Annie Whiles project will be the first exhibition in the light boxes, opening on the 25th April, her drawings are based on anecdotal stories told by the local residents that live and work around Guy Street Park. Annie visited peoples homes, shops and pubs, photographing all encounters, locals were happy to chat and share their memories of the area.

Some of the participants of the project, clockwise from the top: Rose, Pauline, Ranjet and George.

"His cat was sick so he gave it the kiss of life and it blew up like a ballon" - Di

A few years ago, I started collecting cloth badges. I was primarily attracted to them because they are often beautifully worked, seemingly concise images, compact and informative. They fall into several categories of purpose: of achievement, belonging, identity and place.

My objects and drawing initiate a narrative, as if there might be a story or legend to impart. There is a sense of 'penance' in the consuming, excessive process of embroidery. However, in the very act of sewing these art objects, they actually wind up offering moments of austerity, gravity and mystery.

I am currently investigating the experience of visiting a place, as an explorer. How a sense of a place can be remembered by a disconnected series of visual memories. That perhaps, images of a cleaners' shoe, or a wasp on a window, can be recalled as clearly, however slight, alongside the must-see cathedral, museum or landscape.