Throughout the twentieth century, Stoke-on-Trent was the national hub of a thriving spiritualist movement. Yet few are aware of this hidden legacy, which has been overshadowed by the city’s industrial heritage. Daniele’s work explored the boundaries between the academic research and his practice as an artist and a photographer, responding to Stoke-on-Trent as a place in transformation,celebrating its architecture, people and their stories.
Daniele Sambo’s exhibition ‘Nature, Light, Truth’ and the accompanying book are part of the 18-month project Spirited Stoke: Spiritualism in the Everyday Life of Stoke-on-Trent (SpELS)’ funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and developed by the Open University. The exhibition has been produced using our Lambda C-type printing service.
About Daniele Sambo:
Daniele Sambo is a visual artist working with photography and based in Glasgow, Scotland. With a background in urban and landscape planning and design, he developed an interest in public art and photography’s role as a vehicle for change. Daniele is interested in the interjections between monumental and functional proprieties of objects in the public sphere with a specific focus on the different ways nature brings people together, where the processes are very often concerned with how the work interjects and discusses community.
‘Nature, Light, Truth’ An Exhibition of Photographs & Book Launch by Daniele Sambo:
31 March – 17 April
Open every Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun from 12:00 to 18:00
The Old Fenton Library,
Baker Street,
Fenton,
Stoke-on-Trent,
ST4 3AF.