Saturday, 22 August 2009
People for Places during Co-Mutiny
Monday, 17 August 2009
Bristol Solidarity with Calais FILM AND INFO NIGHT Thursday 20th of August 7.30PM!
Thursday 20th of August, 7.30pm.
In Calais, France just 20 miles from this island, around 1500 people live in makeshift refugee camps known as “the jungle”, they are there because of the UK border regime.
“The jungles” and squats around Calais are self organised communities that have existed since the closure of Sangatte, the official refugee camp, in 2002.
The residents of these camps face brutal daily gas and baton attacks by the police. At the request of the UK Border Agency, the French government has pledged to destroy “the jungle” by Christmas.
People from Bristol “with papers” went to the No Border solidarity camp in June and have been involved in ongoing monitoring and drawing attention to the humanitarian crisis that has been created in Calais. Solidarity demonstrations and direct actions have taken place in both Bristol, Calais and elsewhere.
Bristol NoBorders is working closely with both humanitarian and political groups and invites you to help create an effective transnational resistance.
20th August at 19.30 at the Emporium, 37 Stokes Croft, Bristol.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Anecdotes opens Friday 7th of August
Tom Groves, Olia Karamenova, Tom Stuart and John Weall
Private View: 7pm 7th August
Open as usual: 11am-7pm, 8-16th August
This exhibition is a celebration of the works of four artists who met, grew and matured artistically in Bristol. Having formed a close friendship and greatly influenced each others work during the development of our practice, this will be a flourish of fictional fun.
The Emporium gallery has exhibited a variety of local artists since it opened its doors in December 2008. The attraction of the place is not only the works, but the idea behind the gallery and the actual space too. Set up in a disused building, the simple décor and the non-profit nature of all the exhibitions held within reflect the vibrancy of the Bristol area and arts scene.
We hope that in turn our exhibition captures this vibrancy and shows something of the fun side to Bristol arts; we would like to invite you to our private view on the 7th of August 2009 at 7pm.