(Image top) Shirin Aliabadi, Girls in Car, 4, 2005, Courtesy of The Third Line. (Image bottom) Nathan Carter, FULL COLOR SPECTRUM SONAR ON THE WIRE TO FAROES SMALL CRAFT OUTBOUND, 2009, Courtesy of Casey Kaplan
Exhibition Tour Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Saturday 14 May, 2 – 2.45pm, drop in, pay what you think
PREVIEW Preview Party Arnolfini, Thursday 21 April, 7.30pm – midnight, free, donations welcome Join us for a preview on the opening night of Art from Elsewhere with a party led by DJ and musician Daisy Moon and artist Paul Samuel White. All welcome.
Walk & Talk: Audio Commission Arnolfini and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Available for download from 11 May, collect headphones from Arnolfini Box Office, free, donations welcome
PERFORMANCE
Artist Chloe Cooper has created an audio work in response to the exhibition themes and positioning across two sites.
Mayfest presents: Selina Thompson - salt. Arnolfini, Thursday 12, Wednesday 18, Thursday 19, 8pm; Friday 13, 6.30pm, £12/£8 concs
Take a gallery tour with Engagement Officer Karen MacDonald.
Exhibition Tour
Two artists got on a cargo ship, and retraced one of the routes of the Transatlantic Slave Triangle - from the UK to Ghana to Jamaica. This show explores what they brought back.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Saturday 16 July, 2 – 2.45pm, drop in, pay what you think Take a gallery tour with Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Julia Carver.
Mayfest presents: Igor & Moreno - Idiot-Syncrasy
This event is BSL interpreted.
Arnolfini, Saturday 14 May & Sunday 15 May, 8pm, £12/£8 concs
Audio Described Exhibition Tour
Two dance artists call upon the folk traditions of Sardinia and the Basque Country. They sing, they jump, and they dance a lot.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Wednesday 15 June, 5.15 – 6pm, free, booking required Explore the exhibition in an audio-described tour for visually-impaired visitors.
Spotlight Volunteer Tours Arnolfini
TOURS Curator’s Tour Bristol Museum & Art Gallery and Arnolfini, Saturday 23 April, 2pm at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, then 3.30pm at Arnolfini, free, donations welcome Tour the exhibition with curator David Elliott, sharing insights into the works on display and his selection of artists. This event is BSL interpreted.
Arnolfini’s volunteer team lead regular informal exhibition tours during Art from Elsewhere, focusing on specific works and drawing out different stories and themes. Check our website for further details.
Discovery Pen: Audio Guide Arnolfini and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Available from either venue from Saturday 28 May, free, donations welcome See the exhibition in a different light. Hear conversations, interviews and discussions between young people and community groups. Collect your Discovery Pen at the front desk and listen by scanning the sound spots next to the artworks.
(Image) Eugenio Dittborn, The 13th History of the Human Face (The Portal of H.), Airmail Painting No. 95, 1991
CONFERENCE
Mayfest presents: Theatre Skam - Fashion Machine
How Global?
Arnolfini, Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 May, 4pm, £7/£5 concs
Arnolfini and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Launch Night: Thursday 23 June, at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Conference: Friday 24 June, 9.30am – 6pm, at Arnolfini Tickets: £30 / £25 concs. Earlybird tickets available until Friday 27 May: £20
Step inside the Fashion Machine: local children stitch, cut, sew, accessorize, and turn some brave audience members’ outfits into new works of wearable fashion art.
Through talks, presentations and artist interventions, this international conference will investigate new directions in collecting, exploring public collections of contemporary art and the stories they tell.
Arnolfini, Saturday 18 June, 7 – 8pm, £5/£3 concs
This event is BSL interpreted.
Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome and Shelley Parker: Performance
Dance artist and choreographer Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome collaborates with electronic music producer Shelley Parker to respond to Art from Elsewhere, creating a crossdisciplinary performance in the galleries.
(Image) Yto Barrada, Tangiers, The Sleepers, 2006, Courtesy of Galerie Polaris, Paris
Young Artists Half Term Workshop
Open Reading Group with Lux Imperium
Arnolfini, Wednesday 1 June, 10am – 12.30pm for 7 – 11 year olds, 1.30 – 4pm for 9 – 13 year olds, £9
Arnolfini, Thursday 7 July, 6.30 – 8pm, £5/£3 concs
RWA presents: ?!. (For The Love of Man) Arnolfini, Sunday 26 June, 7pm, £8/£6 concs A passionate performance by New Yorkbased Jamaican artist and director Lawrence Graham Brown, as part of the major exhibition Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora. Performance contains nudity.
DISCUSSION Young People’s Festival of Ideas Arnolfini, Thursday 26 May, 7 – 8.30pm, free for under 25’s, £5/£3 concs A platform for young people to engage in debate around issues raised in Art from Elsewhere. Curated by Young Arnolfini.
Open Reading Group with Diásporas Críticas Arnolfini, Thursday 16 June, 6.30 – 8pm, free, donations welcome Join Diásporas Críticas, an artist research platform that functions as a space of resistance, to explore radio and broadcast as a tool to examine the notion of ‘Elsewhere’.
Artist Book Collection: Browsers’ Afternoon
Noah Angell and Francis Gooding host an expanded Open Reading Group event including a screening of Lux Imperium, a work-in-progress film composed from hundreds of home movies shot during the dissolution of the British Empire.
Writer-in-residence Talk: Lizzie Lloyd Arnolfini, Wednesday 13 July, 6.30 – 8pm, free, donations welcome Bristol-based art writer Lizzie Lloyd will respond to Art from Elsewhere through blog posts and a public event to share her work.
FILM Ici et ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) Screening Arnolfini, Wednesday 11 May, 6.30 – 8pm, £5/£3 concs Join a special screening of a French filmessay and documentary by Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin and Anne-Marie Miéville.
Artist Anna Orton leads an exciting creative journey inspired by Art from Elsewhere. Investigate ideas and techniques and make your own artworks in response.
FAMILY
Learning Resource Pack
We are Family
Arnolfini, available from box office, free, donations welcome
Arnolfini, Saturday 30 April & Saturday 25 June, 1 – 5pm, free, drop-in, donations welcome Get creative with engaging, fun and practical activities and games. Most suitable for ages 5+ but all are welcome to have a go.
Our artist-devised resource is created in response to Art from Elsewhere and designed to be used inside and outside the gallery. For more details, ask at Box Office or contact ben.thomas@arnolfini.org.uk
Bring Your Baby (BYB) Tour Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Thursday 19 May, 11.30am – 12pm, free, drop-in Arnolfini, Thursday 16 June, 10.30am, free, donations welcome Join a special gallery tour with Jane Porter, designed for parents and carers to explore the exhibition in an environment that welcomes babies. Suitable for parents or carers of under-1 year olds.
Family Storytelling Arnolfini, Tuesday 17 May & Tuesday 5 July, 10.30 – 11.30am, free, booking required
ACCESS Large print guides and audio descriptive tours are available on request. If you have special access requirements, please contact our Visitor Services teams and let us know how we can facilitate your visit. Arnolfini: 0117 9172300 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery: 0117 9223571
Hear exciting tales as storytellers amaze you, make you giggle and provide a morning of fun for under-5s.
LEARNING Contemporary Art in the Classroom
Arnolfini, Saturday 25 June, 2 – 5pm, free, donations welcome
Arnolfini, Thursday 28 April, 5 – 7.30pm, free, booking required
Arnolfini owns one of the biggest collections of artist books in the UK. Drop in to explore some of the material.
Educators across the city are invited to an informal training evening, looking at ways to bring contemporary art into the classroom.
10% off tickets to Conceptual Art in Britain 1964 – 1979 at Tate Britain, Millbank, London Present this flyer at the ticket desk. Applies to adult tickets (usually £10.90) in June and July 2016 only.
EXHIBITION Arnolfini opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm Bank Holiday Mondays, 11am – 6pm Wednesday Late Opening, 11am – 8pm Exhibition admission: Free
Image: Mohamed Bourouissa, Le Reflet, 2007, Courtesy of kamel mennour, Paris
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday, 10am – 6pm Exhibition admission: Pay What You Think
22 April – 17 July 2016
Art from Elsewhere International Contemporary Art from UK Galleries
EVENTS April
Art from Elsewhere This spring, Arnolfini and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery present a compelling exhibition of video, installation, photography and painting across two venues. Art from Elsewhere gathers 38 significant international artists whose work addresses life, politics and identity in a postcolonial world. Featuring artwork acquired for the people of Bristol, this exhibition is framed by our city, reflecting its diverse and diasporic cultures, its historic significance as a port and its place within a rapidly-changing world.
Thursday 21
Exhibition Preview & Opening Party
Arnolfini
Free
Saturday 23
Curator’s Tour
BMAG and Arnolfini
Free
Thursday 28
Contemporary Art in the Classroom
Arnolfini
Free
Saturday 30
We are Family
Arnolfini
Free
We invite you to navigate this exhibition, crossing imaginary and real borders between places, memories and stories. Choose your route, share your perspective, from here or elsewhere.
Wednesday 11
Ici et ailleurs (Here and Elsewhere) Screening
Arnolfini
£5/£3
Artists
Thursday 12
Mayfest: Selina Thompson – salt.
Arnolfini
£12/£8
Friday 13
Mayfest: Selina Thompson – salt.
Arnolfini
£12/£8
Tuesday 17
Family Storytelling
Arnolfini
Free
Wednesday 18
Mayfest: Selina Thompson – salt.
Arnolfini
£12/£8
Thursday 19
Mayfest: Selina Thompson – salt.
Arnolfini
£12/£8
Saturday 14
Mayfest: Igor & Moreno – Idiot-Syncrasy
Arnolfini
£12/£8
Saturday 21
Mayfest: Theatre Skam - Fashion Machine
Arnolfini
£7/£5
Sunday 22
Mayfest: Theatre Skam - Fashion Machine
Arnolfini
£7/£5
Saturday 14
Exhibition Tour with Karen MacDonald
BMAG
Pay What You Think
Thursday 19
Bring Your Baby (BYB) Tour
BMAG
Free
Thursday 26
Young People’s Festival of Ideas
Arnolfini
Free/£5/£3
Wednesday 1
Young Artists Half Term Workshop
Arnolfini
£9
Wednesday 15
Audio Described Exhibition Tour
BMAG
Free
Thursday 16
Bring Your Baby (BYB) Tour
Arnolfini
Free
Thursday 16
Open Reading Group with Diásporas Críticas
Arnolfini
Free
Saturday 18
Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome & Shelley Parker
Arnolfini
£5/£3
Thursday 23
How Global? Keynote & Performance
BMAG
£7/£5
Friday 24
How Global? Conference BSL
Arnolfini
£30/£25/£20
Saturday 25
We are Family
Arnolfini
Free
Saturday 25
Artist Book Collection: Browsers’ Afternoon
Arnolfini
Free
Tuesday 5
Family Storytelling
Arnolfini
Free
Thursday 7
Open Reading Group with Lux Imperium
Arnolfini
£5/£3
Wednesday 13
Writer-in-residence Talk: Lizzie Lloyd
Arnolfini
Free
Saturday 16
Exhibition Tour with Julia Carver
BMAG
Pay What You Think
May
June
July
Bani Abidi, Shirin Aliabadi, Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Yto Barrada, Yael Bartana, Lothar Baumgarten, Mohamed Bourouissa, Robert Breer, Paulo Bruscky, Nathan Carter, Thomas Demand, Eugenio Dittborn, Cao Fei, Meschac Gaba, Shilpa Gupta, Jenny Holzer, Peter Hujar, Emily Jacir, Jitish Kallat, Amar Kanwar, Ola Kolehmainen, Barbara Kruger, Glenn Ligon, Ana Mendieta, Adrian Piper, Imran Qureshi, Rashid Rana, Józef Robakowski, Shahzia Sikander, Robert Smithson, Nancy Spero, Beat Streuli, Kara Walker, Ai Weiwei, Yeesookyung, Akram Zaatari and Horacio Zabala. Art from Elsewhere is an exhibition across two sites. Find out which artists are being exhibited at each venue by visiting arnolfini.org.uk or bristolmuseums.org.uk.
Art from Elsewhere is a Hayward Touring exhibition supported by the Art Fund, the national fundraising charity for art. This exhibition showcases a selection of major international works recently collected by museums throughout the UK with over £4m of support from the Art Fund.