From Coal to Oil – Fossil Fuel Focus
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Oct 21, 2009
Next week C Words will train a spotlight on Tar Sands, described as ‘The most destructive industrial project on earth’. Join us at Arnolfini this Sunday, 25th October 2009 from 19:00 for a special preview screening on the brand new film H2Oil. I arrived at Arnolfini late on Wednesday morning, at the start of a...
C Words Slow Travel weekend, An Epilogue
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Oct 5, 2009
The C words opening was advertised as a slow travel weekend. Sustrans’ art and the travelling landscape opened their Slow Travel Agency for business, while visitors and collaborating artists were encouraged to arrive by foot, bike, boat, bus and train. I arrived home around 02:30am on Monday morning having taken almost eight hours to travel...
C Words: The Hubbub Begins
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Oct 3, 2009
Saturday, 3rd October 2009 Arriving at Arnolfini early this morning, before the gallery opens ‘C Words’ to the public, a sense of eager anticipation hangs in the air. Some of the artists and gallery staff are involved in frantic last minute preparations while others patiently pace through the days rituals in quiet corners of the...
C Words – One Day To Go
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Oct 2, 2009
With one day to go until the opening of PLATFORM’s C Words season at Arnolfini, Bristol the co-realizers are making themselves at home in the reading room. We are currently sourcing tea, cake and other essentials for our first Critical Tea Party. Sunday 4th Septrmber 2009, 17:00-18:00 We look forward to seeing you here. Becky,...
I see pirates…
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Sep 24, 2009
It’s my first morning in Bristol, living on a canal barge near Bristol Bridge. I go out into the sun on my bike to find some bits and pieces, and within 5 minutes see my first pirate of the day, in Castle Park, in full regalia, with cutlass. Every time I’ve been here i see...
Agitpod
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Sep 23, 2009
Agitpod is a solar-powered cinema system mounted on a quadricycle. It was designed by students at Southwark College in a mobile eco-design project led by PLATFORM. Agitpod is designed to show agitational propaganda and is being cycled from Tower Bridge in London to Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Arts, Bristol – for C Words, a season...