Next month The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven will host their new exhibition 'Home from Home; an ongoing conversation.' 

It is a result of an ongoing collaboration between artist Julie M Oneill, ex-employees of the west Cumbrian coastal chemical industry ‘Marchon’, a drone pilot, an embroider and a photographer.

A spokesperson said: "At the heart of the project lie the notions of reshaping legacy, Home & Workspaces and identity.

"A platform for individual and collective recollections and reflections emerging through interviews and audio, guided site walks, wanderings, sharing of memorabilia and devising new imaginary work-based societies.

"Through the lens of a socially engaged contemporary arts practice, the work emerges as a multimedia installation, situated in The Beacon gallery space overlooking the harbour, the latter once being a vital part of the industry’s production process.

"The pieces are selected from a wide range of research and artworks made, found, loaned and gifted in response to those collaborations.

"Traditional making techniques such as casting, drawing and embroidery are fused with text-based pieces depicting scientific knowledge and language, mapping, diagrammatic drawing and instructional dialogue specific to the industry, all acting as a collective catalyst for developing dialogue, questions and curiosity and through its layered cultural formats suggests ways in which we can continue the conversations of post-industrial communities and their landscapes."

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Julie M O’Neill is a UK based visual artist who specialises in social engaged practice and fine art and whose work has been shown in both the UK and in Europe. The core research areas include themes related to the home and workplaces, legacy and shifting identities of community and landscapes.

Previous art research projects include working with ex mining community in South Wales, corporate community in Birmingham city centre and the legacy and history of post war prefab housing.