{"id":665,"date":"2017-09-26T10:53:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/?page_id=665"},"modified":"2020-04-23T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:57:28","slug":"the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"The GHost Portal &#8211; Williamson Tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-665 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/williamson-tunnels_high-res_21\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/williamson-tunnels_high-RES_21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-692\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-692'>\n\t\t\t\tRead or upload your own Liverpool ghost stories here\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/williamson-tunnels_high-res_20\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/williamson-tunnels_high-RES_20-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Ghost Portal Booth in Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-693\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-693'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Ghost Portal Booth in Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/the-ghost-portal-wthc-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-GHost-Portal-WTHC-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-690\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-690'>\n\t\t\t\tUploading a ghost story to the Ghost Portal website\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/img_2789\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_2789-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-689\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-689'>\n\t\t\t\tThe GHost Tunnel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-formula-fact-foundation-for-art-and-creative-technology-commission\/williamson-tunnels_high-res_7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/williamson-tunnels_high-RES_7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The GHost Tunnel in Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-685\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-685'>\n\t\t\t\tThe GHost Tunnel in Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/residencies\/the-ghost-portal-williamson-tunnels\/williamson-tunnels_high-res_4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sarahsparkes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/williamson-tunnels_high-RES_4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The GHost Tunnel\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-694\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-694'>\n\t\t\t\tThe GHost Tunnel\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The GHost Portal is a new commission by Sarah Sparkes for FACT and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williamsontunnels.co.uk\/view.php?page=news\">Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre,<\/a> in association with National Museums Liverpool. The project has been supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.<\/p>\n<p>Sparkes created two &#8216;GHost Tunnels&#8217; one at Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre and a second at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology).&nbsp; Sparkes built a narrative around these &#8216;GHost Tunnels&#8217;,&nbsp; suggesting that the tunnels are linked.&nbsp; The tunnels reference portals, black holes and equate time travel with death as another dimension that we may enter.<\/p>\n<p>Sparkes undertook a three month residency in Liverpool, centered at Williamson Tunnels, where she collected Liverpool ghost stories and interviewed ghost researchers and paranormal groups &#8211; this information was archived at a specially created website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/liverpool-ghost-stories\/\">www.theghostportal.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition Sparkes organised three of her GHost Hostings and a Magic Lantern show illustrating the Liverpool ghost stories she collected.<br>Details of these can be found here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/events\/ghost-hostings-15-day-of-the-dead\/\">GHost Hostings 15<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/events\/ghost-hostings-16-ghost-watch\/\">GHost Hostings 16<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/events\/ghost-hostings-17-ghosts-in-the-body-and-mind\/\">GHost Hostings 17<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/events\/magic-lantern-ghost-show\/\">Magic Lantern Ghost Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sparkes was interviewed for BBC radio Merseyside on two occasions about this project: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/radio-merseyside-interview\/\">Radio Merseyside Interview<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more GHost Portal reviews <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theghostportal.co.uk\/category\/press\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow 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