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A house in Newcastle to host Bobby Baker's Great & Tiny War: NE1

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World premiere artwork commemorating WW1 comes to Newcastle between the 7th September and 9th November 2018 at Arthur’s Hill in Newcastle.

Early bird tickets are now on sale for the much anticipated installation, Bobby Baker's Great & Tiny War. The artwork, co-produced by Wunderbar and Daily Life Ltd, and commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, will transform a house in Arthur's Hill.

In this world premiere, artist Bobby Baker personally narrates a recorded audio guided tour of the artwork – an ingenious, immersive multimedia installation inspired by real stories, passed down through her family who hail from Newcastle. Great & Tiny War forms part of 14-18 NOW's final season.

Guests will meet with an uncommon experience as the house contents juxtapose the spectacular with the everyday – a spectral heroine, a baked armoury, 4,701 reimagined dinners – and other happenings of unpredictable proportions.

The installation shines a light on the role of women during wartime and the impact of conflicts, historical and contemporary, on the mental health of whole families through the generations. In doing so, she celebrates the women who carry on running houses, bringing up children, and keeping families together at the most harrowing of times. 

Baker says: “The domestic work that women do - caring for homes, children, families - during wartime, is never valued and yet it is what sustains life. My work celebrates this overlooked part of everyday life, and the strength of women and families in sustaining those traumatised by war.

My grandfather, the son of the Vicar of Byker and a brilliant mathematician, was a ballistics engineer at Armstrong Whitworth. 

His experience of designing arms that killed his contemporaries led to a post-war breakdown. This narrative, that filters through to my own family, and my own experience, underpins the work, alongside the stories of my female relatives during WW1.

Everybody's family's got a war in it, so I hope that Great & Tiny War will resonate with everyone who visits.”

Ilana Mitchell, Artistic Director of Wunderbar said: "Bobby's installation is a proper coup for the north east. This is a major work by a brilliant artist and plays a big role in 14-18 NOW's epic finale programme. Wunderbar will be doing everything it can to ensure this important work can be experienced by as many people as possible."

For tickets and further information please visit this link.

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NE1

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Suite D3a, Milburn House, Dean Street, Newcastle, NE1 1LE
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