KIDS WORKSHOP: DREAM AND MAKE
11am–1pm, Associates Space
Laura Phillimore leads a drop-in session of discovery based, creative activities for children aged 5-11.
DROP-IN CONVERSATIONS: STUDYING FINE ART
11am–1pm, UWE MA Fine Art Studios
Chat to Senior Lecturer Steven Paige about UWE Bristol’s MA Fine Art Programme.
DEMONSTRATION: EX LIBRIS
11.30am–1pm, Spike Print Studio
Printmaker Ivana Svabic-Cannon leads a lino cut ‘Ex Libris’ demonstration, showing the process of making a bookplate from drawing, to block, to paper.
EXTENDED SOUND PIECE: ESTHER HESKETH AND LILY FRANCES (Ages 18+)
12–12.20pm, Studio 19c
Artists Esther Hesketh and Lily Frances share a series of experimental sound pieces through a group listening experience. Limited capacity.
IN CONVERSATION: OLU OGUNNAIKE AND CÉDRIC FAUQ
1–2pm, Gallery 2
Join artist Olu Ogunnaike as he discusses the themes of his solo exhibition Fix Your Face with curator Cédric Fauq. Free, booking required.
VIRTUAL REALITY: THE MUSEUMS OF HAUNTOLOGY (Ages 12+)
1–3pm, Loading Bay
The Museums of Hauntology is a Virtual Reality environment created by artist Stephen Gray under the pseudonym ‘The Electricity Board’. In the Museum you’ll find fragments of a lost future, you’ll be transported from an abandoned Polar research base to a living room in Enfield, featuring original music and digital installations.
COLLAGE WORKSHOP: COMFY CLUB (Ages 12+)
1.30–3pm, Associates Space
Comfy Club collective host a collage workshop where participants can reimagine their childhood bedroom, exploring nostalgia and memory.
DEMONSTRATION: TWO-COLOUR SILKSCREEN PRINTING
1.30–3pm, Spike Print Studio
Printmaker Alex Higlett leads a live silkscreen printing demonstration, showing how a two-layer print is made. Pick colours and have one printed to order, or pull your own.
PERFORMANCE: ._.
2–2.15pm, UWE BA Fine Art Studios
A performance by UWE BA Fine Art students Pauline Lotti Müller and Maya Albagaloo, exploring time travel as a mode for connection and friendship.
TALK: BFI NETWORK SOUTH WEST AND WATERSHED
2–3pm, Commissioning Bay
A discussion with curators, artists and filmmakers exploring what is meant by ‘narrative’ and ‘process’ in filmmaking.
SCREENINGS: CLAUDIA PILSL AND JO LATHWOOD
3.30–4.30pm, Associates Space
Screenings of moving image work, What does it mean to be an artist? (2024) by Claudia Pilsl and The Belief in Things Disappearing (2023) by Jo Lathwood.
SCREENINGS: BFI NETWORK SOUTH WEST AND WATERSHED
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 May, Commissioning Bay
A screening of short films organised by BFI NETWORK South West and Watershed. The programme features moving image works that take creative risks and bring experimentation and process into the narrative. The screening includes early work from Bait director Mark Jenkin, works from BFI Doc Society and BEEF member and Spike Island studio holder Vicky Smith.