Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich

‘Conjuring a River’. new project Previews tomorrow evening 6pm. Part of ‘Listening to the Voice if Rivers’ exhibition. The work acts as an imaginative catalyst through which to re-connect with the lost Lort Burn one of Newcastle’s ghost rivers, once a living breathing entity flowing through the centre of the city, now hidden, culverted beneath our feet. The work invites participation in collectively asking; What does it mean for a city to bury a river? What does this do to the psychology of place? and how can we join together within the space of NCA to weave narratives and embodied actions that might re-connect with this river and its flowing counterparts. Described by the artist as “a gestural three-dimensional sketch, that opens up a space to collectively start to imagine and re-connect with our lost rivers” the work creates a sculptural environment within which participatory performance workshops will evolve over the course of the exhibition. Special thanks to @harriet_sutcliffe Director NCA, @giuliana_borea Curator, @tobyplloyd Gallery Manager NCA, and to @bobbiefaraday , @oliviareeves.studio @aliicealicealice at School of Art Newcastle University. @visitnca Exhibition Open 30 Oct - 22 Nov, 12-5pm Thu to Sat

DANCING BORDERS documents a cross-disciplinary live event that used dancing, marching to re-create the act of pollination as means to transform and rethink attitudes to place. The performance was staged in the historically besieged border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, steeped in its history of battle, siege and conflict, and where the legacy of the past is still palpable in the atmosphere and physical geography of the town Walker & Bromwich collaborated with communities in Berwick-upon-Tweed and Mobius Dance Theatre to introduce new histories of openness and procreation in this contested territory. In recruiting participants to form a local troupe of dancers. The collaboration created a new ritual for the town that stands as a counterpoint and contrast to the proliferation of military parades that regularly occur. Dancing Borders was screened within the installation Encampment of Eternal Hope at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2013 @balticgateshead and Berwick Film Festival 2012 #bfmaf @berwickfilmfest Photography Mark Pinder @markopinder

Just announced ✨ Join us at our very first opening reception of 2025, for the launch of our brand-new exhibitions Walker & Bromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness and Trading Zone 2025 🫶 📅 Friday 14 March, 6 - 8pm 🎟️ Free entry 🔗 Tickets via link in bio Walker & Bromwich / Searching for A Change of Consciousness highlights the duo’s pioneering socially engaged practice, bridging labour movements, Indigenous struggles, capitalism, and extractivism. Their work integrates utopian, socialist, and animist ideals, creating spaces for communities to unite and engage in critical dialogue on environmental and social justice. Trading Zone 2025 is Talbot Rice Gallery’s interdisciplinary student exhibition and showcases work from Edinburgh College of Art and University of Edinburgh students, including PhD researchers in Design, Art and Creative Writing, and students in Fine Arts (MA), Contemporary Art Practice (MA), Painting BA (Hons), Illustration (BA Hons), Sculpture BA (Hons) and Fine Art (BA Hons). This event is part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, marking five decades of exhibitions at Talbot Rice Gallery, open to everyone and always free 🎈

Conjuring a River, at Newcastle Contemporary Art reawakening connections to the lost Lort Burn, a ghost river that flows beneath our feet on High Bridge where the Gallery stands. Although the exhibition is now closed to the public we continue a series of movement and sound workshops with musician @ceitidh_mac working with schools and universities to conjure this lost waterway back into our shared imagination and to explore our relationship with water as a living, life-giving force. Part of Listening to the Voices of the Rivers exhibition that connects Amazonian Indigenous philosophies with North East England river initiatives. Special thanks to @harriet_sutcliffe @oliviareeves.studio @aliicealicealice Photography @markopinder @visitnca #ListeningToTheVoiceOfRivers

Artist Spotlight: Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich are a Glasgow based collaborative duo, known for their large-scale iconic sculptural works, participatory events and exhibitions that invite audiences to imagine better worlds. At the core of their practice is the exploration of the role art can play as an active agent in society, evolving environments and situations within which people can begin to re-examine the world around them through protest, celebration and contemplation. Walker & Bromwich have been awarded with expansive public commissions and have also presented their work at documenta-fifteen Germany, SEA + Triennale Jakarta, Thessaloniki Biennale, Greece, MCA Sydney; Tate Britain; V&A London; Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art UK, Glasgow International; Edinburgh Art Festival, among others. This is a new work by Glasgow based artist duo Walker & Bromwich. The work acts as an imaginative catalyst through which to re-connect with the lost Lort Burn one of Newcastle’s ghost rivers, once a living breathing entity flowing through the centre of the city, now hidden, culverted beneath our feet. The work invites participation in collectively asking; What does it mean for a city to bury a river? What does this do to the psychology of place? and how can we join together within the space of NCA to weave narratives and embodied actions that might re-connect with this river and its flowing counterparts. Described by the artist as “a gestural three-dimensional sketch, that opens up a space to collectively start to imagine and re-connect with our lost rivers” the work creates a sculptural environment within which participatory performance workshops will evolve over the course of the exhibition. Special thanks to Bobbie Felstead, Alice Johnson, Liv Reeves, School of Fine Art Newcastle University. Walker & Bronwich Conjuring a River, 2025 Willow, paper, steel and sandbags Variable dimensions

What a fun night celebrating the launch of ‘Listening to the Voices of the Rivers’, at NCA, Newcastle. thanks to everyone who came along! Such a pleasure to be exhibiting with these amazing artists, from Peru and Brazil. Including @harry.pinedo @rember_yahuarcani Exhibition ends 22 Nov, open 12-5pm Thu to Sat Curated by Dr Giuliana Borea, Dr Jamille Pinheiro Dias and Dr Harriet Sutcliffe, the exhibition brings together the powerful work of artists from Peru and Brazil — Rember Yahuarcani (Uitoto), Harry Pinedo / Inin Metsa, Cordelia Sánchez / Pesin Kate (Shipibo), Brus Rubio Churay (Murui and Bora), Danna Gaviota with Kimber Fercat + Pedro Alca (Kukama), Denilson Baniwa, Lilly Baniwa (Baniwa), Gustavo Caboco (Wapichana), Tayná Sateré (Sateré-Mawe) — whose paintings, videos, drawings, and photographs show the entanglements between humans, animals, plants, rivers, and ancestral beings, confront extractivism, and foreground water as a source of life, continuity, and care. Alongside them, UK-based artist duo Zoe Walker & Neil Bromwich will work with school groups on a participatory project that explores the ghost rivers hidden beneath the streets of Newcastle. The exhibition fosters a deeper understanding of the global climate crisis and will coincide with COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon as it advocates for collective responsibility by encouraging people of all ages to reflect on their role in shaping a sustainable future. The Amazon, the Ouseburn, and the Tyne are presented as starting points for action and understanding. Emphasis is placed on contributing to school curricula on rainforests, highlighting Indigenous ecological knowledge and challenging stereotypes. special thanks @harriet_sutcliffe @giuliana_borea @jamillepinheirodias @visitnca and @newcastle_uni_fine_art School of Art Newcastle University. @visitnca

‘Conjuring a River’ focuses on the Lort Burn, a hidden ‘ghost river’ that flows beneath Newcastle city centre. Described by the artist as “a gestural three-dimensional sketch, that opens up a space to collectively start to imagine and re-connect with our lost rivers” the work creates a sculptural environment within which participatory performance workshops will evolve over the course of the exhibition. It forms part of the NCA exhibition “Listening to the Voices of the Rivers,” which connects Amazonian Indigenous philosophies with North East England river initiatives and features eleven Latin American artists. Special thanks to @harriet_sutcliffe @giuliana_borea @jamillepinheirodias @newcastle_uni_fine_art Newcastle University @visitnca Exhibition ends 22 Nov, open 12-5pm Thu to Sat

We didn’t manage to post this at the time, but many thanks to Ellen Mara De Wachter for the Art Quarterly feature this spring. It was a pleasure speaking with Ellen and reflecting on our collaborative practice, as well as the interlinking themes explored in our exhibition Searching for a Change of Consciousness at @TalbotRiceGallery . ‘Ellen Mara De Wachter speaks with the artist duo whose participatory projects invite communities to think together about different ways of living Glasgow-based artists Zoe Walker and Neil Bromwich have been collaborating as Walker & Bromwich for the past 25 years, creating socially engaged works that develop over sustained periods of engagement with differentcommunities and places, in the UK and internationally. Their projects adopt myriad forms, from encampments andfestivals to public processions and large inflatable sculptures, and explore themes around community, social justice and climate crisis, asking people to consider alternative ways of thinking and living. Their new exhibition at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh brings together several of their past projects in an examination of their common themes.’

Over and out 👋 @walkerbromwich / Searching for a Change of Consciousness has now closed… A huge thank you to Zoe and Neil for filling our Georgian Gallery with utopian, socialist and animist ideals, and for bringing communities together around issues related to climate change and social justice ✍️ 🐍 We are now closed until 28 June… Watch this space 👀

Featuring the project ‘Llechi A Llafur // Slate or State’ that brings the story of the Penrhyn Quarry Strike (1900–03) back to life through sculpture, poetry, and song. Together with the community, the Côr y Penrhyn (“The Penrhyn Choir”) and poet Rhys Trimble a monumental inflatable quarry was constructed and processed into Penrhyn Castle, reclaiming history. This powerful project ensures the voices of Bethesda and their story of resilience are reclaimed and remembered. Digital Video: Culture Colony Vision (Welsh language subtitled in English) Commissioned byTrust New Art for National Trust Wales Curator Sara Roberts @curator_sara @penrhyncastlent @ntcymru @nationaltrust @rhystrimble @talbotricegallery exhibition ends this Saturday Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh

All kinds of planning went into "Searching for a Change of Consciousness". This includes artist plasticine models, made in a scale cardboard version of the Georgian Gallery. Bringing a tactile aspect to the planning, this allowed us to imagine the journey through the space, the kind of story we wanted to tell and how we’d balance video and sculptural elements. It was quite a moment when we cut the model serpent in half to make it fit! Talbot Rice Gallery also use SketchUp to plan exhibitions, allowing a more precise consideration of dimensions and placement. We – the curator and artists – were new users of this tool and went wild with carnivalesque digital models! Lastly, we were also able to test the plan on a 1:1 scale thanks to @outerspaces.scotland amazing studio provision. As the inflatables have a mind of their own, this was important to understand how they might be woven into the neo-classical room at the gallery. Of course, it is still essential to make adjustments in the real space to get things right. But, we wanted to share this “behind the scenes” so you could see all the different creative methods that go into some of our exhibitions. To anticipate an FAQ: No, there will not be a Wallace and Gromit and the Serpent of Capitalism! But, these models are a treasured part of journey of this exhibition. Good memories, good times. #exhibitionmaking #scalemodel #artiststudio

LAST CHANCE TO SEE ‘Serpent of Capitalism’ part of ‘Searching for A Change of Consciousness’ @talbotricegallery ends Saturday ‘Immediately confronted the with huge Serpent of Capitalism, the stage of this enveloping exhibition will be set for a story that runs from foundation myths – where serpents represent an umbilical connection to the earth – to the monstrous, destructive force of capitalism as it consumes itself and damages everything in its wake’ Exhibition curator @james.clegg1 🐍 first commissioned for Roskilde Festival 2018. By the amazing @mette.woller head curator and super @roskildefestival team @mimebraad @miemeyle Plus huge thanks to all the incredible 🐍 Serpent Crew @bobbysayers1 @_w._coups._ @francisthorburnstudio @waffle_burger @lena_madrilena @creag.dhubh 📸 @markopinder 🎥 Kieron Brennan @tellyspace #RF18 #RF18arts #roskildearts #roskildefestival18 #Denmark #performance #art #performanceart #sculpture #publicsculpture #snake #serpent #serpentofcapitalism #capitalism #walkerbromwich