Projects by Year

2008 Sonia Boyce, For You Only You

2007 Mark Dion, Memorial to Thomas Bewick

A semi-permanent sculptural memorial to Thomas Bewick sited in Newcastle upon Tyne.

2007 Janice Kerbel, Deadstar

Deadstar is the plan for a "new" ghost town. Taking the form of a town plan, it uses the conventions of urban planning and the history of abandoned settlements, the orientation of extinct celestial formations and the habits of the supernatural to envisage a timeless settlement for ghosts.

2007 Toby Paterson, Asymmetric Snowflake

Asymmetric Snowflake was a commissioned work for the Locus+ 2007 Christmas card.

2006 Graham Gussin, Illumination Rig

A site-specific installation using film-lights to illuminate urban non-spaces, in particular the locations where architectural styles clash

2006 Ant Macari, All about the Benjamins

A commission for the Locus+ Christmas card 2006

2006 Matt Stokes, Sacred Selections

2005 Chris Burden, Ghost Ship

Ghost Ship involved the construction and development of a crewless, self-navigating sailing boat, which undertook its maiden voyage between Fair Isle, Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne. Audiences were able to track the boats progress via a live, daily updated website.

2005 Layla Curtis, NewcastleGateshead

NewcastleGateshead is a collaged map compiled from regional namesakes taken from city maps worldwide. In the form of a generic folded map, the collage mimics the existing, familiar structure of NewcastleGateshead.

2005 Layla Curtis, Polar Wandering

A web-based project that recorded the three-month journey the artist made to and from Antarctica.