Finding the edges
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Oct 5, 2009
The C Words season has plunged straight in at the deep end, with full and intense discussions that have explored some of the key issues that will frame the next eight weeks. There’s been a lot of talking, but it has felt like an important way to begin: introducing the complex and diverse groups and...
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 launches
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Oct 3, 2009
C Words started today at Arnolfini, Bristol with a wonderful launch day of exhibitions, discussions, introductions and food. The season began with a fascinating discussion around recuperation. The day has been driven by ideas and conversations. The highlight for me was the extraordinary personal testimony of a Canadian First Nations activist fighting back the invasion...
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...
