2 |
| Byker Metro Station |
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Next Stop Byker was a series of four temporary works installed in Byker Metro station between November 05 and June 06. |
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| From the Rivers to the Sea by Hilary Paynter |
| Central Station |
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In 2003 Newcastle celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), one of the greatest Northern artists. |
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| Wakes Week by Steve McNulty
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| Central Station |
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'Wakes Week’ is a large abstract mural composed of a sequence of vitreous enamel panels which extend over two walls, at right angles to each other. |
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| Faith, Hope and Charity by Steve Hines |
| Cullercoats |
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Throughout December a platform was transformed by a projected heart shape. |
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| The Day Before You Looked Through Me by Cathy de Monchaux |
| Cullercoats |
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The work is a digitally manipulated photograph which explores the place and theme of travel with its contingent sense of expectation and disappointment. |
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| Detour by Cath Campbell |
| Four Lane Ends |
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Multi-storey car parks are probably among the least loved public buildings, intended to accommodate safely as many cars as possible at the most economic price. |
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| Pulse by Andrew Stonyer |
| Four Lane Ends |
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The sculpture consists of a ring of corten steel, 6 metres in diameter, with a circle of bright red neon set into its external vertical surface. |
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| Goatsheadloop by Topsy Qur'et |
| Gatehead |
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As part of a Year of the Artist residency with Nexus Topsy Qur’et organised a live art event for over 100 members of the public in which they used the escalators and turnstiles of the station as a setting for a choreographed performance wearing polystyrene cut outs of goats heads. |
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| Night & Day by Keith Grant |
| Gateshead |
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In the two mosaic panels ‘Night’ and ‘Day’ a more formal expression is adopted, rendering two mosaic triangular mountain peaks protruding against night or sun lit sky. |
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| Opening Line by Danny Lane |
| Gateshead |
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‘Opening Line’ occupies a space between the Transport Interchange’s two main bus runways. It is over 90 metres long (the length of a football pitch) and up to five metres high, though its width is less than a single metre. |
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| Nocturnal Landscape by Keith Grant |
| Gateshead |
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Keith Grant’s mosaic ‘Nocturnal Landscape’ is resonant of a Norwegian scene, its imagery selected to reflect the landscape of the North East and its historical connections with Norway. |
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| Space Travel by Elizabeth Wright |
| Gateshead |
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‘Space Travel’ is a sequence of 115 edited images which describe, like a series of film stills, a journey up and through a deserted multi-storey car park. |
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| Frequency Shift produced by Forma |
| Haymarket |
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A collage of music, nature recordings and radio was played through the public address system, bringing unfamiliar and surprising sounds into the setting. |
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| Cakes, Crows and Insulators by Lucy Casson |
| Hebburn |
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The artist developed her ideas for this commission through working with a number of Hebburn’s senior citizens. |
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| South Tyne Eye Plan by Mike Clay |
| Heworth |
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‘South Tyne Eye Plan’ provides a visual record, in the form of a continuous unwinding scroll, of Felling and Heworth between 1988-1990. |
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| Things Made - Fragments From Tyne And Wear by Jenny Cowern |
| Heworth |
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‘Things Made’ is a vitreous enamel mural made up of 29 large panels which pay homage to the industries that operated in this area over the centuries. |
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| Echo and The Ones that Got Away by Fiona Gray |
| Howdon |
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These sculptures were commissioned by the Passenger Transport Authority to mark the entrance to the Tyne Pedestrian and Cycle Tunnel which opened for public use in 1951. |
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| Jarrow March by Vince Rea |
| Jarrow |
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This low relief sculpture commemorates the 207 Jarrow Marchers who, in 1936, walked from Tyneside to London to protest about the lack of jobs. |
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| Abstract Murals by Simon Butler |
| Jesmond |
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Simon Butler’s murals relate to what he perceived as the dominant visual feature of the Metro Station; namely the modular structure of the surrounding architecture. |
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| Garden Front by Raf Fulcher |
| Jesmond |
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‘Garden Front’, as suggested by its playful title, offers a number of ways in which the sculpture and its relationship to the surrounding area can be read. |
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| Journey's Echo by Elinor Eastwood |
| Longbenton |
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Produced in collaboration with 6th Form students from St Mary’s RC Comprehensive School, ‘Journey’s Echo’ consists of four pairs of vitreous enamelled panels, two pairs per platform. |
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| Tag Tile by Simon Jones and Rob Belilios |
| Longbenton |
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As one initiative in response to issues of graffiti in the Longbenton area and at the Metro station, artists Simon Jones and Rob Belilios were commissioned to consult and work with young people in an exploration of the process of creating an artwork relating to their environment and interests. |
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| Map Music by Andrew Hodson |
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Map Music’ was a CD of sounds recorded on trains, in stations and the surrounding area of the Metro. |
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| Poster Sites |
| Metro Stations |
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Poster sites throughout the system have been used since the 80s as highly visible locations for artists’ works. |
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| Ticket Texts by Tim Etchells |
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The backs of two million Metro tickets carried short stories written by the writer and theatre director, Tim Etchells.
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| Beach & Shipyards by Mike Davies |
| Monkseaton |
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These two stained glass works are incorporated into each end of the original glazed canopy protecting passengers on the platform from the vagaries of the weather. |
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| Circuit by Richard Cole |
| Monument |
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Richard Cole’s surface interventions address the entrances to the station. |
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| Famous Faces by Bob Olley |
| Monument |
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Bob Olley’s mural depicting famous personalities from the north east region, was created while working as Artist in Residence at the Customs House Gallery, South Shields. |
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| Parsons Polygon by David Hamilton |
| Monument |
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‘Parsons Polygon’ is primarily a ventilation shaft for the Metro station below and is clad with moulded terracotta tiles made from the same clay used for Eldon Square’s bricks. |
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| Full Circle by Ron Haselden |
| Nexus House |
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‘Full Circle’ was commissioned for the facade of Nexus House and is a large anamorphic projection of a circle, 11m in diameter |
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| Monument by Carl Von Weiler |
| Metro Stations |
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In the centre of the ticketing concourse a video was shown depicting the head and shoulders of the artist, recorded whilst he hung upside down but shown the right way up. |
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| Electrolyte II by Simon Watkinson |
| Park Lane |
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Electrolyte II is a clear and fluorescent construction of parallel hollow pipes and circular dials four metres in length and 1.25 metres in diameter. |
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| Station Colours by Morag Morrison |
| Park Lane |
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As part of the programme extending the Tyne and Wear Metro to Sunderland and beyond the artist Morag Morrison was commissioned to develop a comprehensive colour strategy for the stations and their enclosures. |
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| Have You Paid and Displayed by Nic Armstrong |
| Regent Centre |
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‘Have You Paid and Displayed?’ is a mural designed to provide a visual flow in the stairwell between different levels of the car park. |
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| Metro Morning by Anthony Lowe |
| Regent Centre |
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Anthony Lowe’s tiled mural ‘Metro Morning’ depicts travellers and Metro staff aboard rush hour Metro trains. |
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| White Light by Ron Haselden |
| St Peter's |
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Underneath the glass block floors of the passenger shelters cantilevered out over the viaduct a double line of cold cathode tubing has been installed in the form of an oval. |
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| Landing Lights by Martin Richman |
| South Shields |
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‘Landing Lights’ is a lightwork integrated into the form and function of the ferry landing. |
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| Shift by Claire Morgan |
| Tynemouth |
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Underneath the abandoned Victorian cast iron canopies Claire Morgan suspended hundreds of pieces of shattered glass to make five separate forms. |
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| Pontis (Temporary Commission) |
| Wallsend |
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The town of Wallsend retains its Roman identity both in its name and in the remains of Segedunum, the fort at the eastern end of Hadrian’s Wall located a short distance from the Metro station. |
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| Bridge by Richard Talbot |
| West Monkseaton |
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As part of the refurbishment of West Monkseaton station, Richard Talbot was commissioned to work with the project architects. |
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| Passing by Ian Patience |
| Whitley Bay |
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‘Passing’, a triptych mosaic, expresses the passing of time through the image of a young family. |
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| Three Rivers Crossword by Alec Finlay |
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Three Rivers Crossword was a series of cryptic crossword clues which were presented as ‘cove cards’ in metro trains in December 2005 – January 2006. |
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| Nocturne: an interview with Nayan Kulkarni. |
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Artist Nayan Kulkarni explains his vision for Nocturne, and the challenges of working within and alongside a major civil engineering project by Nexus, operators of the Tyne and Wear Metro. |
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