RED LEAD ARTS, "BLINKS" PROJECT

Introduction

The Blinks Sculpture and photography project was designed to encourage ex-shipyard workers to creatively engage with the changing face of East Belfast and in particular the land usage moving from Harland & Wolff to Titanic Quarter Ltd.

Red Lead Arts community group

QUEEN'S ISLAND & THE DOCKS

TEXT

• Colin Graham, Queen's Island
• David Bate, Titanic at the Dock
• Exhibition talk on Topography of Titanic
• Richard Adam, The Docks
• BX Exhibition Press Releases
• Red Lead Arts, Blinks Project
• Ian Walker, Fragments Against Ruin

IMAGES

• Kai Olaf Hesse, Topography of Titanic, 2003
• Richard Adam, The Docks, 2000
• John Davies, Metropoli (Belfast) series, 2001
• Harland & Wolff Collection, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
• Red Lead Arts, "Blinks" Project

AUDIO

• Jim Carlisle - Ulster Titanic Society
• David Livingston - Chief Naval Architect
• Crawford Howard - 'The Diagonal Steam Trap' Poem
• Una Reilly - Treasurer of Ulster Titanic Society
• Laurence Galbraith - Shop Steward
• John Parkinson - Joiner and President of Ulster Titanic Society
• George Matchett - Wood Cutting Machinist and Shop Steward
• William Austin - Fitter
• Joe Bowers - Shop Steward

EXERCISES

• GCSE Geography Exercises
• Teachers Notes

EXTERNAL LINKS

• BBC Coverage
• Shipbuilding in Belfast
• Education Links
• Other Links