Seaing Monsters

by Lee Karen Stow   Seaing Monsters A photographic response to the influence of newspaper reports of sightings of sea monsters on the Yorkshire Coast and river Humber. People see what they want to see. I see monsters in the seaweed. “… in addition to its great height,...

Interchange

  Words: Jill Howitt Interchange This article is about the new mural, ‘The Creation of Hull’, in the Ferensway entrance to Hull Paragon Interchange which was ‘unveiled’ in November 2023. TransPennine Express (TPE) commissioned local Hull artist Andy Pea to produce the...

Hull’s Whaling Heritage Through Sewing and Song: An interview with artist Caroline Hack

In April Hull Maritime launches a new series of pop-up exhibitions with A-Fishing for the Whale by artist Caroline Hack. The exhibition features three textile works, which are on display from 12-26 April 2023 in Princes Quay Shopping Centre, and a newly commissioned work-in-progress piece inspired by Hull’s folk music heritage, on display at a film screening and meet-the-artist event at Ferens Art Gallery on Wednesday 19 April 2023.
In this interview, Hull Maritime’s Charlotte Tomlinson sits downs with Caroline Hack to talk about commissioning the exhibition, learn more about the works on display, and explore Hack’s connection to Hull’s maritime past and present.

Life/Death/Life

It’s not only the point itself that cycles through birth-death-rebirth at Spurn. Things people once cherished, or at least used with purpose, often become stranded here. Having lived with us, their usefulness gone, ephemera are brought and buried by the tides. Eventually uncovered one day by a storm, discovered by a passer-by, do they live again?

Wading In Still Waters

This research project came about through a conversation with Jill Howitt, who offered me the opportunity to explore a short body of research related to Hull and its location near the water. I began writing it in late March, just as the winter frost had begun to lift and the last of the icy patches that lingered on muddy paths were melting back into puddles…