Fantastic new artwork is about to be unveiled in Sunderland but this is unlike any display you are likely to have seen.
The thrilling new work called ‘Timepiece’ will be spread over three floors and 36 screens in the new city attraction Culture House and it will change every hour!
It will be packed with aspects of Sunderland life, some very familiar, others lost in time, but all rooted in the city.
Timepiece will bring an intense burst of colour, images, music and sound from 10am on Monday, November 16 and then every hour on the hour.
Timepiece is a celebratory time signal. Each hour, a fifty-second audio-visual collage will radiate through the centre of Culture House.
Among the themes to unfurl every hour will be a 1950s bus ride through the city, the building and launching of a Hindustan Shipping Co. ship at Doxford shipyard, and glassblowing in the 1960s.
It will also include brewing beer at Vaux Breweries, the changing face of the city’s shops, football at Roker Park and the Stadium of Light, Sunderland’s golden sandy beaches and city landmarks such as the ABC Cinema, the clock on Joplings department store and the Penshaw Monument.
Timepiece was commissioned as part of Digital Spaces, supported by The Space in association with Arts Council England.
Each collage teems with moving images, clips and little offbeat details and will replay randomly across the thirty-six screens, ensuring that no two hours of the day will be the same.
Find out more by browsing through our gallery and by visiting https://culturehousesunderland.co.uk/news/
1. Sound of the trams
Each hour, a fifty-second audio-visual collage will radiate through the centre of Culture House, across thirty-six screens and over three storeys. The familiar sight and sound of Sunderland's trams will still be familiar to many people. Photo: Sunderland Libraries. | Sunderland Libraries
2. Sounds of the lawn mower
Timepiece will bring an intense burst of colour, images, music and sound to the City Lounge of Culture House. Tell us if you remember the sounds of lawn mowers doing their work on the Roker Park pitch. Photo: Sunderland Libraries. | Sunderland Libraries
3. Iconic scenes
A collage of images showing iconic scenes associated with Wearside. The makers of Timepiece were granted access to archive material held by the likes of the University of Sunderland, The Bunker, Ashbrooke Sports Club, Friends of Roker Pier and Lighthouse, Ryhope Engine Museum, Sunderland Libraries and the North East Film Archive, as well as Sunderland historians Lynder Mathieson, Keith Gregson and Keith Cockerill. Photo: Sunderland Libraries | Sunderland Libraries
4. Shipbuilding at Doxfords
The launching of a Hindustan Shipping Co. ship at Doxford shipyard. It is among the themes to unfurl every hour under the new Timepiece artwork. Photo: Sunderland Libraries. | Sunderland Libraries