A Visual Story: Hannah Perry

Find out what to expect when visiting Hannah Perry Manual Labour with this Visual Story - a guide with words and pictures.

It is sometimes called a Social Narrative.

Silhouettes of people dancing with an orange background.

This exhibition is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am to 6pm. You can drop-in for free anytime during our opening hours.

If you have any questions or would like to chat about your visit before coming, you can email us on [javascript protected email address] or call us on 0191 4404960

A dark blue gallery entrance with Hannah Perry Manual Labour written on it

You will find this exhibition in our level 4 gallery
As you approach this exhibition you will encounter a large dark blue centre wall
On this wall there is the exhibition title and the running dates in gold letters
Enter the gallery through the entrance on either side of the centre wall

As you go through the exhibition doorway you will enter a room with white walls and the ceiling lights are turned down low
In front of you there will be a large screen which may be playing a film
On your left there will be a scaffolding structure with three black and grey panels of artwork
If you move around to the other side of this scaffolding structure you will see a silver metal panel that looks a bit like a mirror
On your right there will be a scaffolding structure with two large metal sculptures in the middle in the shape of a pelvis
There is flashing lights and imagery in this exhibition

There are 16 speakers around the room
The speakers around the room will play nearly continuous sounds
The sounds consist of:
- Low rumbling
- Bells ringing
- Chimes on a clock
- People speaking over loud sound
- Piano music
- People singing
The sound is largely at 70 decibels and raises to 78 decibels in limited parts
The sounds will be played in different sections of the space
The sequence of the sound from the speakers is:
- Film (17 min)
- Rest (2 min)
- Chorus (3 min)
- Rest (1 min)
- Rage Fluids (3 min 16 sec)
- Rest (1 min)
- Repeat
If you require ear defenders let a member of Baltic Crew know

A screen depicting washing hanging, there are benches in front of the screen and lights behind the screen

The screen at the back of the gallery is in a scaffolding structure with lights around it
When the film plays the lights will glow and flash
The film is 17 minutes long and restarts 10 minutes after it finishes
The sound from the film will play through the speakers around the room
There are benches in front of the screen that you can sit on

The scaffolding structure with two metal sculptures are set on a moving loop
The sculptures rotate for 45 seconds
The sculptures rotate every half an hour
There is grinding noise when the sculptures rotate
The noise will come from the structure

The structure with black and white panels does not make noise and does not move
When you are looking at these panels you will still be able to hear the noise from the other artworks

On the other side of the structure with 3 black and white panels is a large silver metal panel
The metal panel will vibrate and make noise for 3 minutes
This vibration and noise will happen every 24 minutes
The noise from the metal panel will come from the speakers behind it

A birds eye view of a gallery with sculpture and a big screen

You can travel around the exhibition in any direction
Take as long as you want in the exhibition, there is no time limit
Once you are ready to leave the gallery, head back and exit the same way you entered
There will be a Baltic Crew member in the gallery, they are there to help and assist you with any questions