Over the past two months, work has continued on the physical as well as the historical reconstruction of the Merz Barn and Cylinders Estate. In early April, Ferdinand Saumarez Smith (Director of Factum Foundation London) visited the artist Stephen Buckley … Continue reading
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Restoring the Shippon and planning site-specific performances
Cylinders Estate, the site of Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn, is named after the charcoal burners of the former gunpowder factory opposite. For two (apparently extremely unusually) sunny weeks in March, it was an explosion of snowdrops and daffodils, while initial … Continue reading
Restoration efforts underway at the Cylinders Estate
The work to restore the Cylinders Estate is ongoing. Dangerous and diseased trees were removed by local tree surgeon Joe Leaper. In mid-‘März’, a team from Factum Foundation will commence initial restoration work on the Shippon, an old blacksmith’s forge, … Continue reading
NEW OWNERS FOR THE MERZ BARN
It is with great pleasure that, as of September 2024, Factum Foundation London announces the acquisition of the Cylinders Estate in Elterwater. Littoral Trust contacted the Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation in 2023 to request assistance in taking … Continue reading
Death Notice
KS 75: EXHIBITIONS CELEBRATING KURT SCHWITTERS’ MERZ BARN PROJECT AT CYLINDERS
from July 30th 2022 (2 – 5 pm) The Merz Barn, Elterwater, LA22 9JB Entartete Kunst (anti-Fascist) Artists Memorial You are cordially invited to the Entartete Kunst (anti-fascist) artists’ memorial, commemorating the artists who were persecuted by the Nazis and … Continue reading
THE CHILDREN OF MARIUPOL MEMORIAL
PART OF THE KS75 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION AT CYLINDERS THE DARK BUNKER Background to the work The work is in two pieces: the bunker, set in the trees to the right of the path to the Merz Barn, and an inscription … Continue reading
Exhibition Opening
Children of Mariupol Exhibition You are cordially invited to attend the official opening of the дітей – Children of Mariupol’ exhibition, and the ‘Dark Bunker’ – the Ukrainian Architecture Pavilion commission, both of which are organised in solidarity with the … Continue reading
Update: Government Warning: Cobra! Excessive heat expected on Tuesday July 19th. People are being warned not to travel on Tuesday, and most of our speakers have cancelled. We have decided that, as responsible citizens, we need to reckon with official warnings, so are re-arranging the July 19th event for July 30, when the main celebrations were already scheduled to take place.
Re-Opening of the Merz Barn Artists mobilise against Fascism? Tuesday, June 19th 2022: 2 – 3.30 pm Commemorating the artists designated as ‘Degenerate’ by the Nazis – an artists’ anti-fascist memorial day in support of the Ukraine “It’s 1937 all … Continue reading
KS75 – Artists mobilise against Fascism?
commemorating the artists labelled ‘Degenerate’ by the Nazis – an artists’ anti-fascist memorial day in support of the Ukraine 2 – 3.30 pm, Tuesday July 19th at the Merz Barn Cylinders Estate, Elterwater, Ambleside LA22 9JB commemorating the artists labelled … Continue reading