THE launch of Britain’s first Intercity passenger railway is the inspiration for a series of art works at Edge Hill Station.
Opening on the 180th anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the pieces will celebrate the first journey taken between two cities.
They will be on display at Metal, the arts centre housed within buildings at the oldest existing passenger railway station still in use.
Opening on September 15, the exhibition will form part of the Independents strand of the Liverpool Biennial Festival of Contemporary Art.
It will reflect on the concepts of time, routine, repetition, direction and discipline – qualities that all inform the artistic process and are relevant to train travel.
Curated by Jenny Porter, Dream Machine, featuring artists from Liverpool and Manchester, will also reveal the different labours involved in painting, sculpture and installation. Work includes Nicola Dale and Ailis Ni Rain’s Down, made of 12,000 feathers cut by hand out of an old collection of Ordnance Survey maps and 2,000 train tickets hand painted by artist Tom Palin.
Liverpool and Manchester railway was the first inter-city passenger line, marking out the beginnings of travel for leisure and tourism.
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