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August – November 2014
WELCOME
In July Arnolfini secured funding through the Arts Council Investment
programme and joined 20 other organisations from Bristol who have
their support until 2018. We are pleased that Arts Council England has
committed its support, proud to be part of a thriving cultural scene in
the city, and would like to congratulate our fellow cultural organisations
that also received awards. As we all prepare for Bristol’s European Green
Capital year in 2015 we know that culture will play a significant role as we
join together to make next year Bristol’s year.
The summer programme at Arnolfini celebrates our city through
the gallery exhibition The Promise which includes a whole series of
commissions and collaborations throughout Bristol. We have devised a
varied programme of tours, talks and activities with a range of different
audiences and interests in mind. The programme invites you to explore
and enjoy our city through new eyes and in different ways, from bikes to
boats.
Our popular family programme offers a wide range of activities
throughout the summer and autumn, including play and foraging in Leigh
Woods. A new family gallery is open every day throughout the exhibitions
on level two of Arnolfini where we invite you to express your creativity.
For the autumn season we present solo exhibitions by the artists Willem
de Rooij and Josephine Pryde. De Rooij’s photographic works centre on the
very Bristol theme of protest, whilst Pryde will fill the first floor galleries
with her hyper-realistic images. Pryde will also create a new interactive
artwork for Arnolfini which promises to surprise. Artist Emma Smith’s
residency continues with experimental workshops open to all, exploring
the power of the voice to connect us to one another. Encounters Festival
returns in September to celebrate 20 years of bringing inspirational
screenings and events to Bristol.
Looking ahead, we are delighted to have In Between Time back for their
dazzling festival of performance in February. Next summer as part of
Bristol’s European Green Capital events we welcome Richard Long to
Arnolfini for a major exhibition featuring new commissions and past
works.
As a charity we work hard to raise funds to support a vibrant programme
of exhibitions and events, whilst taking our custodianship of the grade 2
listed building, Bush House, seriously. Every pound you spend in our café
bar, shop or kindly give through the donation boxes or by becoming a
member helps us with our mission. We are immensely grateful to all our
supporters, and look forward to welcoming you to Arnolfini.
Kate Brindley, Interim Director
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Contents
Opening Hours
Exhibitions 4
Talks & Events 10
Off-site Projects 12
Music 13
Screenings & Events 14
Family 16
Poetry Festival 18
At a Glance 19
Shop 21
Café Bar 21
Venue Hire 22
Support Us 22
Membership 22
Visit Us / Access 23
Exhibition spaces open:
Tuesday – Sunday and
Bank Holiday Monday,
11am – 6pm
Admission to the
exhibition
spaces is free
Shop open:
Tuesday – Sunday,
11am – 6pm
Café Bar open:
Daily from 10 am
@arnolfiniarts
arnolfini.org.uk
(Cover image) Kate Newby, Mr and Mrs Hands, installation view, 2014. Photo Stuart Whipps
(Opposite) Oscar Tuazon, Live Steam Shift Whistle, installation view, 2014 (Back cover
image) Josephine Pryde, Scale XIII, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery
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EXHIBITIONS
The Promise
A dialogue between the city and its people
Until Sunday 9 November, at Arnolfini and locations across Bristol, free
#PromiseBristol
Arnolfini presents The Promise, an exhibition of international
contemporary art with a focus on the city of Bristol. The exhibition
includes installations and sculptures spread throughout Bristol, and
is accompanied by walks, family events, talks, bike rides, and film
screenings. It explores the relationship between the city and its residents,
and inspires visitors to rediscover Bristol and view the city from new
perspectives.
The exhibition in the galleries of Arnolfini include a display of architecture
models and other materials that relate to the history of the city including
a detailed, large-scale model of the city centre and a futuristic plan for a
museum in Castle Park. These fascinating items give an overview of the
diverse ways in which Bristol has been imagined, but not always realised.
The exhibition also includes major works by Abraham Cruzvillegas, Luke
Fowler, Isa Genzken, Judith Hopf, Marcel Breuer, Jennifer Kabat, John
Miller, Charlotte Moth, muf architecture/art, Studio Manuel Raeder, Josef
Strau, Sophie Warren and Jonathan Mosley, Oscar Tuazon, Stephen
Willats and a Mapping Project: Doing Things Separately Together.
Across Bristol there are off-site commissions by international artists,
including Jeremiah Day, Assemble, Gabriel Lester, Kate Newby, and Lost
Property, developed for significant places in Bristol.
Share your pictures and comments @arnolfiniarts #PromiseBristol
The Promise is organised in association with PARADISE, a project by Trust New Art
Bristol, National Trust. The commission at Leigh Woods is a joint project by Arnolfini and
Trust New Art Bristol, National Trust.
Supported by Simplyhealth – Art in the Public Realm Commission Award, The Henry
Moore Foundation, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, The Gane Trust and The Ken
Stradling Collection, Amalgam Modelmaking, Creative New Zealand, Wring, and Blink
Giant Media.
(Image) The Promise, installation view, 2014. Photo Stuart Whipps
Events
Bristol Bike Rides
Saturday 2 August, 10am, Arnolfini to Church Road, Pop-up Park Event,
Sunday 21 September, 2.30pm , Church Road, Leigh Woods to The Downs,
free
Join Sustrans and Arnolfini for these guided cycle rides, designed to take in
the off-site projects of The Promise and celebrate eco-friendly initiatives in
the city.
The Promise Boat Tour & Dead Rat Orchestra
Performance: The Cut
Saturday 16 August, boat tour, 2pm, £7 / £5 concs, concert, 7.30pm, £5
See page 16 for full details.
Talk: Design and Social Context
Thursday 2 October, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs
Including presentations by Alan Powers and Kieran Long, this discussion
event will look at the impact of design on people’s lives and the social and
political contexts that define our relationship to our environment.
Presented by Arnolfini and the Design Study Centre as part of The Promise.
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Discussion: Bridges, Underpasses and
Roundabouts. Promise and Disjuncture in the city
Wednesday 15 October, 2pm, free
Using the M32 as a case study, this discussion event looks at the relationship
between design and people’s experience of the city. This afternoon session
will bring together local groups and commentators to discuss projects
planned and happening on sites around the M32 motorway, with the aim
of articulating shared visions from emerging ideas.
Presented by Arnolfini and the Architecture Centre as part of The Promise and the
Bridge150 season.
Screening: Radio On
Friday 17 October, 8pm, £6 / £4 concs
A rare example of a British road movie, Radio On is a journey through late
seventies Britain by way of a road trip from London to Bristol. Featuring
music from a number of new wave bands from the time, as well as
established artists such as Kraftwerk and David Bowie.
Chris Petit, UK, 1979, 104 minutes
The Promise: Designing a New Reality
Wednesday 5 November – Sunday 9 November, free
Graphic designers from the University of the
West of England BA programme will design alternative narratives and
uses for a series of architectural sites in Bristol. Working in film and print
they will create dialogues around new realities and histories for Bristol.
The work will be presented as part of The Promise, launching at 6pm on 5
November.
(Image) Doing Things Separately Together, installation view, Arnolfini, 2014. Photo Stuart Whipps
(Image) Jeremiah Day, Awake and You’re in Motion (Response to Brief from Bristol Radical
Historian), installation view, 2014. Photo Stuart Whipps
The Promise Off-site Artworks
Oscar Tuazon: Live Steam Shift Whistle
Until Sunday 9 November, Ladies Mile, The Downs, free
Oscar Tuazon has created a 20 foot high sculpture that doubles as a large
fire pit. Tuazon’s sculpture, playing with the tradition of architectural
follies in landscape parks, will host barbeques throughout the summer.
Barbeques on The Downs
Sunday 3 August, Sunday 17 August, Sunday 21 September, 1pm, charge for
food
Join us for a programme of special barbeque events, hosted by Bristol
restaurants Rice and Things, The Ox, and The Cowshed, cooked on Oscar
Tuazon’s sculpture.
Assemble: Spirit of Play
See page 21 for full details
Jeremiah Day: Awake and You’re in Motion
Until Sunday 9 November, junction 2 underpass, M32, free
Jeremiah Day’s work is a memorial for social engagement and the way it
changes the shape of cities. Taking into account the backdrop of events
that surrounded the urban redevelopment of Bristol, this new commission
looks at the contested history of the M32, through an installation of
posters at the site.
Kate Newby: Mr and Mrs Hands
Until Sunday 9 November, No.1 Redcliffe Street, Brunel Way underpass, car
park at corner of Redcliffe Way bridge and Welsh Back, and North Cabin,
The Control Room, Redcliffe Bridge (until 28 September), free
New Zealand born artist Kate Newby embraces the unnoticed, inviting
us to look again at our surroundings. Installed on four sites across the
city in overlooked or surprising spaces, Mr and Mrs Hands is a series of
temporary interventions - gestures and objects that explore the role that
architecture plays in shaping thought and perception.
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(Image) Shaun C Badham, I’M STAYING, Bristol Biennial, 2014
Bristol Biennial presents I’M
STAYING
Until Sunday 31 August, free
#IMSTAYING
I’M STAYING is a public artwork by Shaun C Badham addressing ideas of
place and chance, permanence and transition. It will move around Bristol
over a two year period. Initially displayed on the outside of Arnolfini’s
building, viewers are invited to vote online and choose the next site for the
neon artwork to be installed. Where will the work travel next: your street,
your work, your home? To vote, visit bristolbiennial.co.uk
Good Press Exhibition
Friday 1 August – Wednesday 1 October, 11am – 6pm, Reading Room, free
An exhibition of archived materials and recent publications by Glasgow
bookshop and project space Good Press. The exhibition will feature a
fascinating catalogue of projects and a selection of recent publications,
including a series of posters from the ongoing conceptual piece An Essay
On The Nature Of Independent Activities and Fairness.
Bristol Doors Open Day
Saturday 13 September, 11am – 6pm, spotlight tours every half hour from
12pm – 3pm, 20mins duration
Bristol Doors Open Day is Bristol’s annual celebration of architecture and
culture, with over 60 of Bristol’s fascinating contemporary and historic
buildings opening their doors for free. Get a new and unique perspective
on our exhibition The Promise with spotlight tours led by Arnolfini staff,
learn about the fascinating history of Arnolfini and take part in pop up
activities including designing your own exhibition poster to be entered
into a prize draw.
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Willem de Rooij
Friday 21 November – Sunday 8 February, free
#WillemdeRooij
The work of Dutch artist Willem de Rooij is multifaceted. Interested in the
beauty of images and materials, he is also aware of the impact of context
and the institutional framing of art works. Often including anthropological
artefacts in his presentations, his works employ delicate weavings, with
golden and silver threads and colour gradients, and elaborate flower
bouquets in specially designed vases. In their physicality these works
invite the pleasure of immediate experience and curious fascination. De
Rooij responds to what he calls “referential terror” – the idea that images
are subject to preconfigured meaning, that is, the viewer thinks there
should be a meaning even if there is none. In a much subtler way, these
works lend themselves to interpretation and their capacity to question, for
example, the way in which colours relate to systems of meaning, including
skin colours, body fluids, or political parties.
In other works, de Rooij’s approach to political meaning is more direct.
His installation Index: Riots, Protest, Mourning and Commemoration (as
represented in newspapers, January 2000 to July 2002) consists of 18
large panels with a selection of photographs cut from newspapers. The
installation is a selection of global images from political struggles, which
invites a closer look into the mechanics of representation and how people
are presented “in protest”?
(Image) Willem de Rooij, Taping Precognitive Tribes, 2012. Courtesy Galerie Buchholz,
Cologne/Berlin. (Image right) Josephine Pryde, Knickers VII, 2014. Courtesy of the artist,
Simon Lee Gallery, and Temnikova & Kasela
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Josephine Pryde: These Are Just
Things I Say, They Are Not My
Opinions
Friday 21 November – Sunday 22 February, free
#JosephinePryde
Autumn sees a major exhibition of British artist Josephine Pryde.
Known primarily for her photographic work, the artist has developed a
singular style of image making which recalls methods and ideas used in
advertising and fashion photography, and the new forms of images that
emerged in recent years through social media. Looking at the overlaps
between these areas, Pryde is testing the limits of the medium of
photography and its place in art.
Pryde creates hyper-seductive pictures, which often include moments of
doubt: critical hooks, which question the very visual language that she
is simultaneously employing and referencing, such as the shimmering
surfaces of textiles, portraits of staged personas or photos of splashing
liquids. The presentation of images is often an important element of the
work, and photographs are mounted onto aluminium tubes, or presented
with objects literally breaking through the surface. However Pryde
doesn’t reject the language of photographic imagery - rather she adopts
and layers it, with results sometimes reminiscent of stock photography
(generic images produced and archived for commercial use).
For her exhibition at Arnolfini, Josephine Pryde is premiering an
installation that combines a series of photographs with a new three
dimensional work. Visitors will be encouraged to move through the rooms
in more than one way in order to view the exhibition. The photographs will
develop a set of signs relating to screens and touch.
Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation.
(Image) 5Hz, Arnolfini, 2014. Photo Justin Yockney
TALKS & EVENTS
5Hz Labs
Saturday 8 – Sunday 30 November, free
#5Hz
5Hz is a collaborative project by artist Emma Smith, psychologist
Laurence White, cognitive neuroscientist Nina Kazanina and musicologist
Emma Hornby. Exploring the power of the voice to connect us to
one another, the project imagines an alternative evolution of speech
specifically for the purpose of social bonding. Following public
experiments in spring and summer, you are invited to participate
in a series of language evolution workshops, talks and laboratory
demonstrations by eminent scientists – phoneticians, psychologists,
neuroscientists and musicologists – contributing to the development of
the artwork and interactive installation, to be presented at Arnolfini in
March 2015. The events are a form of public research, allowing active
engagement with the science and art through experiments and hands-on
activities.
5Hz is produced by Arnolfini in collaboration with the University of Bristol, Plymouth
University and with the support of the Wellcome Trust. The 5Hz events programme
is also supported by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of the ESRC
Festival of Social Science 2014.
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Lab 1: Vocalise to Socialise
Weekender: Saturday 8 & Sunday 9 November, 2pm, free
This weekend will focus on the evolution of the voice and its role in
social bonding. Day one will explore ideas from biology, psychology,
neuroscience and anthropology about the origins of vocalisation. Day
two will look at the history of the use of voice for social purposes, and
key stages in its development. Speakers include Sophie Scott (University
College London) and Camilla Power (University of East London).
Lab 2: Beyond the Word
Sunday 16 November, 2pm, free
This lab will explore the potential of the voice to communicate emotional
states and human relationships across social and linguistic boundaries.
Speakers include psychologist Lawrence White (Plymouth University).
Lab 3: Speech Rhythms, Brain Rhythms
Saturday 22 November, 2pm, free
This lab will explore the rhythms of speech, music and the brain,
considering their potential for synchronising our thoughts and actions.
Speakers include speech scientist Fred Cummins (University College
Dublin).
Lab 4: The Persuasive Power of Voice
Saturday 29 November, 2pm, free
This lab will explore the power of the human voice to promote social
solidarity, looking particularly at the use of speech and song for
persuasion and protest. Speakers include musicologist Sarah Knight
(University of Nottingham).
Language Evolution Workshops
Lab session days, 11am, free
Before each lab session there will be a language evolution workshop. You
are invited to take part in a series of activities and games to evolve a new
language informed by the 5Hz research programme. Sessions will be led
by artist Emma Smith and psychologist Laurence White.
(Image) Peter Liversidge, Everything Is Connected, 2012. Frieze Art Fair, 2012 and
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 2013
The Great Debate: Who Owns Bridge Design?
Wednesday 8 October, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs
Since the 1990s architects have been increasingly involved in bridge
design, but where has this left the engineer? Find out how engineers and
architects feel about their changing roles and the effect it has on bridge
design. Chaired by Tanya Ross (Buro Happold) and featuring Jim Eyre,
Julia Elton, Hugh Pearman and Ian Firth.
Presented by the Architecture Centre as part of the Bridge150 season.
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UWE/Art in the City Lecture Series
£6 / £4 concs, free for UWE staff and students
Organised by Arnolfini, Bristol City Council, and the University of the
West of England. Supported by Bristol City Council
Gabriel Lester
Wednesday 29 October, 6.30pm
Gabriel Lester is an artist working in a range of media, initially focusing
on music and progressing to film, installations and constructed
environments. Lester’s work originates from a desire to tell stories and
construct environments that support these stories and propose their own
narrative interpretation. Gabriel Lester’s work is included in The Promise
at Arnolfini.
Tobias Rehberger
Wednesday 12 November, 6.30pm
Tobias Rehberger creates objects, sculptures, furniture and environments
as diverse as he is prolific. His work crosses, and plays with, traditional
divisions between art, design and interiors. This is especially true of the
Binary Clock Sculpture he has created for Southmead Hospital Bristol,
installed in May 2014.
Peter Liversidge
Wednesday 3 December, 6.30pm
No single category or definition can successfully describe Peter Liversidge’s
diverse practice which includes work in almost every conceivable medium:
drawing, film, performance, painting, photography, installations and
multiples. All of his works are united by an underlying streak of dark,
absurdist humour and a gently persistent questioning of things.
(Image) Floating Ballast Seed Garden, Photo Max McClure
OFF-SITE PROJECTS
Maria Thereza Alves
Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast
Seed Garden
Ongoing
#ballastseed
Working with Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, designer Gitta
Gschwendtner and the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Arnolfini has
transformed a disused grain barge into a ballast seed garden on Bristol’s
Floating Harbour. The garden, populated with a variety of non-native
plants, is a living history of the city’s trade and maritime past.
The garden is visible from Castle Park and can be accessed through
Arnolfini’s public art programme of boat tours running in August.
Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed Garden was commissioned by Bristol City
Council as part of its public art programme and designed by Gitta Gschwendtner. The
project was funded by the Ashley, Easton & Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership,
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with the kind support of Bristol Harbour Authority, Arnolfini, Ramboll, University of
Bristol Botanic Garden and Avon and Somerset Probation Trust Community Payback
team and Bristol Packet Boat Trips.
Summer Events & Boat Tours
Boat tours, £7 / £5 concs (unless stated otherwise).All tours leave from
Arnolfini, booking required
Boat Tour Led by a University of Bristol Botanic
Garden Volunteer Guide
Wednesday 6 August and Thursday 14 August, 5.30pm
An introduction to the botanical background of the Ballast Seed Garden.
Your tour host will explain the principles behind the design, how the
plants are raised, established, and introduce the plant species explaining
how the display will be developed in the future.
The Promise Boat Tour & Dead Rat Orchestra
Performance: The Cut
Saturday 16 August, boat tour, 2pm, concert, 7.30pm, £5
A boat tour that links Arnolfini’s exhibition, The Promise, to the Ballast
Seed Garden project. Join a discussion that coincides with the arrival of
the Dead Rat Orchestra, who will have travelled 273 miles exclusively by
waterway to Bristol and will perform in the evening with special guests in
Arnolfini’s auditorium.
We Are Family Boat Tour
Saturday 30 August, family workshop, 1pm – 5pm, free, boat trip, 3.30pm,
£7 / £5 concs, £3 for under 12’s (free for under 3 years)
Drop in to Arnolfini and explore the fantastic world of ballast seed plants.
Craft your own plant pots, add to our big fuzzy felt garden and join
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MUSIC
#ArnolfiniMusic
Off The Page
Friday 26 – Sunday 28 September, Weekend ticket £30, Friday £10, Saturday
£20, Sunday £8
Off The Page is a literary festival focussing on contemporary sound and
music. Over this weekend of talks, presentations and conversations, the
event will feature an array of leading underground musicians, critics and
authors.
The talks and presentations will cover a number of contemporary
music matters, from the history of recording to the mechanics of sound
systems and the aesthetics of Industrial culture, while the conversations
will illuminate the thinking of key contemporary musicians and
commentators. There will be a number of extra events taking place
throughout the weekend, including film screenings and family activities,
a pub quiz hosted by The Wire, and a closing night concert featuring
musicians associated with Mississippi Records.
The programme includes audiences with Robert Wyatt, Carla Bozulich
and Paul Gilroy, a reading by Dean Blunt, plus new talks by Mark Fisher,
Sarah Angliss, David Keenan, Julian Henriques, Nick Richardson and
Mississippi Records’ Eric Isaacson.
Produced by The Wire in collaboration with Arnolfini and Qu Junktions
(Image) Dean Blunt, Photo Mikael Gregorsky
(Image below) Synchromy, 1971. Directed by Norman McLaren © National Film Board of
Canada. All rights reserved.
SCREENINGS & EVENTS
20th Encounters Short Film and
Animation Festival
Tuesday 16 – Sunday 21 September
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival returns to Bristol for six
days of inspirational screenings & events for everyone to enjoy. The 2014
Encounters Festival celebrates 20 years as the UK’s leading short film
and animation festival, presenting 20 / 20: Looking back to look forward.
Connecting the past to the future, this special anniversary is a celebration
of unmissable films, live performances, radical debates and forward
thinking visions in sound and image.
Encounters-festival.org.uk / @EncountersSFF
Desert Island Flicks with Will Self
Tuesday 16 September, 8pm, £10 / £9 concs
In conversation with Andrew Kelly (Director of Festival of Ideas and
founder of Brief Encounters), the author and broadcaster Will Self
discusses a selection of his favourite films.
Presented in association with Bristol Festival of Ideas
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Cinema — LIVE!
Encounters Festival and Arnolfini join forces to present border crossing
live experiences in sound and image from live events and screenings to
talks and workshops.
Vinyl Requiem (replayed)
Wednesday 17 September, 9.30pm, £10 / £9 concs
Ticket Deal – buy ticket for this event and Touch Presents at 1pm for £12
Created by sound artist Philip Jeck in collaboration with visual artist
Lol Sargent, this reinvention of a one-off audio-visual performance of
remarkable force and scale sees Jeck perform live with his on screen
digitised self.
Benedict Drew in Performance
Thursday 18 September, 8pm, £5 / £4.50 concs
Encounters 2014 and Arnolfini present a new festival-commissioned
performance by Benedict Drew, who works across video, sculpture, music
and their associated technologies.
McLaren the Musician
Friday 19 – Saturday 20 September
In association with Bath Spa University’s Seeing Sound symposium, this
series of events explores the legacy of Scottish-born animator, Norman
McLaren (1914 – 1987). McLaren’s work in animation and ‘animated sound’
mapped out territory that subsequent generations of filmmakers, audiovisual artists, and musicians are still exploring. Part of McLaren 2014.
Cine-Seizure: Benjamin Damage
(with Panther Panther!), COH & Frank,
Konx-Om-Pax, HOL, Thor Magnusson
Friday 19 September, 8pm, £10 / £9 concs
Five big screen electronic performances blur the lines between sound and
image, cinema and club, accelerating the tempo as this immersive audio
visual night progresses.
Seeing Sound Salon: McLaren the Musician
Saturday 20 September, 2pm, £5 / £4.50 concs
Organised by Bath Spa University’s Seeing Sound symposium, this
informal afternoon salon aims to introduce a wider, non-specialist
audience to McLaren’s role in the development of synthetic sound,
electronic ‘visual music’, and experimental animation.
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Analog Video Workshop: Chris J King and
Alexander Peverett
Saturday 20 September, 10am, £27.50
Media Artists Chris J King and Alexander Peverett will present a workshop
in hands-on-video techniques influenced by Norman McLaren.
Live Audiovisual Coding Workshop:
Thor Magnusson
Saturday 20 September, 10am, £20
Explore how new expressive performance and compositional methods,
such as live coding, allow for audiovisual pieces where sound and visuals
are intrinsically mapped.
Artists’ Moving Image at Encounters Festival
This year, Encounters introduces a dedicated strand for artist film and
video into the festival, inviting three leading international organisations to
curate short film programmes for the festival.
Touch Presents: The Memory of Water
Wednesday 17 September, 1pm, £5 /£4.50 concs
Ticket Deal – buy ticket for this event and Vinyl Requiem at 9.30pm for £12
Since 1982, Touch has created sonic and visual productions that combine
innovation with a level of care and attention that has made it the most
enduring of any independent company of its time. Label founder Jon
Wozencroft introduces some of their finest film productions.
Oberhausen Presents: Artist Film and Videos
from 1994 to 2014
Thursday 18 September, 1pm, £5 / £4.50 concs
A selection of artists‘ film and video from the International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen archive of the last 20 years, including The Artist
(Laure Prouvost) and Shock of Time (Sun Xun).
LUX Presents: Looking, Mediated
Friday 19 September, 1pm, £5 / £4.50 concs
Looking, Mediated is a new LUX touring programme of moving image
works by artists who utilise, address and challenge contemporary forms of
visual experience.
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FAMILY
Arnolfini offers activities for families to do together during exhibitions.
Visit our family space on level two where you can use our giant building
blocks to create your own city, or add to our big collaborative artwork by
drawing the inhabitants of The Promise Hotel. Plus printed family guides
are a great way to engage children in the exhibition as you work together
to explore the gallery spaces.
Family Film Screenings
Saturday 30 August, Saturday 27 September, Saturday 25 October,
Wednesday 29 October, Thursday 30 October, Friday 31 October, Saturday
29 November, 11am, free
As part of our family programme of events, join us for a special film
screening just for families. Each screening will introduce you to a different
theme or idea taken from our exhibitions or events. Films are suitable for
all ages.
We Are Family
Saturday 30 August, Saturday 27 September, Saturday 25 October,
Saturday 29 November, 1pm, free
Explore Arnolfini’s exhibitions and events through exciting activities
for families. Get creative and join in with engaging, fun, and practical
activities such as gigantic drawings, 3D collages and workshops with
amazing artists. Drop into the Light Studio and see what fantastic
creations you can make! Most suitable for ages 5+ but all ages are
welcome to have a go.
Bristol Bike Ride: Leigh Woods to The Downs
Sunday 21 September, 2.30pm, free
A guided cycle ride led by Sustrans and culminating at a special barbeque
on The Downs. Travel from the interactive play project of Assemble at
Leigh Woods to artist Oscar Tuazon’s artwork on The Downs. Children are
welcome if they are able riders,and accompanied by an adult.
Assemble: Spirit of Play
Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 August, 10am, Follow-Your-Nose Play, free
Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 September, 10am, Tree Play, free
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 October, 10am, Mud Play, free
Architect and artist collective Assemble present an interactive play project
in Leigh Woods. A joint project by Arnolfini and Trust New Art Bristol,
National Trust as part of The Promise, Assemble will investigate how
children can be encouraged to get the most from the site with play that
promotes freedom and self-direction.
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Storytelling
Every Tuesday, 10.30am, free
Listen to stories from local children’s authors as well as beautiful books
carefully selected from Arnolfini’s Shop.
For ages 5 and under. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Family Foraging Walk
Sunday 12 October, 11am, £5 / £3 concs, free for under 16s
Join local forager and BBC favourite Andy Hamilton as he leads families
on a foraging adventure around the The Downs.
Family Arts Festival
Friday 17 October – Sunday 2 November, 11am , free
Pick up a Family Arts Festival guide and join the festival trail to see how
many amazing activities you can take part in across the city.
Family Arts Festival Events
Buggy Tour: The Promise
Tuesday 21 October, 11.30am, free
An opportunity for parents to bring their babies (under 1 year old only) on
a specially designed exhibition tour of The Promise.
Here, Today
Saturday 25 October & Sunday 26 October, 1pm, free, drop in
Join artist Andy Field and children from local primary schools for a
performance piece with a difference as they take you on a journey into
the future of Bristol. Team up with your personal guide and see the city
through a child’s eyes, their imaginings, wild inventions, hopes, fears and
impressions of the city.
The Big Family Arts Picnic
Saturday 1 November, 12pm, free
Take part in exciting Big Draw activities with Bristol Children’s Scrapstore
and The Architecture Centre and Playing Out as we imagine what the city
would look like if families were in charge.
(Image) Fleur Adcock © Caroline Forbes
BRISTOL POETRY FESTIVAL
Pete (The Temp) Verses Climate Change
Wednesday 10 September, 7.30pm, £7 / £5 concs
Pete The Temp will solve climate change using only his mouth in this high
octane spoken word meets musical comedy, political commentary and
audience participation show. Pete has shared a stage with among others Bill
Bailey, Stewart Lee and Howard Marx and performed at over 20 festivals.
‘Poetry’s answer to Mark Thomas…’ Chortle
Show produced by renaissance one, in association with Apples and Snakes,
The Albany and the Cockpit Theatre, and is supported by Arts Council
England.
SIX!: Alyson Hallett, Lucy Lepchani, Victoria Field,
Dikra Ridha, Kate Firth, Shagufta Iqbal
Thursday 11 September, 7.30pm, £7 / £5 concs
Poetry Readings from poets from Bristol, the South West and the South East.
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Bristol Poetry Festival Open Poetry Slam hosted
by Glenn Carmichael and Claire Williamson
Friday 12 September, 7.30pm, £7 / £5 concs
The most exciting slam of the year with slammers Melanie Branton,
Megan Chapman, Graham Chilcott, Susan Evans,Robert Garnham, Peter
Gebler, Gillie Harris, Daniel Haynes, Mark Jones, Tim King, Jennifer Lee,
Nick Lovell, Abi Newman, Saskia Tomlinson, and Jasmin White.
Liberated Words Poetry Film Festival hosted by
Lucy English & Sarah Tremlett
Saturday 13 September, 2pm, £5 / £4 concs
Presenting the poetry films of the finalists of the Liberated Words Poetry
Film Competition, based on two themes: Memory: in commemoration
of the anniversary of the 1914 – 18 war, and on Gloucestershire poet Ivor
Gurney’s poem The High Hills Have a Bitterness. There will also be poetry
films from St Gregory’s Catholic College, and by St Brendan’s Sixth Form
College, plus a groundbreaking film from dementia patients at The Royal
United Hospital, Bath.
Poetry Readings: Fleur Adcock, Robert
Minhinnick, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Mir Mahfuz Ali
Saturday 13 September, 7.30pm, £8 / £6 concs
Fleur Adcocks poised, ironic poems are remarkable for their wry wit,
conversational tone and psychological insight, unmasking the deceptions
of love or unravelling family lives. Robert Minhinnick was described by
the Sunday Times as “the best Welsh poet of his generation”. Vidyan
Ravinthiran is a poet and critic and was formerly poetry editor of the
Oxonian Review, and Mir Mahfuz Ali, published his first collection
Midnight, Dhaka in 2014.
(Image top) Arnolfini Café Bar. Photo Sarah Bentley (Image bottom) Arnolfini Shop, 2011.
Photo Jamie Woodley
CAFÉ BAR
Open daily from 10am
Arnolfini Café Bar welcomes you with a Mediterranean-inspired menu
using locally sourced ingredients: find slates of antipasti, pizzas, delicious
sandwiches, as well as exceptional homemade cakes and pastries.
Contact Café Bar with enquiries or bookings on
0117 917 2305 or cafebar@arnolfini.org.uk
Follow us on Twitter @ArnolfiniCafe
SHOP
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm, Bank Holiday Mondays, 11am – 6pm
Arnolfini Shop is full of inspiring books and goodies for all ages. We stock
a wide range of contemporary art titles, specialist magazines, artists
editions and original Arnolfini archive posters dating back to 1968.
Contact the shop with enquiries or orders on 0117 917 2304 or
shop@arnolfini.org.uk. Follow us on Twitter @ArnolfiniShop
Arnolfini Members and Arnolfini Student Members get 10% off all
purchases. Student Membership is free to all students upon presentation
of a valid student or NUS card. Sign up now at Arnolfini Box Office, see
page 27.
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(Image) Arnolfini building. Photo Jamie Woodley
VENUE HIRE
Arnolfini is a unique venue on Bristol’s Harbourside, offering spaces filled
with natural light and fantastic views across Bristol. We have versatile
areas including a variety of meeting rooms, an Auditorium, and large
open spaces with capacities ranging from 4 to 250 people. Arnolfini is the
perfect venue for all your meetings, large screenings, product launches,
seminars and training. We offer fully catered events with homemade
food provided by our Café Bar, and by holding your event with us you are
helping to sustain one of Bristol’s unique educational charities.
For more information, please call 0117 917 2300 or email events@arnolfini.
org.uk
PATRONS OF NEW ART BRISTOL
Bristol is home to a vital and flouishing art scene with over 800 artist
studios, outstanding galleries and world-class art producers. Arnolfini,
Situations and Spike Island, have come together to offer our supporters a
way to experience and support new art commissioned in Bristol.
Join Patrons of New Art Bristol for the chance to help artists realise their
ambitions and enable organisations to take these works to audiences in
Bristol and beyond.
For further information visit newartbristol.org or contact Georgina Bolton
at gb@situations.org.uk
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SUPPORT US
For over 50 years Arnolfini has been a meeting place, a catalyst for
ideas, and a unique showcase for world class contemporary art and
performance. We have supported influential artists early in their careers
and have encouraged people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with
the arts. As a registered charity we depend on the support and generosity
of our supporters to help us grow our innovative programme of exhibitions
and events.
For more information about supporting us please email development@
arnolfini.org.uk
Arnolfini would like to thank all of our members, supporters and friends
who help to keep great art free for all.
Arnolfini Patrons
Alice Workman, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Manuela & Iwan Wirth
Corporate Partners
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Bibendum
DAC Beachcroft LLP
ARNOLFINI MEMBERSHIP
Join Arnolfini and enjoy an exciting range of exclusive benefits. Becoming
a member is a great way to get involved with Arnolfini, and be part of the
creative landscape of Bristol.
If you have a student card you can get free membership at Arnolfini, which
gives you a fantastic range of benefits. Just show your student card at
Arnolfini Box Office to join.
Details of the membership schemes are available at arnolfini.org.uk
or please contact the development department on 0117 917 2337 or
developmentadmin@arnolfini.org.uk
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ACCESS
We aim to make all visitors welcome. There are parking spaces for
disabled visitors outside our main entrance, access via Farr’s Lane.
Wheelchairs are available inside the building, and guide dogs are
welcome.
A large print and MP3 version of the brochure can be downloaded from
the access page of our website. There is an induction loop system within
the Auditorium. Please inform Box Office of any special requirements.
VISIT US
Arnolfini is situated by the water at Narrow Quay in Bristol’s Harbourside.
It’s a 15 minute walk from Temple Meads railway station, and Marlborough
Street bus station. Most buses stop in the city centre, a short walk from
Arnolfini.
If travelling by car, follow brown tourism signs. The nearest car park is The
Grove.
For further information visit arnolfini.org.uk or ring 0117 917 2300
Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA
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