Exhibitions
Transitional Waters: Art and Ecology on the Feeder Canal
Transitional Waters is a weekend event and exhibition that explores Bristol’s Feeder Canal as a cultural and ecological place in transition.
The exhibition features artworks and research created and encountered during the Feeder Canal Research Residency.
The events on Saturday 11 November include creative workshops, a vegan lunch and a series of talks. All are welcome.
SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER
11:00 - 13:00
Digital Microscope Creative Workshop: Looking Closely
With artist Rachael Champion and ecologist Maya Murphy Coles, inspired by recent ecology surveys, we will be using a digital microscope to observe the intricate details of specimens at a large scale. Artworks will be made from these observations through drawing, digital printing, and collage. This workshop is suitable for all ages.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch - Catering by Houria
Join us to feast on delicious Afro vegan dishes by Houria, a Bristol-based CIC who are passionate about food and refugee rights.
An afternoon of talks and screenings 14:00 - 16:30:
14:00 - 14:40
Industry and Bristol's Waterways
Dr. Marianna Dudley, environmental historian, University Of Bristol
A.H.C Smith writer, author of Up the Feeder, Down the Mouth, A play about Bristol’s Docks
14:50 - 15:40
Heavily Modified Water Bodies: Sonia Levy, artist
Screening: Creatures of the Lines by Sonia Levy. With Dr. Fred Windsor, network ecologist, Cardiff University
15:45 - 16:20
Brownfield Ecology
Dr. Caroline Nash, green infrastructure ecologist, University of East London and Rachael Champion, artist.
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Exhibition Continues 10:30 - 15:00
The exhibition includes images, sounds, and video by Rachael Champion & Jonathan Trayte, Lucy A. Sames, Sonia Levy, Nat Bevins, Fred Delaney, Chris James, Bristol City College Art & Design, Screenology
The events on Saturday 11 November include creative workshops, a vegan lunch and a series of talks. All are welcome.
SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER
11:00 - 13:00
Digital Microscope Creative Workshop: Looking Closely
With artist Rachael Champion and ecologist Maya Murphy Coles, inspired by recent ecology surveys, we will be using a digital microscope to observe the intricate details of specimens at a large scale. Artworks will be made from these observations through drawing, digital printing, and collage. This workshop is suitable for all ages.
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch - Catering by Houria
Join us to feast on delicious Afro vegan dishes by Houria, a Bristol-based CIC who are passionate about food and refugee rights.
An afternoon of talks and screenings 14:00 - 16:30:
14:00 - 14:40
Industry and Bristol's Waterways
Dr. Marianna Dudley, environmental historian, University Of Bristol
A.H.C Smith writer, author of Up the Feeder, Down the Mouth, A play about Bristol’s Docks
14:50 - 15:40
Heavily Modified Water Bodies: Sonia Levy, artist
Screening: Creatures of the Lines by Sonia Levy. With Dr. Fred Windsor, network ecologist, Cardiff University
15:45 - 16:20
Brownfield Ecology
Dr. Caroline Nash, green infrastructure ecologist, University of East London and Rachael Champion, artist.
SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER
Exhibition Continues 10:30 - 15:00
The exhibition includes images, sounds, and video by Rachael Champion & Jonathan Trayte, Lucy A. Sames, Sonia Levy, Nat Bevins, Fred Delaney, Chris James, Bristol City College Art & Design, Screenology
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