They use spaces like the space we’re sitting in now. The artists probably don’t like being part of that. Art is certainly part of the gentrification process. John Kippin: Now I think it’s appropriate that artists are encouraged to use old buildings that become available because the developers seldom see the virtue in them in terms of housing. And I think often people don’t associate Sheffield with that kind of creativity but actually there’s loads going on. And Sheffield is like very alive with like arts and grass roots community based stuff. The idea of the crucible, of a smelting pot of things going in and changing in to something else that’s, Sheffield’s like that. Whereas other places you could have an idea and it wouldn’t take off in the same way I think. You decide to do something and everyone like, comes together and does it. I think it’s a really open and friendly place and when I decided to set up like verse matters, it was just amazing. So, we moved up here and I didn’t really know very much about Sheffield I guess at that point and moved here kind of with an open mind, but a bit of trepidation of, oh what’s gonna be like, and what’s it gonna be like moving back North again after not having lived North for a while. I was just finishing a PhD off in Cambridge and he got a job here. I actually moved here because my partner got a job at the university. And people who are refugees, people who are homeless have written and come and performed and/or have come along to listen to start with and then have got writing and then have come and shared their work. There’s always a mix of experienced performers and new people who have never read or played before. The idea is to create a supportive space in which people can share their work and to showcase the work of under-represented artists. Like I research poetry and write poetry and I also founded Verse Matters which is a poetry and arts night in Sheffield. I live in Sheffield and I work at the University of Leeds as well. So, I guess they have kind of been kept alive in that way but they’re not creating the steel anymore. There’s like poetry studios or art studios. So, art spaces and spaces for other kind of creative people. Rachel Bower: A lot of the works have now been turned in to creative spaces. Narrator: Poet Rachel Bower celebrates the vibrant poetry scene in Sheffield. So, they pull out, it’s uneconomically viable in the way that they consider their economics to make things viable. The damage that has been caused in a sense by sometimes great companies, but they committed to a place in so, much as it serves their interests and then they move on. It does to a certain extent, help to mend places. I think the art has a very significant role to play. John Kippin: A lot has been spoken and talked about in terms of cultural regeneration. John took pictures at the Salford Lads Club, the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and the Casbah in Liverpool. In this episode, we’re exploring art, music, theatre and poetry. And we’ll question what the Spirit of the North really is. We’ll explore the North’s history of creativity, innovation and cultural influence. In this podcast series we’re digging a little deeper in to the places John photographed and the stories they tell. Narrator: On his quest, John captured photographs of some of the North’s most historically and architecturally significant places which you can see on and on exhibition at Bessie Surtees House in Newcastle. And I have been photographing in and around the North of England for many years because that’s where I’m based. I consider myself to be an artist and a photographer. John Kippin: My name is John Kippin and I live and work in Newcastle upon Tyne. To celebrate the North of England people and places, we set photographer John Kippin a challenge to explore the Spirit of the North. Narrator: Welcome to Spirit of the North, a podcast series from Historic England.
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