Blyth Blockhouse Beats

Blyth Blockhouse South Beach
Artist: Dex Hannon
Music: Skin Vehicles - Something Massive Transformer Nonsense
This digital artwork is a cubist, concrete dance of a building. The bold, simple structure is lost in the moment, pulsing to the heavy techno beat.
Hannon's animation uses simple, old-school stop frame techniques to capture the building's movement. The resulting effect is both playful and mesmerizing, as the concrete blocks come alive to the rhythm of the music.
This artwork is a celebration of the beauty of industrial architecture and the power of music to transform our surroundings. It is also a reminder that even the most ordinary objects can be transformed into something extraordinary with a little imagination.
In contrast to the current trend of glossy, clean digital works, Hannon's animation is raw and textured. It embraces the imperfections of the real world and celebrates the beauty of the mundane.
About the Blockhouse
A former military blockhouse at the north end of South Beach, by the entrance to Blyth Harbour
Historic England Research Records (information from Heritage Gateway)
Blyth Battery (Southern Area)
Hob Uid: 1429119
Location :
Northumberland
Blyth
Grid Ref : NZ3208179330
Summary : The southern most area of Blyth Battery, a coastal artillery battery situated on South Beach, Blyth. The battery was constructed in August 1916 by the Durham Fortress Engineers RE and was operational in February 1918. It was manned by the Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery. The First World War battery command post had a revolving steel turret to house a 9 foot Barr and Stroud range finder with a plotting room underneath. During the interwar period the battery was incorporated into beach amenities and one of the buildings converted into public toilets. The battery was recommissioned in 1940 and manned by A Battery, 510 Coast Regiment RA (TA). By April 1944 it was manned by the Home Guard. This area of the battery originally contained two gun emplacements, shelters, a Royal Artillery store, two battery observation posts, a magazine and shell store and a block house contained within an enclosure. Parts of these still survive on the north and east sides.
More information : The southmost area of Blyth Battery contains two gun emplacements, shelters, a Royal Artillery store, a battery observation post, a magazine and shell store and a block house contained within a enclosure - parts of which still survive on the north and east sides. The gun emplacements each housed a six inch gun and are of typical World War I open form. They are seaward facing and each is fronted by a sloping apron of reinforced concrete. The emplacements during World War II were fitted with a flat roof superstructure to protect the gunners from aerial attack. Shelters were provided in the rectangular building to the rear of the emplacements. The magazine and shell stores were also situated to the rear of the emplacements, built into the face of a sand dune. It comprised a complex of four rooms which included a shell store, shifting lobby and a magazine. Opposite the most southerly of the shelters is the World War I Royal Artillery store. Part for guns and instruments were stored here, it was also used as a workshop for the battery's artificer. It was used as sleeping quarters for the gun crews during World War II. The men's and officers shelters were situated to the southwest of the store, this was converted into public toilets during the interwar period. To the north of the gun emplacement is the World War I Battery Observation Post. This survives as a two storey, flat roofed tower which retains metal range finder housing on its roof. The lower storey housed the signallers, fire commander ans associated services. The upper storey contained the battery Commander Post and the Defence Electric Light (D E L) installation Directing Station. During World War II this was superseded by a new Battery Observation Post, which was operational in August 1940. This is situated to the north of its predecessor. A five sided block house is situated between the two posts. This formed part of the landward defences, defended by rifles and machine guns. It was used as an artificer's workshop during World War II. (1)
Original War Office records for the site indicate that there were two Battery Observation Posts. The First World War Battery Observation Post should actually be a Battery Command Post. It had a revolving steel turret to house a 9 foot Barr and Stroud range finder with a plotting room underneath. (2)

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