Goole In Focus
To round off Goole Museum’s series of exhibitions celebrating the town’s bicentenary year, celebrated local photographer Syd Young is exhibiting Goole in Focus, a series of images captured at this memorable point in the town’s history, at Goole Museum.
At the end of 2023, East Riding Museums commissioned Syd to take 200 contemporary photographs capturing the unique culture, sense of place and spirit of Goole and its people, as they celebrate the town’s bicentenary milestone.
Taken over a three-year period, the photographs capture different aspects of Goole in varying light and weather conditions. Many of the images will be instantly recognisable, others reveal some of the town’s fine detail, including elements of the past that might easily escape the eye. The people of Goole also feature, as they take part in everyday activities, sports and events, including those that have formed part of the bicentenary celebrations.
Syd was keen to create maximum impact so the exhibition will comprise of projected images in the gallery accompanied by a soundscape, offering an immersive experience for the visitor. Created by Syd, Ebb and Flow is an aural depiction of the swirling tides and eddies of the river Ouse, which brought prosperity to the new town 200 years ago. The soundtrack features everyday sounds of the town recorded over the last few months.
Syd explained: “This is the most ambitious project I’ve worked on. To capture the port and town in the here and now, and present it to the very people who see it every day has been quite a challenge. The complete audio visual display is a first for the gallery and will give plenty of impact to the photographs. I’m very excited to see the reaction of our visitors when they experience it.”
Members of the public are invited to attend an opening event, which will take place on Saturday, 31 October, from 10am to 12pm, but the exhibition will remain on display until the end of the year.
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