John Fox

Artist, cultural provocateur, advocate of vernacular culture ,beachcomber and poet. Directed Welfare State International (1968-2006) creating lantern festivals, site-specific celebrations, carnival operas and £2m Lanternhouse in Ulverston. Raised the Titanic in Limehouse, shifted the Trident Sheds in Barrow, wrote “Eyes on Stalks” ( Methuen). Numerous fellowships and awards. Co-director Dead Good Guides; practising secular ceremonies for Rites of Passage. Working with a scientific perspective to create “The Weather Station” an eco-installation /wooden stilt house on the west shore of Morecambe Bay.