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A part-public, part-domestic space for artist thinking, testing, and development.
📍 Hull, UK
📡 2026 Programme
@abpoulson | @the.anna.log | @oceanloren

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PUBLIC PROGRAMME
October - December 2026

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We're excited to welcome @zivarnamurphyceramics and @publictactics to join us as part of the PUBLIC PROGRAMME for @oceanloren Possibility of Tenderness.

🧵Join us on Saturday 12 December from 3pm for a PUBLIC PERFORMANCE by Zivarna Murphy.

Free to attend. Refreshments provided. RSVP via DM.

Murphy will explore the site through clay, weaving and poetry to draw on the idea of ‘native’ and ‘invasive’. Her performance tends to the use of fibres like jute, hessian/crocus, sisal and cotton and their colonial threads.

Zivarna Murphy is an artist and researcher working intuitively across a range of materials and processes including clay, ceramic, sculptural weaving, printmaking and writing. She studied Anthropology and holds a PhD in Human Sciences.

🖨️ In December we will be launching a new PAMPHLET SERIES, exploring the work of CONTAINER WORKS artists alongside relational interventions in print, photography, and text by invited artists.

Working in alignment with Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin's Possibility of Tenderness, a new print publication by British–Sierra Leonean artist and cultural producer flematu sessay will be presented.

PAMPHLET SERIES 1 includes work by artists Emily Fratson @emily__fratson, Alexander Stubbs @alexanderstubbss, and flematu sessay @publictactics, alongside photographic documentation by Matt Fratson @mattfratson. taken in Hull, United Kingdom by @container.wks

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🫖 UPCOMING 🫖

Possibility of Tenderness is a display of new work by artist Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin.

Join us on Thursday 1 October from 5pm for a relaxed launch with refreshments. All welcome. RSVP via DM.

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For CONTAINER WORKS, @oceanloren presents Possibility of Tenderness, a staging of seed and herb parcels coding and decoding transatlantic flows of energy and material.

Navigating this relationship with botany and ritual, Baulcombe-Toppin suggests the potential for communal exchange to act as a conscious togetherness. Drawing from writings by herbalist Karen M. Rose and historical references to the bush tea practices of Barbados, Possibility of Tenderness connects with what is underfoot and transported. Water is an energy flow, suggested both by its presence and its absence. Cultural and agricultural knowledges of the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa are parcelled, articulated through material languages. The seeds and herbs are bitter remedies: they can cleanse, relax and calm, and build courage.

As Baulcombe-Toppin works through ideas of gifting, exchange, and cultural and ecological memory, eventually the work will travel beyond her control. Leaving the grasp of the artist and entering into a stage of bodily transference, the works presented here are to be planted, brewed, tended to and sipped. They are their own economies. The parcel bags have previously been used to gift herbal teas, pointing back towards their participation in cyclical exchanges.

As time passes and interactions with the body, soil, and water rotate and converge, the contents of the parcels will pass into the unknown and unseen. The seeds and herbs may fall into the cracks, swallowed by the land, emerging when ready as offerings for botanic and cultural study.

*Possibility of Tenderness is adapted from Jason Allen-Paisant's 2025 book 'The Possibility of Tenderness: A Jamaican Memoir of Plants and Dreams'.

Possibility of Tenderness includes a public programme of invited artists @zivarnamurphyceramics and @publictactics.

Possibility of Tenderness is on display until Thursday 31 December 2026.

CONTAINER WORKS is free and open to the public all day, every day. taken in Hull, United Kingdom by @container.wks

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Wondering how to find us? You can visit us using a number of travel options.

CONTAINER WORKS is located at:

(between Clifton Gardens and Ashdene)
Goddard Avenue
Hull
HU5 2AU

Opening times: 24/7 during exhibitions. CONTAINER WORKS is located outside, with no restrictions to access.

A map showing the location of CONTAINER WORKS.

By bus:

The numbers 5 and 104 serve CONTAINER WORKS directly from Hull Paragon Interchange.

Ask for the Ella Street stop when boarding.

By train:

Trains from London Kings Cross, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria, and Leeds all directly serve Hull.

By bike:

You can cycle to CONTAINER WORKS by using cycle routes around the city. There is bike rack parking available on Newland Avenue, at the end of Goddard Avenue.

By car:

Free, unrestricted parking is available outside CONTAINER WORKS on Goddard Avenue. taken in Kingston upon Hull by @container.wks

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4 months ago

Last week we proudly opened Possibility of Tenderness by @oceanloren to the public 🌱

We’d like to thank everyone who came by to spend time with Ocean’s work, and take in the fragrances and weight of the parcels. We loved hearing the beautiful conversations that flowed!

Ocean Baulcombe-Toppin’s Possibility of Tenderness is on display until the end of December. Open 24/7, all welcome 🩷 taken in Hull, United Kingdom by @container.wks

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9 days ago

In relationship with @the.anna.log current CONTAINER WORKS show, 18/05/2026 - ONGOING, multidisciplinary artist @emily_fratson presents a new digital text work, 'Circuits'.

'Circuits' interprets wellbeing and the body through the position of motherhood and family. A text-friendly version of work is available below.

18/05/2026 - ONGOING is on view until Wednesday 30 September.

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Prior to the cylinder, there is a flat, laminar disc. We are it, it is all of us, before we become me and you and you.

We read about the rapid development of your body, but we cannot imagine the ways we two will also fold and crease, twist and turn inward and unfurl to graze each others’ humanness. Our alien selves, too, do not know that from a void of nothing, need will draw something out.

In ancient humourism, environmental factors unbalance the four key components of the body. Germ theory and modern advancements put an end to this mode of thought, but I wonder if we were too quick to dismiss it when I become acid green with static at the close of the day, when I see your father’s brown edges, touching his shades of purple.

Is having a body being?

Tissue begins to arrange into the inner ear at eight weeks. By the second trimester, you are hearing heartbeat, digestion and breath. Muffled, aquatic voices tell you about the world.

Eight weeks postpartum. Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup. Milk tissue. Brainblur.

I am a child and I place a floppy disc in a computer tower. A small motor takes hold of the center and spins it rapidly, replacing the infinite loop piercing a black void on my screen with ‘Oregon Trail’. Today, I am determined to get my family across the river. by @container.wks

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There is a new Wellbeing Drawing in our vitrine! 🖍️

We are just over halfway through 𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, a display of new work by artist @the.anna.log

For CONTAINER WORKS Anna Farley is presenting a growing collection of Wellbeing Drawings which will change over time.

The drawings happen when Anna is stuck, overloaded with too many thoughts, tasks, or choices. Putting pencil to paper and scratching in colour channels all of the energy – be it anxiety or confusion or excitement – into a visual map.

𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 is on display until Wednesday 30 September.

CONTAINER WORKS is free to visit, and is publicly accessible at all times.

A small selection of Wellbeing Drawings are also available to view at @juicehull. Please get in touch with them directly to organise a visit to the studios. taken in Kingston upon Hull by @container.wks

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For CONTAINER WORKS @the.anna.log is presenting a growing collection of Wellbeing Drawings which will change over time. As Anna’s regular practice of drawing evolves and new drawings are made, the display in the wall vitrine will change, reflecting the pliable and bending nature of Anna’s work.

Anna’s Wellbeing Drawings always start with a membrane around the shape. By colouring inside the lines, Anna creates an anatomy of unintentional, organic references to form.

𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 continues until Wednesday 30 September.

CONTAINER WORKS is organised by @alexanderstubbss by @container.wks

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Bringing people together through drawing on a light and fresh Sunday morning 🫧

For Drawing Group, @the.anna.log shared their Wellbeing Drawing process with us. Encouraging free creation through form, colour, and easily accessed drawing materials, such as colouring pencils and paper, the drawing circle illuminated our earliest memories of drawing and brought to the surface the feelings we attribute with mark making and colour.

Anna’s 𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟲/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 is on display until Wednesday 30 September, and is free to visit.

Anna’s Wellbeing Drawings always start with a membrane around the shape. By colouring inside the lines, Anna creates an anatomy of unintentional, organic references to form. taken in Hull, United Kingdom by @container.wks

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𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 new work by Anna Farley, on display until Wednesday 30 September.

For CONTAINER WORKS @the.anna.log is presenting a growing collection of Wellbeing Drawings which will change over time. As Anna’s regular practice of drawing evolves and new drawings are made, the display in the wall vitrine will change, reflecting the pliable and bending nature of Anna’s work.

Wellbeing Drawings are: Carried; Portable; Crayola; Unpredictable; Autonomy.

The drawings happen when Anna is stuck, overloaded with too many thoughts, tasks, or choices. Putting pencil to paper and scratching in colour channels all of the energy – be it anxiety or confusion or excitement – into a visual map.

Anna’s support and care workers make sure she has these drawings with her, or that there is plain paper and colouring pencils available. People see different things in each drawing, a little bit like cloud watching.

Anna’s Wellbeing Drawings always start with a membrane around the shape. By colouring inside the lines, Anna creates an anatomy of unintentional, organic references to form.

Join us on Sunday 19 July 10am - 12pm for Drawing Group, when Anna will lead us through the drawing exercises she uses in her practice. 🖍️

CONTAINER WORKS is organised by @alexanderstubbss by @container.wks

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4 months ago

🚨UPCOMING🚨

𝟭𝟴/𝟬𝟱/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 is a display of new work by artist Anna Farley.

For CONTAINER WORKS @the.anna.log is presenting a growing collection of Wellbeing Drawings which will change over time. As Anna’s regular practice of drawing evolves and new drawings are made, the display in the wall vitrine will change, reflecting the pliable and bending nature of Anna’s work.

Wellbeing Drawings are: Carried; Portable; Crayola; Unpredictable; Autonomy

The drawings happen when Anna is stuck, overloaded with too many thoughts, tasks, or choices. Putting pencil to paper and scratching in colour channels all of the energy – be it anxiety or confusion or excitement – into a visual map.

Anna’s support and care workers make sure she has these drawings with her, or that there is plain paper and colouring pencils available. People see different things in each drawing, a little bit like cloud watching.

Anna’s Wellbeing Drawings always start with a membrane around the shape. By colouring inside the lines, Anna creates an anatomy of unintentional, organic references to form.

🥂Join us on Wednesday 1 July, 17:00 – 19:00 for a quiet launch with refreshments. All welcome. RSVP via DM.

Address: (between Clifton Gardens and Ashdene), Goddard Avenue, Hull, HU5 2AU

🖍️ On Sunday 19 July, Anna will be exploring the processes of her Wellbeing Drawings and teaching you how you can make your own. Free to attend and soft refreshments will be provided. 10am - 12pm.

💤 Every Sunday, CONTAINER WORKS will host Relaxed Mornings. Join us outside for free teas and coffees (and biscuits!) and a chance to see the work in a social setting. Free to attend, just turn up! 10am - 12pm throughout the duration of the exhibition. taken in Hull, United Kingdom by @container.wks

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4 months ago

Ydych chi wedi gweld Mari? // Have you seen Mari? by @abpoulson continues until Tuesday 30 June ☁️

In this work Abby explores insider and outsider perspectives, in a hyperlocal sense. The cyanotype images within the vitrine present a series of invitations to place, in this context, Dinas Mawddwy, in North Wales.

CONTAINER WORKS is publicly accessible 24/7 for free.

On Sunday mornings we open up for free teas and coffees. No advance notice required. by @container.wks

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5 months ago

On Sunday 3 May, we’re hosting a Reading Group 📚 exploring some of the research and interlinked texts from @abpoulson Ydych chi wedi gweld Mari? // Have you seen Mari?

We’ll be reading texts from Mahdi Sabbagh, Gillian Clarke, and Morgan Owen.

If you would like to join, please get in touch with us for time and location details. 🏡

Participation is free, and refreshments will be provided.

🌞 taken in Kingston upon Hull by @container.wks

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