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Spring / Summer 2014

WELCOME

Welcome to Arnolfini’s spring / summer programme. The spring will see a focus on performance, with a new collaboration with local artists, Warehouse Residencies (see page 15), where Bristol-affiliated artists, ranging from musicians to live art practitioners will use Arnolfini’s gallery spaces to develop new work. On certain dates, you are invited to see how it’s progressing.

In April we welcome the renowned Siobhan Davies Dance to the gallery spaces for a live performance and installation, a series of evolving choreographic pieces giving performers and audiences the opportunity to interact. Spring also brings Mayfest, Bristol’s unique annual festival of contemporary theatre to Arnolfini with four thrilling new performance works exploring the complexities of how we live our lives. The gallery spaces and auditorium will also see a May bank holiday programme of events celebrating the Bristol record label Sarah Records (1987 – 1995), including concerts, an exhibition, film and themed walks. This retrospective is part of the inaugural Bristol Arts Weekender, which involves 130 artists and sees the launch of the Bristol Art Map, which will help you navigate the visual arts landscape of Bristol.

The summer sees a change of focus with The Promise opening in July, an ambitious exhibition project about the relationship between a city and its residents that takes place in Arnolfini galleries, and across Bristol. The projects feature international artists Jeremiah Day, Gabriel Lester, Kate Newby, Oscar Tuazon, and Lost Property, and range from a collaboration with the National Trust in Leigh Woods, to a project on the Clifton Downs. We are also pleased to see the Ballast Seed Garden emerging from its winter slumber, with themed boat trips to the garden.

As we go to press we welcome Kate Brindley as new Interim Director for Arnolfini. Kate joins Arnolfini from the Middlesbrough Institute of Contemporary Art (mima), where, as Director, she firmly established this ambitious, new-build initiative on the cultural map. No stranger to Bristol, Kate was Director of Museums, Galleries and Archives for the city, and was responsible for the successful M Shed project being realised.

Kate said “I am delighted to be back in Bristol, and to be at Arnolfini. I will be working to shape Arnolfini’s future at the heart of the city’s vibrant cultural scene, and look forward to engaging with the people of Bristol, Arnolfini staff, trustees and partner organisations, to achieve this. Come and participate in our exciting new spring/summer programme – I look forward to welcoming you at Arnolfini.”

Opening Hours

Exhibition spaces open: Tuesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, 11am – 6pm

Admission to the exhibition spaces is free

Shop open: See page 25 for full details

Café Bar open: Daily from 10 am

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Contents Exhibition 4 Off-Site Projects 10 Music 12 Performance 15 Poetry Festival 17 Talks & Lectures 18 Screenings 20 Family 21 At a Glance 22 Membership 24 Shop 25 Café Bar 25 Venue Hire 26 Support Us 26 Visit Us / Access 27

(Cover image) Siobhan Davies Dance, Table of Contents, performer Charlie Morrissey. Photo Pari Naderi (Back cover image) Kathy Hinde, Tipping Point (image right) Between Hello and Goodbye: The Secret World of Sarah Records. Photo Yes Please! Productions

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Siobhan Davies (CBE) is a renowned British choreographer. She has created over 60 works to critical acclaim: twice-winning an Olivier Award, and others including Digital Dance Awards and a South Bank Show Award. Founding Siobhan Davies Dance in 1988, she has consistently worked closely with collaborating dance artists to ensure that their own artistic enquiry was part of the creative process. www.siobhandavies.comTable of Contents is co-produced with the ICA, London, and Tramway, Glasgow.

Events

Siobhan Davies: In ConversationWednesday 23 April, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs

All This Can Happen: A film by Siobhan Davies and David HintonThursday 24 April, 8pm, £6 / £4 concs

See page 20 for details.

Making it Visible: A panel discussion on liveness, process and history when exhibiting danceSaturday 26 April, 2pm, free

We Are FamilySaturday 26 April, 1pm – 5pm, free

See page 21 for details.

EXHIBITIONS

Siobhan Davies Dance: Table of Contents A Live Installation: Memory and Presence

Wednesday 23 – Sunday 27 April, 11am – 6pm (Thursday 1pm – 8pm), free #SDDTable

Table of Contents is a live performance and installation co-created by Siobhan Davies, Andrea Buckley, Helka Kaski, Rachel Krische, Charlie Morrissey and Matthias Sperling, each using dance and their own history as choreographers and performers to question how dance is archived.

Resembling a form of movement laboratory, a series of evolving choreographic pieces take place over the course of the day in the gallery space between performers and audiences.

‘Engagingly ambitious in the questions it wants to provoke about what dancers do and how they do it, and it manages to speak to insiders and novices alike’ Judith Mackrell, The Guardian

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(Image left) Siobhan Davies Dance, Table of Contents, performer Matthias Sperling. Photo Pari Naderi (Image above) Siobhan Davies Dance, Table of Contents, performer Rachel Krische. Photo Pari Naderi

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Events

Concerts and ScreeningSaturday 3 May, 7.30pm, £18 / £16 concs

Performances from The Orchids, Secret Shine, and Amelia and Rob (ex-Heavenly) will follow a preview screening of My Secret World, plus an afterparty from 10pm.

Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes: In ConversationSaturday 3 May, 5.30pm, £3

In conversation with Sarah Records founders Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes.

Sarah Records: Bristol WalksSaturday 3 May 1pm, Sunday 4 May 11am, Monday 5 May 11am, (leaving from Arnolfini foyer), free just turn up

As part of the exhibition Sarah Records label co-founder Clare Wadd will be leading themed city walks in conjunction with local ramblers, Brunel Walking Group. The walks will take in some of the locations which gave the label’s releases their names, and are a perfect opportunity to explore Bristol. The walks run for about an hour and a half (covering 3 – 4 miles).

These events and exhibition are part of Bristol Art Weekender, a weekend festival celebrating art across Bristol, Friday 2 – Monday 5 May 2014.

Between Hello and Goodbye: The Secret World of Sarah Records Friday 2 – Monday 5 May, 11am – 6pm, exhibition free, concert and screening £18 / £16 concs#SarahBristol

Over the bank holiday weekend, a programme including concerts, film and activities celebrate the legacy of Sarah Records. An exhibition presents a visual history of the label, including original artwork, sleeves, posters, fanzines, and themed walks.

Operating at first from a telephone-free basement at the top of Blackboy Hill and then from a house overlooking Bedminster station in Bristol, Sarah Records released 100 7” pop singles between 1987 and 1995.

Since then, Sarah Records has acquired almost legendary status around the world and is now the subject of a documentary - My Secret World, made by filmmaker Lucy Dawkins, which will be previewed during the weekend.

As well as displaying a healthy DIY punk attitude, the idiosyncratic label saw its productions as something of a love letter to its home city, featuring photos of Bristol on the centre labels of its singles, naming its compilations after local places, and giving away postcards that formed a jigsaw of Bristol Temple Meads station.

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Bristol Biennial presents I’M STAYINGSaturday 3 May – Sunday 31 August, free #IMSTAYING

I’M STAYING is a new public artwork by Shaun C Badham, addressing ideas of place and change, permanence and transition. It will move around Bristol over a two year period. Initially displayed on the outside of the Arnolfini building, viewers are then invited to vote online and choose the next site for the neon artwork to be installed. You decide where the work will travel next: your street, your work, your home?

Vote online: bristolbiennial.co.ukI’M STAYING is the first open commission of Bristol Biennial 2014: Crossing the Line, which takes place from 12 – 21 September. The project is hosted by Arnolfini, and produced in partnership with Blink Giant Media.

Events

Artist talk with Shaun C BadhamSunday 4 May, 4pm, Reading Room, free

Bristol Art Weekender Four days celebrating art across the city

Friday 2 – Monday 5 May #baw2014

Discover the work of leading artists. Seek the unexpected. Go behind the scenes and meet the artists. Get lost in the city. Taking place over the bank holiday weekend, the inaugural Bristol Art Weekender offers the chance to explore Bristol’s flourishing art scene. Involving over 130 artists, the Weekender’s ambitious free programme showcases art exhibitions of international acclaim, Bristol’s emerging artistic talent, one-off performances and site-specific installations in unexpected locations.

Visit bristolartweekender.co.uk and download a copy of the full programme.

(Image left) Heavenly. Photo Dave Harris (Image below) I’M STAYING, concept draft by Shaun C Badham

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(Image) Oscar Tuazon, People, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Park, New York, 2013. Courtesy Public Art Fund, New York, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Maccarone, New York. Photo Jeffrey Sturges

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The Promise will use these moments of disjuncture between social ambition and contemporary reality as a starting point to explore the potential futures of cities, and the role of architecture, design and the arts. Besides the design of physical spaces in the city, the project will also engage with the role of the imagination, and how we construct for ourselves an image of the city that we can share, and with which we can identify.

The Promise will consist of a series of offsite commissions by international artists, including Jeremiah Day, Gabriel Lester, Kate Newby, Oscar Tuazon, and Lost Property, developed for significant places in Bristol, as well as an exhibition in the galleries of Arnolfini. The presentation in the galleries will include a display of architecture models, and other materials, that relate to the history of the city. These materials will be selected to give an overview of the diverse ways in which Bristol has been imagined, but not realised. The project will be accompanied by various talks, concerts, film screenings and learning and participation activities for all ages.The Promise is organised in association with Paradise, a project by Trust New Art Bristol, National Trust. The commission at Leigh Woods is a joint project by Arnolfini and Trust New Art Bristol, National Trust.

Supported by Simplyhealth – Art in the Public Realm Commission Award, The Henry Moore Foundation, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.

Events

Exhibition ToursEvery Saturday 2pm, free

Free tours of the galleries are led by members of staff and invited guests.

The Promise Boat TourSaturday 16 August, 2pm – 3.30pm

See page 11 for details.

The Promise Saturday 19 July – Sunday 9 November, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm, free #PromiseBristol

The Promise is an exhibition project about the relationship between a city and its residents that takes place in the galleries of Arnolfini, as well as in the city of Bristol itself.

If we understand a city as more than a place, and more than a shared infrastructure, how do a city’s inhabitants live together, and how does the city’s design, its architecture, urban design, landscape, and infrastructure, impact on living conditions?

Since the early modernist movement, design has often been considered to have a critical social function: to provide improved conditions of living, both for individuals and society collectively. However, planning can only create frameworks for living, and the power of design to shape reality on a tabula rasa has been overestimated, neglecting the many and diverse relationships between people and their environment, and creating in many instances a feeling of failure to deliver. The historical era of late-modern, so-called Brutalist architecture marks a paradoxical moment in which design principles with ambitious social ideas created formal solutions which were felt by many to be thoroughly anti-social or even inhuman.

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OFF-SITE PROJECTS

Maria Thereza Alves Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed GardenOngoing #ballastseed

Working with Brazilian artist Maria Thereza Alves, designer Gitta Gschwendtner and the University of Bristol Botanic Garden, Arnolfini has utilized a disused grain barge to create a Ballast Seed Garden on Bristol’s Floating Harbour, populated with a variety of non-native plants, creating a living history of the city’s trade and maritime past.

The garden is visible from Castle Park and can be accessed through Arnolfini’s public art programme of boat tours running in June, July and August 2014.Seeds of Change: A Floating Ballast Seed Garden was commissioned by Bristol City Council as part of its public art programme and designed by Gitta Gschwendtner. The project was funded by the Ashley, Easton & Lawrence Hill Neighbourhood Partnership, with the kind support of BristolHarbour Authority, Arnolfini, Ramboll, University of Bristol Botanic Garden and Avon and Somerset Probation Trust Community Payback team and Bristol Packet Boat Trips.

Summer Events & Boat Tours

Boat tours, £7 / £5 concs (unless stated otherwise).All tours leave from Arnolfini, booking required

Ballast Seed Garden Planting EventThursday 5 June, 11am  –  4pm, free

Join us in Castle Park to view volunteers from the University Botanic Garden in their annual planting of the Ballast Seed Garden. Staff and volunteers from Arnolfini and the University Botanic Garden will be on hand to explain more about the garden and the planting scheme.

An Introduction to Bristol’s Historic Floating Harbour and the Ballast Seed Garden with Anne BrakeThursday 19 June, 5.30pm – 7pm

Take a boat trip from Arnolfini to part of Bristol’s Floating Harbour where you will be introduced to the historic Welsh Back and site of Bristol’s former castle before boarding the Ballast Seed Garden to learn about the project and take a close look at the plants.

Boat Tour Led by Nick Wray, Curator, University of Bristol Botanic Garden Wednesday 17 July, 5.30pm – 7pm

Join Nick Wray for an in depth look at the design, planting style and plants on the Ballast Seed Garden, where he will focus on the origin, adaptation and introduce the cultivation of the gardens varied plants such as the squirting cucumber.

Boat Tour Led by a University of Bristol Botanic Garden Volunteer GuideWednesday 9 July, Wednesday 6 August, and Thursday 14 August, 5.30pm – 7pm

An introduction to the botanical background of the Ballast Seed Garden. Your tour host will explain the principles behind the design, how the plants are raised, established, and introduce the plant species explaining how the display will be developed in the future.

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The Promise Boat TourSaturday 16 August, 2pm – 3.30pm

A boat tour that links Arnolfini’s exhibition, The Promise, to the Ballast Seed Garden project. Join a discussion that coincides with the arrival of the Dead Rat Orchestra from London (see page 13 for details) who travel exclusively by waterway to Bristol and perform in the evening in Arnolfini’s auditorium.

We Are FamilySaturday 30 August, 1pm – 5pm, free, Boat trip, 3.30pm – 5pm, £7 / £5 concs £3 for under 12’s (free for under 3 years)

Drop in to Arnolfini and explore the fantastic world of ballast seed plants, craft your own garden by making pots and sowing seeds, create a flower lantern for our amazing lantern parade and join our wonderful storyteller on a trip full of adventure to the Ballast Seed Garden.

(Image) Floating Ballast Seed Garden. Photo Max McClure

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Support comes from Aigon DAAC, who meld analogue cassette tapes, acoustic double bass and Iannis Xenakis’ Gendyn digital synthesis algorithms. Their improvisations move freely from minimal abstract textures through to dense, highly charged interactions.

David Grubbs: John Cage, Recording Artist Saturday 7 June, 5.30pm, free

An illustrated talk by the influential musician, writer and academic David Grubbs, that considers Cage’s complex relationship to recorded sound. John Cage fulminated against records, he wouldn’t have them in his home, but continued to make them. John Cage, Recording Artist considers the impact that Cage’s commercially-released albums had on a generation that began producing work in the 1960s. Illustrated with sound clips, this talk draws on David’s research and writing for his new book Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording (Duke University Press, 2014).

MUSIC#ArnolfiniMusic

Okkyung Lee & Aigon DAAC Friday 11 April, 7.30pm, £7 / £5 concs

Cellist Okkyung Lee is one of the most dynamic forces in improvised music today. A fearless and powerful performer whose explosive solo playing using classical training as a foundation, incorporates jazz, sounds, Korean traditional music, and noise with extended techniques to create her unique music from the outer fringes of contemporary composition.

‘...Okkyung Lee effectively wipes the floor with just about every solo improviser out there… All that matters is the noise, and it’s blissful.’ The Quietus, 2013

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Andrea Belfi, David Grubbs, and Stefano PiliaSaturday 7 June, 7.30pm, £9 / £7 concs

Two of Italy’s foremost players, Andrea Belfi (drums, percussion, electronics) and Stefano Pilia (electric guitar), come together with David Grubbs (electric guitar, piano, voice), one of the key figures in US music. Four years of semi-regular live shows have turned this esteemed trio from a studio-bound unit to an extroverted rock (or what’s left of it, or what’s beyond it) trio.

‘Unashamedly beautiful, but never banal; fiercely intelligent, never obscure’ The Sunday Times

Oneohtrix Point Never, Laraaji & Sun Araw: The Play Zone, OscilanzSunday 8 June, 7.30pm, £15 Adv (Standing / Seated)

There are a few touchstones in the work of Oneohtrix Point Never, but composer Daniel Lopatin’s real magic power is his ability to rewire, unground, and transfigure, music and images into a mise-en-scène of wild depths and tricky shallows. Laraaji & Sun Araw’s The Play Zone is a special show featuring two remarkable pan-generational American artists. Oscilanz is a new trio of Charles Hayward (This Heat), Ralph Cumbers (Bass Clef) and Laura Cornell (Horses Brawl, LCAB Duo).Presented by Qu Junktions.

Raha Raissnia and Aki Onda, NHK’KoyxenSunday 22 June, 7.30pm, £9 / £7 concs

A very special performance in Arnolfini’s gallery space by artists Raha Raissnia and Aki Onda, using black oil paintings, film and slide projectors, tape recorders, radio, and tube amps. Projecting 16mm footage with 35mm slides onto a dark surface of oil paints, Raissnia creates a deepened sense of immersion in an alien landscape, while Onda’s soundscape of field recordings, fed through tube amplifiers, challenges the boundaries of the picture and explores the power of imagination. Following this, Kouhei Matsunaga (PAN, Raster-Noton) returns to Arnolfini to perform under his NHK’Koyxen moniker.

The Cut: Dead Rat Orchestra, with The Hand (Rachel Dadd & Will Newsome) and special guests Saturday 16 August, 7.30pm, £5

Celebrating the finale of a 273 mile odyssey, Dead Rat Orchestra will draw their innovative The Cut canal and rivers tour to a close at Arnolfini. Launching from London’s Canal Museum with a set of songs inspired by the stories and the traditions of these ageing industrial arteries, the trio will travel exclusively by waterway as they cross the country, performing as they go. Exploring the changing associations of the canal by rekindling its songs and sounds and creating new ones. The Cut is a month-long site specific performance, evolving through its interaction with the communities and surroundings encountered.Supported by Sound and Music

(Image left) Andrea Belfi, David Grubbs, and Stefano Pilia. Photo Rocco Marchi (Image below) Oneohtrix Point Never. Photo Timothy Saccenti

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BehaviourWednesday 14 May, 7.30pm, free

Behaviour, a 10 piece experimental acoustic, electronic, and digital sonic ensemble, will explore the full dynamic range of pin-drop fragility to occasional cascades of complex noise, including a combination of improvisation and original strategy driven compositions. Behaviour comprises of year three Creative Music Technology students from Bath Spa University, devised and directed by electro-acoustic improviser Andy Keep.

Twelve TapesWednesday 11 June, 7.30pm, free

The Bang the Bore collective celebrates its five year anniversary in 2014. For Several 2nds they will present the collaborative composition Twelve Tapes, for sine waves and recordings of car parks. Collaborative musical activity, such as Twelve Tapes has been a hallmark of the Bang the Bore collective since its inception. They will not only be workshopping and performing the composition; they will also be using it as a springboard for a discussion regarding collaboration in experimental music. Visit arnolfini.org.uk for details of how to get involved with this project.

Several 2nds #severalseconds

A series of events including concerts, discussions, screenings and practical sessions exploring composition, documentation and improvisation. Every second Wednesday of the month, open to all.

Performing With Sounding ObjectsWednesday 9 April, 6.30pm, free

This event will explore musical movements that move away from the constraints of traditional musical ‘notes’ and rhythmic patterns, through demonstrations and short performances. Over the last 60 years objects such as stones, polystyrene, fridges, audio mixing desks, and dictaphones have all been re-imagined as sonic instruments. There will be an open discussion on both the practicalities and the artistic intent of this practice, aided by demonstrations and short performances by Stuart Chalmers (Amalgam), Seth Cooke (Bang the Bore) and Andy Keep (Bath Spa University).

(Image) Behaviour Ensemble

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PERFORMANCE

Warehouse Residencies: Part 1April – May 2014

In spring 2014, Arnolfini’s gallery spaces will be occupied by a series of Bristol-affiliated artists, musicians and collectives working with forms of performance across dance, music, live art and installation. They have been invited to use Arnolfini’s space to develop specific and open-ended projects, to show works in progress, and to exist in productive dialogue with each other.

The residencies’ work in progress events are open to visitors on specific times only. Please contact Arnolfini box office in advance to book a place, places are limited.

Events

Kathy HindeWork in progress: Thursday 17 April, 2pm – 6pm (drop in), 7.30pm (performance) In residence: Monday 7 – Sunday 20 April

Tipping Point, an audio visual installation and performance by Kathy Hinde, exploring the sonic complexities and possibilities of combining water with glass vessels, and investigating the resulting frequencies and feedback tones that are created through the changing depths and movement of water. The work will form both a sound sculpture and the basis of a live performance.

Andy Field & Dan CanhamWork in progress: Friday 18 April, 7.30pm In residence: Monday 7 – Friday 18 April

Andy Field and Dan Canham will be beginning a new research project experimenting with the role of choreography in an interactive, headphone-based performance. They are interested in questions of intimacy and how performance can be a space to think about our body and its relationship to other bodies.

Helen Cole & Yvonne FranquinetWork in progress: Monday 28 April, 3.30pm – 8.30pmIn residence: Monday 7 – Tuesday 29 April

A new project by Helen Cole and Dutch architect  /  producer Yvonne Franquinet, Room comprises 9 ‘rooms’. Each explores a fundamental experience of loss and suggests the potential of richness once grief has passed. Working with sound, architecture, text, images, objects, light and performance, this initial research will develop early content for 5 ‘rooms’. The work will develop to its full scale during 2015–16.

Interval CollectiveIn residence: Thursday 1 – Monday 26 May

Interval is an artist led support network that shares a base at The Exchange on Corn Street, Bristol. They are performance makers whose work spans, live art, contemporary theatre, dance, visual art, community work and sound art, interested in what a collective can be and in finding new ways in which to support each other’s development.

Action HeroIn residence: Thursday 8 – Friday 23 May

Action Hero is a collaboration between Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse. They make performance and live art that is interested in pop cultural mythologies and the creation of temporary communities centred around the live event. An IBT15 commission, Extraordinary Rendition is inspired by the concept of the ‘Military Entertainment Complex’.

Paul JebanasamWork in progress: Friday 30 May, 7.30pm In residence: Monday 26 – Friday 30 May

Stria Variations is a project that explores the acoustic phenomena of spatial apparitions through the form of a multi speaker sound installation. This installation investigates the perceptual possibilities of the speaker array as an instrument, the results of this project will also take the form of a vinyl and digital release on Subtext Recordings.

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MayfestThursday 15 – Sunday 25 May

Mayfest and Arnolfini are working together to present four thrilling new performance works as part of 2014’s festival. Profound, angry, thoughtful, and delicate - though diverse in form the artists in this programme share distinct & affecting ways of exploring the complexities of how we live our lives.

For the full programme, see mayfestbristol.co.uk

Action Hero: Slap TalkSaturday 17 May, 12pm – 6pm, £6

Inspired by the self-aggrandising of boxers at the pre-fight weigh in, Slap Talk is a six-hour verbal sparring match that is both a linguistic version of the fight itself, and a reflection upon the violence present in everyday language. Speaking to each other and to the audience via a live feed from a camera to a monitor, the performers rant, insult and threaten each other in a scripted version of a pre-fight press conference crossed with a 24-hour rolling news channel.Developed with the support of Caravan and BIOS, Athens. Slap Talk began in The Darkroom, China Plate’s development space for writing and performance. Action Hero are supported by Theatre Bristol’s Company Producer, Mel Scaffold.

Deborah Pearson: The Future ShowWednesday 21 & Thursday 22 May 2014, 6.30pm, £10 / £7 concs

The Future Show tells the story of performer Deborah Pearson’s future, starting from the end of the performance and going until the end of her life. An existential twist on the autobiographical monologue, the script expires the moment it is spoken, and is rewritten for every performance.

‘Beautiful and desperately sad.’ Lyn Gardner, The GuardianThe Future Show was developed with a grant from Arts Council England, and support from BAC, Amhurst Republic and MAKE in Ireland.

Silvia Gallerano in La Merda, by Cristian CeresoliThursday 22 & Friday 23 May, 8pm, £12 / £8 concs

In Cristian Ceresoli’s critically acclaimed angry play, a ‘young’, ‘ugly’, and literally naked Silvia Gallerano captivatingly reveals her revolting secrets, as she struggles with obstinacy, resistance and courage for her own celebrity breakthrough in the society of Thighs and Liberty. La Merda is driven by a desperate attempt to leave the modern consumer society.

‘Devastating stream of consciousness. One of the most wonderfully full-on performances ever seen at the Edinburgh Festival.’ The ScotsmanA production by Christian Ceresoli and Marta Ceresoli with Richard Jordan Productions Ltd and Produzioni Fuorivia in association with Summerhall (Edinburgh UK) and the support of The Basement (Brighton UK). La Merda supports Teatro Valle Bene Comune Foundation.

Laura Dannequin: Hardy AnimalSaturday 24 May 8pm, Sunday 25 May, 4pm, £10 / £7 concs

A tender solo show written, created and performed by Laura Dannequin that looks at chronic pain and human resilience, Hardy Animal is a goodbye letter to a former self and an ode to dance. Concerned with the human body and its failings, it tells of a dancer’s journey into immobility. Interweaving text and movement, it retraces a brutal journey of loss, and hope, and looks at our need to create meaning in a baffling world.Developed with support from Bristol Ferment & Theatre Bristol.

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POETRY FESTIVAL

Poetry Festival: Telling Tales Presented by Patience AgbabiThursday 17 April, 7.30pm, £8 / £6 concs

Award winning poet Patience Agbabi retells Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales for the 21st Century. Mining Chaucer’s Middle-English masterwork for its performance as well as its poetry and pilgrims, this boisterous and lyrical collection gives one of Britain’s most significant works of poetry new life. Patience Agbabi is the author of three collections of poetry and is a former poet laureate of Canterbury. This event is part of the Telling Tales Tour produced by renaissance one.

Poetry Festival: Count Me In!Friday 18 April, 7.30pm, £8 / £6 concs

Starring Sara-Jane Arbury, Lucy English & Glenn Carmichael, with the Growing Creatives, Windmill Hill.

Eyes down for a full house. Will it be your lucky night? Meet Don the glamorous bingo master. His job is to make your dreams come true. But is it all about winning? And what are the stories behind the magic numbers? Poetry meets bingo in a spoken word show with a difference.

Poetry Festival: Simon ArmitageSaturday 19 April, 8pm, £12 / £10 concs

By popular demand Bristol Spring Poetry Festival is proud to present the most original poetic voice in the UK. Simon Armitage is hugely entertaining, original, surprising and thrilling - one of the very best and most popular poets in Britain.

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TALKS & LECTURES

WEDF Talk: Graphic Designers: Where do we go from here? Wednesday 14 May, 7pm, £12 / £10 concs

Devoted, selfless and passionate; Ken Garland is a designer who has been at the forefront of Britain’s creative culture since 1962, where his involvement in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament became the driving force behind its visual message. He then gained notoriety for writing the First Thing’s First Manifesto in 1963, which rallied designers to use their talents towards a more meaningful goal than serving the whims of advertising. Over 50 years after First Thing’s First, Garland is still a predominant figure in the graphic design industry, connecting countless generations of new designers through the inspiration and insight he has gained throughout his career.

Laugh With Laraaji: Laughter Meditation Workshop Sunday 8 June, 3pm, £6

An unmissable chance to give your positive side some quality time, at one of the legendary laugh-master and new age pioneer’s famous laughter meditation workshops. An empowering, uplifting and holistic educational experience. Laraaji’s aim is to open up the participants spontaneous, playful nature via call-and-response chanting, theraputic laughter-cise, extended conscious laughter, deep meditative relaxation and ancient gong tones.

What is the Anatomy of a Green Capital?Wednesday 9 July, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs

What does the architecture and urbanism of a green capital look like? Can Bristol help define the anatomy of a green capital? Featuring a range of expert practitioners, including architects, urban designers, landscape architects and artists, this keynote event in the Architecture Centre’s Living City season provides an opportunity to ask key questions in advance of Bristol’s year as European Green Capital in 2015. This event forms part of the related activity around the Architecture Centre’s current exhibition Living City: Anatomy of a Green Capital, exploring the idea of ‘city as body’ in relation to designing for health and wellbeing.

(Image below) Laraaji. Photo Liam Ricketts (Image right) The Self-Sufficient City

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Bristol Festival of IdeasYoung People’s Festival of Ideas: The Army Wants You, But Do You Want It?Wednesday 7 May, 7pm, under 25s free, over 25s £6.50 #YPFoI

With high unemployment amongst 18–25 year olds, joining the Armed Forces is becoming an attractive job opportunity and a way of getting further training. But is the way the Forces market themselves and advertise morally right? Would you consider joining up? And is it about fighting wars or serving your country? Or is just about getting a job?A collaboration between Young Arnolfini, Salaam Shalom Youth Council and Festival of Ideas.

The Self-Sufficient City: Genius or Folly?Saturday 10 May, 2pm, £5

Should Bristol strive for greater self-sufficiency of food supply, or are we stronger as part of a global food network? Can a local currency help to drive change towards a sustainable future? Julian Baggini is joined by Anna Grear, Director of the Global Network for the Study of Human Rights and Environment and co-founder of Edible Bristol, Chris Sunderland, Director of Bristol Pound CIC and Joy Carey, an independent Sustainable Food Systems consultant.

Romany and Tom: Piecing Together My Parents’ LivesSaturday 10 May, 4.30pm, £7 / £6 concs

Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) has written a funny and moving memoir chronicling his parents’ lives. Both a personal journey and a portrait of his parents, Romany and Tom is a vivid story of the post-war years, ambition and stardom, family roots and secrets, life in clubs and in care homes. It is also about who we are, where we come from, how we love and live with each other for a long time.

A Girl Called Jack: Politics and FoodSaturday 10 May, 6.30pm, £7 / £6 concs

Jack Monroe’s blog agirlcalledjack.com started out as local political commentary on her home town of Southend but soon became widely read as it offered relevant and practical advice: how as an unemployed, single mother she was able to feed herself and her young son on only £10 a week. She talks about her recipes, poverty, food banks and why she won’t be bullied into keeping quiet.

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Rainbow’s Gravity: Mareike Bernien and Kerstin Schroedinger in conversationThursday 5 June, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs

Rainbow’s Gravity is a cinematic study which focuses on the ‘Agfacolor-Neu’ colour film stock developed in Nazi Germany. It digs deep into the escapist colourised landscapes of the time, and considers the wider material requirements, retentions and ideological continuities of the Agfa colour palette. Following the screening, Bernien and Schroedinger will discuss their research around the film with Professor Sarah Street, who specialises in the history of colour film.Mareike Bernien / Kerstin Schroedinger, 2014, 33mins, Part Subtitled.

In collaboration with Electra Productions. Supported by Institut für Auslands-beziehungen e.V.

More Out of CuriosityTuesday 10 June, 6.30pm, £6 / £4 concs

With the World Cup nearly upon us, this video takes a very different look at the politics of football fans. Key players in Egypt’s emergent political debate are fanatical football supporters, the Ultras, who joined forces in street protests to remove Hosni Mubarak in 2011, and returned to the streets after the 2012 Port Said incident when 74 Al-Ahly fans were killed in an orchestrated attack. Assembled from video footage drawn from a number of sources, this open ended documentary explores a political moment through a unique subculture. Followed by a discussion with artist Ronnie Close.Ronnie Close, 2014, 25 mins

SCREENINGS #ArnolfiniFilm

All This Can Happen Thursday 24 April, 8pm, £6 / £4 concs

Davies’ debut film, made in collaboration with David Hinton, explores the minutiae of movement. Made entirely from found footage and photographs from the early days of the moving image, it references the footsteps of the protagonist from the short story The Walk by Robert Walser. As in a flick book, ordinary movements appear, evolve and freeze, creating a striking choreographic work that blurs memory, imagination and our sense of self. The screening will be introduced by Siobhan Davies Siobhan Davies and David Hinton, 2012, 50mins

Sauerbach Hutton ArchitectsThursday 29 May, 7.30pm, £6 / £4 concs

Celebrated artist-filmmaker Harun Farocki’s latest ‘direct-cinema film’ results from the three-months he spent in the architectural offices of Matthias Sauerbach and Louisa Hutton in Berlin. Adhering to strict rules, it attempts to closely study, and reproduce in film form, the working processes of this innovative firm and their ‘demand for a consistently comprehensible design principle’. Harun Farocki, 2013, 73 min, Part Subtitled

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FAMILY

Family Film ScreeningsSaturdays, 26 April, 31 May, 28 June, 26 July, 30 August, 11am – 1pm, free

As part of the family programme of events, join us for a special film screening just for families. Each screening will introduce you to a different theme or idea taken from our exhibition or events. Films are suitable for all ages.

We Are FamilySaturdays, 26 April, 31 May, 28 June, 26 July, 30 August, 1pm – 5pm, free

Join our Learning team on the last Saturday of every month to explore Arnolfini’s exhibitions and events through exciting activities for families to do together. Get creative and join in with engaging, fun, practical activities such as gigantic drawings, 3D collages and artist-led workshops. Drop into our Light Studio and see what fantastic creations you can make.

Most suitable for ages 5+ but all ages are welcome.

(Image left) Rainbow’s Gravity, Marieke Bernien / Kerstin Schroedinger, still, 2014 (Images below) The Big draw. Photo Richard Coleman

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AT A GLANCE

ExhibitionsExhibition spaces open 11am – 6pm, Tuesday – Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays

Siobhan Davies Dance: Table of ContentsWednesday 23 – Sunday 27 April

Between Hello and Goodbye: the Secret World of Sarah RecordsFriday 2 – Monday 5 May

Bristol Biennial presents I’M STAYING Saturday 3 May – Sunday 31 August

The Promise Saturday 19 July – Sunday 9 November

Exhibition tours every Saturday, 2pm, free

AprilWednesday 9

Friday 11

Thursday 17

Thursday 17

Thursday 17

Friday 18

Friday 18

Saturday 19

Wednesday 23

Thursday 24

Saturday 26

Saturday 26

Saturday 26

Monday 28

6.30pm

7.30pm

2pm – 6pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

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7.30pm

8pm

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P. 12

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P. 20

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P. 21

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Music

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Performance

Performance

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Performance

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Performance

Talk

Screening

Talk

Family

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Performance

Several Seconds

Okkyung Lee & Aigon DAAC

Kathy Hinde

Poetry Festival: Telling Tales

Kathy Hinde (Performance)

Andy Field & Dan Canham

Poetry Festival: Count Me In!

Poetry Festival: Simon Armitage

Siobhan Davies: in conversation

All this can happen

Making it visible: A panel discussion

Family Film Screening

We are Family

Helen Cole & Yvonne Franquinet

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May

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July

August

Saturday 3

Saturday 3

Saturday 3

Saturday 3

Sunday 4

Sunday 4

Monday 5

Wednesday 7

Saturday 10

Saturday 10

Saturday 10

Wednesday 14

Wednesday 14

Saturday 17

Wednesday 21

Thursday 22

Thursday 22

Friday 23

Saturday 24

Sunday 25

Thursday 29

Friday 30

Saturday 31

Saturday 31

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Thursday 5

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Saturday 7

Sunday 8

Sunday 8

Tuesday 10

Wednesday 11

Thursday 19

Sunday 22

Saturday 28

Saturday 28

Wednesday 9

Wednesday 9

Wednesday 17

Saturday 26

Saturday 26

Wednesday 6

Thursday 14

Saturday 16

Saturday 16

Saturday 30

Saturday 30

1pm

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7.30pm onwards

5.30pm

11am

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11am

7pm – 8.30pm

2pm

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6.30pm

7pm

7.30pm

12pm – 6pm

6.30pm

6.30pm

8pm

8pm

8pm

4pm

7.30pm

7.30pm

11am – 1pm

1pm – 5pm

6.30pm

11am – 4pm

5.30pm – 6.45pm

7.30pm

3pm

7.30pm

6.30pm

7.30pm

5.30pm – 7.00pm

7.30pm

11am – 1pm

1pm – 5pm

5.30pm – 7pm

6.30pm

5.30pm – 7pm

11am – 1pm

1pm – 5pm

5.30pm – 7pm

5.30pm – 7pm

2pm – 3.30pm

7.30pm

11am – 1pm

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P. 6

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P. 20

P. 14

P. 10

P. 13

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P. 21

P. 10

P. 18

P. 10

P. 21

P. 21

P. 10

P. 10

P. 11

P. 13

P. 21

P. 11

Off-site

Screenings

Performance

Talk

Off-site

Talk

Off-site

Talk

Talk

Talk

Talk

Talk

Music

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Screening

Performance

Family

Family

Screening

Off-site

Music

Music

Talk

Music

Screening

Music

Off-site

Music

Family

Family

Off-site

Talk

Off-site

Family

Family

Off-site

Off-site

Boat Tour

Music

Family

Family

Sarah Records: Bristol Walks

Screening of My Secret World

Sarah Records: The Orchids, Secret Shine +

In conversation

Sarah Records: Bristol Walks

Shaun C Badham

Sarah Records: Bristol Walks

Young People’s Festival of Ideas

Bristol Festival of Ideas

Bristol Festival of Ideas

Bristol Festival of Ideas

WEDF

Several Seconds

Mayfest: Action Hero

Mayfest: Deborah Pearson

Mayfest: Deborah Pearson

Mayfest: La Merda

Mayfest: La Merda

Mayfest: Hardy Animal

Mayfest: Hardy Animal

Sauerbruch Hutton Architects

Paul Jebanasam (Work in progress)

Family Film Screening

We are Family

Rainbow’s Gravity

Ballast Seed Planting Event

David Grubbs: John Cage, Recording Artist

Andrea Belfi, David Grubbs, and Stefano Pilia

Laugh with Laraaji

Oneohtrix Point Never, Laraaji & Sun Araw +

More out of curiosity

Several Seconds

Boat Tour

Raha Raissnia and Aki Onda NHK’Koyxen

Family Film Screening

We are Family

Boat Tour

What is the Anatomy of a Green Capital?

Boat Tour

Family Film Screening

We are Family

Boat Tour

Boat Tour

The Promise: Boat Tour

The Cut

Family Film Screening

We are Family

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(Image above) Arnolfini Building. Photo Jamie Woodley (Image right top) Arnolfini Shop. Photo Max McClure (Image right bottom) Arnolfini Café Bar. Photo Sarah Bentley

ARNOLFINI MEMBERSHIP

Join Arnolfini and enjoy an exciting range of exclusive benefits. Becoming a member is a great way to get involved with Arnolfini, and be part of the creative landscape of Bristol.

“One of the main factors that attracted us here was the lively cultural scene centred around Arnolfini… an invaluable cultural asset in the South West!”

— Jeff Lucas, Member of Arnolfini since 1996

Benefits of membership include:

— Contributing to the cultural wellbeing of Bristol and beyond— Being part of a friendly and vibrant artistic community— Discounts in the Café Bar and Bookshop— Exclusive offers for performances and events— Receiving a regular e-bulletin, including updates about our charitable activities— Invitations to exclusive events, with the chance to meet the artists, staff and other supporters— Acknowledgement on the Wall of Thanks in Arnolfini’s main foyer and website

If you have a student card you can get free membership at Arnolfini, which gives you a fantastic range of benefits. Just show your student card at Arnolfini Box Office to join.

Details of our membership schemes are available at arnolfini.org.uk or, if you are interested in learning more about joining Arnolfini please contact the development department on 0117 917 2337 or email developmentadmin@arnolfini.org.uk

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SHOP

Open Tuesday – Sunday from 11am

Arnolfini Shop provides lots of goodies to keep everyone entertained and inspired until the end of summer. We have a brilliant range of children’s books, jewellery, perfect beach reading or a postcard to send home. The Shop also contains a wide range of specialist contemporary art books, artists editions and hundreds of original Arnolfini archive posters dating back to 1968.

Contact the Shop with enquiries or orders on 0117 917 2304 or shop@arnolfini.org.uk

Follow us on Twitter @arnolfinibooks

Arnolfini members get 10% off all purchases (see page 24)

CAFÉ BAR

Open daily from 10am

Arnolfini Café Bar will welcome you with an all-day brunch menu, delicious sandwiches, tapas and cocktails. The Mediterranean-inspired menu uses locally sourced ingredients: find slates of antipasti, pizzas, lemon and parsley gnocchi, as well as delicious homemade cakes and pastries. The summer will see the bar on the harbourside open up with extended opening times and weekend barbecues.

Contact Café Bar with enquiries or bookings on 0117 917 2305 or cafebar@arnolfini.org.uk

Follow us on Twitter @arnolfinicafe

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VENUE HIRE

Arnolfini is a unique event venue with an enviable position on Bristol’s Harbourside, offering customers superb spaces and excellent service for all types of events.

There are now up to 15 meeting rooms available each day with capacities ranging from 4 – 250 people. Arnolfini is the perfect venue for all your meetings, large screenings, product launches, seminars and training. We offer fully catered events with homemade food provided by our Café Bar. By hiring our spaces you are helping to sustain this valuable public resource.

For all new enquiries please call us on 0117 917 2300 or email events@arnolfini.org.uk

SUPPORT US

For over 50 years Arnolfini has been a meeting place, a catalyst for ideas, and a unique showcase for world class contemporary art and performance. In this time, we have supported now-influential artists early in their careers and have encouraged people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the arts. As a registered charity we depend on the support and generosity of our supporters to help us grow our innovative programme of exhibitions and events.

For more information on becoming a Supporter please email boxoffice@arnolfini.org.uk

Arnolfini would like to thank all of our members, supporters and friends who help to keep great art free for all.

Arnolfini PatronsAlice Workman, Hauser & Wirth Somerset Manuela & Iwan Wirth

Corporate SupportersEY Bibendum DAC Beachcroft LLP

(Image top) Jutta Koether, Seasons and Sacraments, Arnolfini preview, May, 2013. Photo Justin Yockney (Image bottom) Fifth Floor, Bush House. Photo samueldocker.com

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VISIT US

Arnolfini is situated by the water at Narrow Quay in Bristol’s Harbourside. It’s a 15 minute walk from Temple Meads railway station, and Marlborough Street bus station. Most buses stop in the city centre, a short walk from Arnolfini.

If travelling by car, follow brown tourism signs. The nearest car park is The Grove.

For further information visit arnolfini.org.uk or ring 0117 917 2300

Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA

ACCESS

We aim to make all visitors welcome. There are parking spaces for disabled visitors outside our main entrance, access via Farr’s Lane. Wheelchairs are available inside the building, and guide dogs are welcome.

A large print and MP3 version of the brochure can be downloaded from the access page of our website. There is an induction loop system within the Auditorium. Please inform Box Office of any special requirements.

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