This installation was created by Wolfgang Weileder. A plaque by the side of the lake provided the following information:
On Nelly’s Moss Lake the artist has installed three dinghies to remind us of the power of wind and water and offers us a new visual experience and interpretation of Lord Armstrong’s inventive and visionary spirit.
The images [...]
My representation of this installation is a photograph of a video. It shows a moment in time of a brief but dramatic video. The Cragside blog describes the video installation.
Irene Brown’s work, Fulmination, is an intense video installation in which Cragside is repeatedly struck by lightening. The video is projected through a full glass [...]
2013 marked the 150th anniversary of Cragside and a series of events took place to commemorate the occasion. The events were designed to share Lord and Lady Armstrong’s pioneering vision.
I have previously posted a picture of the carpet bedding that was planted in the formal gardens to celebrate the occasion. Another project on display throughout [...]
…did not start well
Last Monday on my way into work I looked down at the electronic dash on my car and noticed that the middle panel had gone completely blank!! It was devoid of information.
When I arrived at work I phoned the place where I normally have it serviced. They advised me that they didn’t [...]
It is my turn at Vision & Verb today. My post is about the extreme weather that has been taking place in the British Isles recently.
I invite you to join me there.
No man or woman even of the humblest sort, can be really strong and gentle, pure and good, without the world being a better place for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
Phillips Brooks