Harwood, Yokokoji (Yoha): Coal Fired Computers
Where and When:
12th March - 14th March
Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE1 4JA
(0191) 232 6789
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| Day | Open Time | Close Time |
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| Monday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 | 17:00 |
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YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
YoHa (Graham Harwood and Matsuko Yokokoji), Coal Fired Computers, 2010. Installation view at Discovery Museum, Newcastle, courtesy the artists. Photograph: Louise Hepworth
A coal-fired boiler powers a network of computers exploring the relationships between power, art and media. Coal Fired Computers is a new work by leading UK media artists Harwood and Yokokoji (YoHa) exploring the ecologies that have created and maintained power, and the subsequent health residues and crisis of fuelling that power. The work responds to the displacement of coal production to distant India, China or Vietnam and the industrial heritage of the North East, in particular the work of Charles Parsons whose steam turbine is used to produce 40% of today’s electricity.
Commissioned by AV Festival 10 and produced in partnership with Discovery Museum. Supported by Metal Culture, Isis Arts and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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