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Keeping Warm: new exhibition explores role of home heating in building community

An art exhibition created by a Birmingham City University professor aims to explore how people's social, cultural, and emotional ties to traditional home heating methods impact their willingness to switch to low-carbon alternatives.

Keeping Warm, which runs at Stamford Arts Centre in Lincolnshire until 25th January, is designed to shine a light on the fact that home heating is a major source of greenhouse gases.

“We often think of home heating change as a straightforward process, but it’s far more complex and layered,” said Becky Shaw, Professor of Fine Art Practice at BCU.

“People’s willingness and ability to adapt are shaped by deep cultural, political, and social connections. By bringing these stories to life through art, we hope to spark meaningful conversations between communities and decision-makers.”

The artwork is inspired by oral histories collected in the Lincolnshire town of Stamford and the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham, spanning experiences from the 1940s to the present day.

Exhibition highlights include a striking 18-metre-long visual collage combining sketches, vintage heating advertisements, and Christmas cards.

There is also a series of lenticular postcards depicting transitions in heating methods.

Keeping Warm is part of a wider project to create a social and cultural history of home heating.

The JUSTHEAT initiative explores heating transitions in Finland, Romania, Sweden as well as the UK to better understand how communities experience and adapt to change.

This weekend, visitors to the exhibition can join Professor Shaw and JUSTHEAT project lead Aimee Ambrose for an informal workshop of drawing, collage, and storytelling.

For more information, visit: https://www.stamfordartscentre.com/whats-on/all-shows/keeping-warm/13633

21 January 2025

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