BNSB
Banbury North Signal Box (2016)
July 2, 2020
On hearing that Banbury North Signal Box was being demolished, and that they were organising tours and timed visits for the public, I quickly organised for a group of artists and art students to spend some time there. There were a fascinating variety of responses from drawings to performance art, responding to and recording traces of the building and its interior, and the objects within. The imminent destruction of the building, and with it a whole system of railway communication, added poignancy and a sense of urgency to our work. I found myself drawn to the levers and wanting to record this line of communication, as well as catching the air from the signal box before and during demolition.