ID:172 | Open in NocoDB | Type:Text | Themes:7 | Attachments:1 | Finding:32 chars | Connections:0→1 | Location:52.50955913806396, -2.0841196475161365 | Weather:1 tags | Date:Saturday 31 July 2021 | Press 'D' to close

Dudley Time Portal

Cast iron railings good survival - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Cast iron railings good survival
Added to Archive Thursday 21 October 2021
Experienced Saturday 31 July 2021
Last Updated Tuesday 25 November 2025
Location 52.50955913806396, -2.0841196475161365
Season Summer
Type Text Drawing
Weather Cloudy
Themes Identity Architecture Old Care Boundaries Material Survival
What was/is/if What is

Has inspired

More-than-humanising data through sonification Sound artist Bill Laybourne invited Dudley time rebels to create a collective score inspired by street detectorist findings through noise making.
More tagged with theme Care
Faded paint on strandboard - 210731 1050.jpg
876 Lounge - Music blasting reggae, smiley man gave me thumbs up: 'you alright?' - 210715 1600 Happiness.png
The Spiers home furnishing store in Dudley High Street in April 1970 -
Graveyard - decaying bodies, amongst ivy, holly, ragwort. Faded flowers, pile of broken stones - 210731 1050.jpg
Surprising survival Little Barrel Pub - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
More tagged with type Text
Road - kerb bricks - 210730 1515 Tiny Things 2.png
Land lords residents - 211110 1730 Homes.png
New barriers - 210730 1600 New.jpg
All of the shops are connected - 210731 1330 Connection.png
Ladies' perfume - 210731 1403 Smell.png
More tagged with theme Identity
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Localising Material Accessibility During my initial walk through the High Street of Dudley, I noticed an inevitable decline in the area. There were vacant shops, but those open had apparent facade damage. For the area to thrive, there needs to be an aesthetical uplift. Here I began to question how to make the repairs. On the one hand, one could complete a like for like repair with a deep clean to provide a new lease of life to achieve an aesthetical value. Alternatively, the repairs could be a status of where the street aims to be in the future. To achieve a statement, the implementation of repair work needs to stand out. It needs to be futuristic, a bold contrast to the existing. At this point, I decided that after being informed of the damage the built environment has on the climate crisis, only carbon zero/ carbon sequestering materials would be present during repairs. This does not aim to destroy existing buildings but instead carefully implement repairs creating a patchwork effect across the street. This would then grow over time as more repair work is required. Over time, the high street would transform into a zero-carbon environment. The manufacturing and growth of these materials need to be local, so consideration is vital. This provides an opportunity for the site to be a material producer itself. - Ryan Cooksey Ban Materials.png
Limestone kerbs in Vicar St - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Top Church spire focal point - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg
Trad ground materials + patterns - 210731 1403 Identity.jpg