Workington Red

Overview

In Workington Red (2019), Julia explores the ways iron, coal, steel and nuclear industries have impacted landscape, ecology and life around West Cumbria. The artist’s participatory methods are represented through the integration of interviews with local people, the inclusion of varied and intergenerational perspectives, and a commissioned musical performance by a local male voice choir. Conversations circle around a balance, or tension, between the natural wealth of earthly resources and the learned and honed skill of labourers.