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Julian Trust Night Shelter – poetry, film and visual poetry

We have been volunteering at the Julian Trust Night shelter, helping out, meeting guests and volunteers, documenting their stories and developing ideas for a piece of site-specific immersive performance that might tell the stories of this site in a powerful, imaginative and affecting way. Initially the artistic impetus was coming from our two core artists,… Continue reading Julian Trust Night Shelter – poetry, film and visual poetry

Sikka Magnun – Video Installation Inspiration

Thom Buttery audio visual artist on JUlian Trust Night Shelter project recommends Sikka Magnum by Daniel Canogar; ‘I really like the process of digital recycling, re-appropriating your own or others material to give it a new meaning or context, this approach is what the VJ practice was built on. This installation is both a beautiful… Continue reading Sikka Magnun – Video Installation Inspiration

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Audio-visual Artist, Thom Buttery, shares his inspirations

Thom is working on our Quartet and Atticus funded Julia Trust Night shelter r&d. We asked him a bit about himself and his work.   Who are you and what form does your artistic practice take? I’m Thomas Buttery a Bristol based visual and light artist with an inclination for documentary film making.   Why and… Continue reading Audio-visual Artist, Thom Buttery, shares his inspirations

Jeff Daniels being part of St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club

I joined in these sessions as part of a journey of self discovery. This was to take me out of my comfort zone as I have not participated in drama/theatre type events before, other than being a member of the audience. So the journey began under the directorship of Rachel, providing an overview to stimulate… Continue reading Jeff Daniels being part of St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club

St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club evaluation

The Place Based Theatre Club ‘The theatre club brought people from all different walks of life together. I seriously hope this project can continue as it has tremendous potential.’ In January 2017, funded by Bristol Ageing Better and in partnership with Redcliffe Care, St Mary Redcliffe’s outreach arm, we ran fortnightly, site-specific, theatre devising sessions inspired by… Continue reading St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club evaluation

St Mary Redcliffe Inspire day and Tea Party

Inspired by Place We are launching our St Mary Redcliffe Place Based Theatre Club with an ‘Inspire day and Tea Party’ on Saturday 21st January 2-4pm. Tours of usually hidden and unseen spaces and their stories will run at 2pm from the north porch, followed from 2.30 -4pm, by tea and cake, sharing of stories and history and creative… Continue reading St Mary Redcliffe Inspire day and Tea Party

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John Hull on Blindness and Memory

This fascinating and articulate talk is a unique insight into one man’s experience of his blindness and how his visual memories were slowly replaced by ‘three dimensional, non-sighted, whole body images’ and the impact this had on the way he experiences the world.

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