Stories
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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Performance art, frozen in time
For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.
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Pain, politics and the power of photography
Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"Birmingham Maternity Hospital"
Date: 1993Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/11Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Birmingham Children's Hospital file 1"
Date: April 1992-November 1996Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/8Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Birmingham Children's Hospital file 2"
Date: May 1996-May 1997Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/9Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Birmingham Children's Hospital Plans 2"
Date: August-September 1996Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/10aPart of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
"Birmingham Children's Hospital Plans 1"
Date: August-September 1996Reference: ART/AFH/A/2/10Part of: Arts for Health: archive