Minerva Works - Birmingham

'Where the Industrial meets creativity'

Minerva Works, comprises a small industrial estate located on site which is made up of 21 units currently occupied by a range of tenants including artist-led initiative Grand Union Studios, Vivid Projects, Stryx collective, Harris Moore Canvases with artist materials shop and online canvas supply, Birmingham’s aerial theatre company RoguePlay Theatre, Printbots printers and Slow Boat, a three-year project involving the Ikon Youth Programme (IYP), which is moored at the site and hosts regular events.

Who is peace for?

I spent a most interesting day experiencing the World Café methodology as opposed to standard conference or symposium methods at the above event at Loughborough University.

The event was convened by David Roberts and it was a to discus as questions such as 'Who is peace for?' And 'Can we know what peace to build?' were explored.

Of course definitions of peace and legitimacy raised their heads but overwhelmingly the need to address how peace building and related research reflects truly the priorities of people living in post-conflict spaces.

I now have to reflect on the day more fully and consider what I can do through my own practice to help build peace.

Paul Conneally

Loughborough

April 2014

Who is Peace For?

1954 - Telegraph Texts No.3

'1954' Paul Conneally 2014

GPS 52.76838,-1.19757

1954 is number three in the Telegraph Texts series by Paul Conneally.

Wooden telegraph poles once lined all Britain's streets but are now slowly disappearing, replaced by underground cable systems. Conneally captures images of official identifying letters, numbers and codes used to identify the telegraph poles along with other unofficial texts, marks and signs.

The images are mapped and published with their GPS coordinates.

"The gallery of the street is open" - Paul Conneally 2013 Mougins, France.

9L 10 2I - Telegraph Texts No.2

'9L 10 2I' Paul Conneally 2014

GPS 52.76837, -1.19761

9L 10 2I is number two in the Telegraph Texts series by Paul Conneally. 

Wooden telegraph poles once lined all Britain's streets but are now slowly disappearing, replaced by underground cable systems. Conneally captures images of official identifying letters, numbers and codes used to identify the telegraph poles along with other unofficial texts, marks and signs. 

The images are mapped and published with their GPS coordinates.

"The gallery of the street is open" - Paul Conneally 2013 Mougins, France.

Paul Conneally - Cultural Forager

Paul Conneally

Snibston Discovery Museum

2014

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OCCUPIED

'OCCUPIED'

Paul Conneally

Leicester 2014

"The Gallery of the Street is open" - Paul Conneally, Mougins, 2013

Her Miscarriage

a single crocus 
pushing through the frost
her miscarriage 

Paul Conneally


Photograph: Black Cherry Lounge - Paul Conneally, Nottingham, 2014

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Notes:

Haiku require a kigo, a seasonal word or reference and in this poem it is crocus signifying spring - the frost reference puts us with certainty in early spring. The juxtaposition of the first two lines with the last strikes up what can be called 'surprising comparison'. We are jolted by the  starkness of the simple fragment that is the third line 'her miscarriage' after the simple beauty and hope of 'a single crocus pushing through the frost'. A third element to the poem is in it's presentation alongside a seemingly unrelated photograph - no frost no crocus - an urban street scene with a sign for a club 'The Black Cherry Lounge'.

DP 67 Telegraph Texts No.1

'DP 67' - Paul Conneally 2014

Latitude 52 deg 45' 55.17" N 
Longitude 1 deg 12' 21.87" W

DP 67 is number one in the Telegraph Texts series by Paul Conneally. 

Wooden telegraph poles once lined all Britain's streets but are now disappearing, replaced by underground cable systems. Conneally captures images of official identifying letters, numbers and codes used to identify the telegraph poles along with other unofficial texts, marks and signs. 

The images are mapped and published with their GPS coordinates.

"The gallery of the street is open" - Paul Conneally 2013 Mougins, France.