Highlights

Art Weekender – Bristol & Bath has something for everyone. From parties to public art, exhibitions to family activities, and architecture to conversations the programme is bursting with things to see and do.

Here you will find just a small selection of events and exhibitions that are part of the Art Weekender to give you a flavour of what to expect when we announce the full programme.

Richard Long – Boyhood line

Venue/Partner

Arnolfini

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Richard Long – Boyhood line

Alongside Richard Long’s major new solo exhibition at Arnolfini, the artist will create a new work on The Downs in Clifton. Boyhood Line, 2015, is made from white limestone and traces a ‘desire line’ footpath, close to Ladies Mile, that has been made over many months by people walking across the Downs.

Ravi Deepres –
The Gain Line

Venue/Partner

Institute of Contemporary Interdisciplinary Arts (ICIA)

Title

Ravi Deepres – The Gain Line

The Gain Line is a moving-image installation by artist Ravi Deepres, coinciding with the Rugby World Cup. The title refers to an invisible line on the rugby field that measures teams’ forward progress and their territorial advantage over their opponents. Throwing their bodies into the fray to surpass it, and putting their bodies on the line to protect it, players attach inordinate importance to getting beyond this symbolic threshold on the pitch.

Shoe boxes and Shipping Containers: Design and make your own ‘snug’ home

Venue/Partner

Architecture Centre

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Shoe boxes and Shipping Containers: Design and make your own ‘snug’ home

Join the Architecture Centre to create your own small-scale construction project. Inspired by micro architecture projects this drop-in workshop will encourage the designers and interior architects of the future to model their own ‘snug’ homes.

Visible Place - Australian artist Fairskye in Conversation

Venue/Partner

Victoria Art Gallery with Bath Spa University

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Visible Place - Australian artist Fairskye in Conversation

Join Victoria Art Gallery in conversation about Merilyn Fairskye’s engaging photographic and video practice that explores notions of time, identity and place. By investigating the role of digital media in understanding our changing relationship to environment, she gives us pause for reflection on the contemporary challenges faced amid technological advances and globalization.

LOVE – Tea Dance with A Difference

Venue/Partner

Watershed

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LOVE – Tea Dance with A Difference

Join Watershed as they celebrate this quintessentially British tradition by flipping it on its head. Dancing shoes at the ready for this tea dance with a difference. Suitable for all the family.

HO-ST -  A Garland of Ingenious Occupation

Venue/Partner

HO-ST

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HO-ST - A Garland of Ingenious Occupation

HO-ST is a party project; an exercise in art and hospitality; a platform for display. Join them, and their guests, for a special art weekend celebration.

   

Check back soon for a new selection of highlights to look out for this autumn.