A New Land Mythology

  ‘The night was lost before the sun, to wide eyes and white bliss and a place as real as smoke…’ Grafitti text found on Ashton Meadows, beneath Brunel Way, Jan 2014 Consolidating the reading, photographs, research and conversations of the Ear​thed team so far – along with a chilly January site visit that began before dawn – this… Continue reading A New Land Mythology

Site Scribbles

David arrived at Ashton Meadows before dawn on January 9th, undertaking a day of various exercises to get his head around the site. You can see some of the images from the day in theField Trip photo diary. Below are a few pages from the notebook and some text that particularly caught his eye. 7.33am – 8.00am: ‘I’m not… Continue reading Site Scribbles

Field Trips – Earthed

[Above: Mick Petts and David Lane by the magnificent Pit Pony’s hooves in Pennalta Park, South Wales] Over two days the team visited various sites to explore their thinking further around Earthed. Writer David Lane took a day out at selected site Ashton Meadows in Bristol, and then joined landform sculptor Mick Petts and artistic director… Continue reading Field Trips – Earthed

David’s Digest #2

Welcome Back! Thanks for visiting the Viewing Chamber and welcome to the second digest of The Engine House, Part Exchange Co’s vibrant research and development project exploring site-specific, interdisciplinary theatre with writers at its heart. The Viewing Chamber is the room in The Engine House where we share with you a broad range of materials… Continue reading David’s Digest #2

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Artists’ Exchange – Ideas Collaboration

The artists were asked to explore the Coroners’ Court in Bristol through: Observing Abstracts (subjective): the emotion it seems to have, that it causes in you or potentially others its dynamic: fast, slow, flickering, lopsided, erratic, steady its atmosphere: calming, troubling, haunting Observing the Imagined (the past): past voices past sounds past events and uses / misuses Observing… Continue reading Artists’ Exchange – Ideas Collaboration

David’s Digest #1

David’s Digest #1: Laying Foundations Welcome! The doors are now open to our Viewing Chamber – welcome! This is the room in the Engine House where you’re invited to view our artists at work. We’ll be following the development of all the Engine House seed ideas as they take shape, using the experiences of artists… Continue reading David’s Digest #1

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