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ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR │ Curated by Jeremy Deller │ Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne → 26 October 2014

“Jeṛmi Delr, hu reprizntd Britn in last yir’z Venis Bienāle, yzz cntmprri myzic, film n ftogṛfi alñsd a vast renj v 19ʈ senčri imijz n objcts t têc a prsnl lc at ɖ impact v ɖ Industrı̣l Revlušn on Britiš popylr culčr. Delr apročz ɖs welʈ v mtirı̣l lîc a sošl cātogṛfr, rvilñ ɖ leilînz v culčṛl histri.

Delr xplorz hâ ɖ trwma v ɖ Industrı̣l Revlušn n ceotc ŕḅnîzešn afctd Britiš ssayti, fôc̣sñ on embḷmatc figrz includñ Êdrı̣n Strīt. Born intu a Welš mînñfamli, Strīt rjctd a lîf in ɖ mainz t bcm a flamboynt androjiṇs inṭnašnl reslr. Olso fīčrd z Jêmz Šāplz, a 19ʈ senčri blacsmiʈ n slf-twt pêntr fṛm Blacbrn, fems fr hiz mč-rīpṛdyst imij, Ɖ Fwj; n myzic fṛm industrı̣l tânz huz rūts cn b trêst bac ʈru jeṇrešnz v wrcrz in factriz n milz.

Ɖ radicl trnsfmešn v ɖ landscep in ɖ ŕli industrı̣l iyra z pârfli ivoct in Victorı̣n imijz v factriz ablez at nît, šôn alñsd ɖ Lêñ’z ôn 19ʈ senčri apoc̣liptc pêntñ, Ɖ Dstruẋn v Sodm n Gmora bî Jon Mātin.

Industrı̣l fôcmyzic, ɖ insesnt riɖmz n racit v ɖ factrīflor, hevīmetl n glamroc, prmiet ɖ xibišn in sândinsṭlešnz n film.

A Hêẉd Turñexibišn. Fri entri.”

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