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MANCHESTER’S HIDDEN ART
Posted by Mike Rigby
After first moving into the Ancoats area of Manchester a few years ago, I was stumbling home from the pub one evening when I noticed a very dim light emitting from a tiny brass nut attached to the wall of an old mill. Upon closer inspection I could see it was a small viewing hole, and through it I could see a large, well lit room. This one here…
Slightly bemused, I was none the less compelled to discover more. It turned out to be the work of Artist Dan Dubowitz. There are many more of them around the area…
“The artwork, called The Peeps, currently utilises 20 places across the former industrial suburb of Ancoats, and includes a tunnel, a bell tower, a toilet, and even a space inside a mill closed up since the war.
Each of the locations has been walled in and lit. Spy holes have then been installed in them so people can peep through to see the artworks within, which range from mysteriously lit interiors to preserved sewing machine workshops.”
I really like the subtlety of it all. It’s just left to be discovered by the more curious among us, and heard about through word of mouth. There is nothing in-the-round to see, it is without plaque or interpretation panel or guide. No one will know quite how many there are or where they are as more continue to be added, unannounced. I love that.
It appeals to the voyeur in all of us. Giving us access to an otherwise lost environment and era. Preservation at it’s most imaginative. A round of applause to Mr Dubowitz and the Ancoats Urban Village Company for commissioning the project in the first place.
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That’s fantastic. Do you know where any more of them are? Apparently there is/was one up by our studio on Silk Street.
I reckon I’ve spotted around 10 of them so far. There’s one on Cotton Street, If you look hard, you will find a little hole in the wall on the side of Rebs Den, Another just round the corner on Murray Street which is pretty cool. Some near that ice plant building and Sankies. There must be some further afield like you say around near Music. Let me know if you find any.
Cool ey!
There is one in our building! I’ve just been round to see a few with our landlord who helped the guy to do it. It’s brilliant, very interesting.