The video and sound installation 'From Auschwitz to Ambleside' will open in Kendal Town Hall on 26 January 2007 at noon and run until 20.00hrs that evening.

The installation will explore the processes of remembrance by following the journey of child survivors of the Holocaust who were evacuated to the Lake District in 1945.

Trevor Avery has been accompanied by several artists and has visited Auschwitz in Poland, Prague and Terezin (Theresienstadt ghetto) in the Czech Republic, as well as Windermere, Ambleside and Troutbeck in the Lake District of the UK.

During the visits digital image and sound material was collected and interviews have been held with some of the survivors who were evacuated to the Lake District.

It is this material that will be used in the instalation to explore the events of sixty years ago and their imprint on the present day.

This project is supported by Arts Council of England, North West and South Lakes District Council.

Additional material has been collected by Chris Atkins, Denise Neild, Rosemary Smith and Gill White.

A reduced scale version of the installation that was held in Accrington Town Hall in July 2006 took place in Accrington Public Library from 6-11 November 2006.

This installation had further evolved and was developed specifically for this project from the previous events presented at Accrington and Kendal Town Halls.

In collaboration with Chris Atkins.

Supported by Arts Council of England, North West and Hyndburn District Council.

This large scale digital video and sonic installation in Accrington Town Hall ran from 30 June to 2 July 2006 and marked the 90th Anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 and ran concurrently with an exhibition at Haworth Museum.

Of all the volunteer Pals Battalions who took part in the First World War the name of the Accrington Pals has proven to be the most enduring and emotive. Through all the myths and legends now attached to the events of 1914-1918 the attack on Serre on 1st July 1916 has come to represent a powerful and enduring signifier for the First World War.

This installation evolved from the event first presented at Kendal Town Hall on 11 November 2004 and was further developed specifically for Accrington and East Lancashire by utilising archive footage of the Accrington Pals.

In collaboration with Chris Atkins and Andrew Deakin with support from John Baldwin.

Supported by Arts Council of England, North West and South Lakes District Council.