Hollows Study Day

In Spring 2025 the Heavy Water Col­lec­tive worked with stu­dents and mem­bers of the gen­er­al pub­lic at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cen­tral Lan­cashire, build­ing a mean­ing­ful net­work between archives and col­lec­tions held across Pre­ston through an events pro­gramme held at Hanover Project in part­ner­ship with UCLan Spe­cial Col­lec­tions. To coin­cide with their exhi­bi­tion Hol­lows, made in response to both the Spe­cial Col­lec­tions held on cam­pus and the Lan­cashire Archives, Heavy Water organ­ised a pub­lic fac­ing work­shop in which audi­ences were invit­ed to devel­op works in response to care­ful­ly select­ed archival mate­ri­als. Fol­low­ing the work­shop, HWC led an artists’ talk in which they intro­duced the themes of their exhibition.