EXHIBITION – CONQUERING THE WEST
The Mining History Centre traces the history of the discovery of coal in Pas-de-Calais with its new temporary exhibition Conquering the West. At the beginning of the 19th century, the industrial revolution accelerated and the coal exploited in the North of France gradually became its driving force. However, unsuccessful drilling around Arras suggests that the deposit […]
EXHIBITION GRAVITY ROAD BY JESSE DARLING (TURNER PRIZE WINNER 2023)
Gravity Road, refers to a section of sloping railway used to transport coal from mines, built in Pennsylvania in 1827, which would become a real attraction, a precursor to the modern roller coaster. In 2020, Jesse Darling creates an eponymous, dysfunctional, broken-down roller coaster sculpture that becomes an anti-monument to a modernity celebrating progress, acceleration […]
