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John Smith in Brixham
Steart is Gurt
We, the Bristol-based artist, filmmaker and producer, Simone Einfalt and the Bristol poet, writer and located audio designer Ralph Hoyte are delighted to be working with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) on our ‘The Three Waters’ scoping study at Steart Marshes (Bridgwater Bay/Somerset/England) from early September 2025. We are hugely excited to be part
Syrens
The 8-mile Musical Instrument on the Wells to Glastonbury section of the Inverness to Santiago Pilgrimage Route features nine stone waymarkers with bronze bells tuned to create a complete musical scale. Designed by sculptor Barry Cooper and musician Laurence Parnell, each bell is housed in a carved niche and can be rung by dropping a small pebble.
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Travelling north from Somerset to Wales on the M48, one crosses the first suspension bridge crossing, opened by Elixabeth II in 1966 with the aid of her consort. As you cross to the far bank of the Severn, there is a sign: "Croeso i Gymru". If you go...
Two events, one of which is cancelled! Sunday 11 September
A boot from the installation which will be happening at Bath Jewish Burial Ground resonates with the Orwellian culture wars currently rumbling in the city. Sydney Gardens Gala…. a skirmish in the culture warsOn September 11 I was planning to split my day between setting up the Honouring Esther installation and hosting a couple of walks in Sydney Gardens, Bath. This was to have been a reprise of the work I completed last November on Botany, Empire and Deep Time. I was looking f [...]
Score #15 – Liberty Rowley
Score #15 by Liberty Rowley [score base: A found map of a 176 bus journey from Somerset House to St Paul's Cathedral churchyard with a national rail ticket from Northampton to Tring; photo and score: Liberty Rowley (2021); score text: thr...
The Trouble with Maps…
‘A map can tell me how to find a place I have not seen, but have often imagined. When I get there, following the map faithfully, the place is not the place of my imagination. Maps, growing ever more real, are much less true.’ Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry A map constitutes relationships and connections, […]
