Blame Thatcher. Blame Reagan. Blame neo-liberal capitalism. Or write
the whole thing off as unavoidable- there are always losers. Either
way Welsh industry declined. The powerhouses of empire faded away to
shadows, then the shadows themselves began to waver.
The Ghosts in Armour exhibition currently at the Riverfront Theatre,
Newport, captures this decline through the lens of the now defunct
Whitehead steelworks. Photos, memory, lyric, and industrial artifacts
are installed into a basement space in form of a mutli-media
exhibition, transforming it into a witness of the loss and nostalgia
apparent across South Wales as a result of economic decline.
While further exploration of the subject's textual elements could
perhaps have been possible this exhibition captures the shifts and
echoes of welsh industry- ghosts in armour indeed. The overall
aesthetic results of the featured artists' investigations are both
impressive and thought provoking, evocative of a tangible absence.
chris paul
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