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Editorial - Bristol Art Weekender
E D I TO R’ S L ET T ER Dulcie Horn & Chaneen Salako
Hello and welcome to our final summer edition of WestWorld! We hope you’ve been enjoying the weather and not been under too much deadline stress. This issue is short and sweet but as always we’ve featured a variety of UWE’s own creatives; Jasmine Thompson, Milly Tillson, Izzee Raynsford, Beth Randall & Ellice Weaver who are showcasing a plethora of different talents from illustration to creative writing. We’ve also picked the best of the upcoming Bristol Art Weekender for you to get involved in and reviewed last month’s Bristol Fashion Week. We hope you enjoy! Although this is the last print issue from us until September we’re still going to be online all summer. If you want to get involved we’re looking for a new assistant editor for September as well as a variety of different contributors so if you’ve got something to say please feel free to express your interest via our email address westworld@ westerneye.net or join our Facebook contributor’s page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/592153100869829/
The First Bristol Art Weekender Four-days celebrating art across the city from Friday 2 – Monday 5 May 2014 ARTICLE / EMMA FARR Organised alongside Bristol’s main visual arts venues, the Weekender is an example of how the Arts community can self-organise to make something extraordinary happen, something not just limited to buildings or gallery spaces but one that understands how audiences are increasingly open to exploring new experiences.
AXOLOTL MILK BAR
mechanical, universal and deeply personal.
Friday from 3–6pm - The Woodside Press - FREE
THE OFFICIAL BRISTOL ART WEEKENDER PARTY AT THE ARNOLFINI
Edwina Ashton and her band of costumed creatures serve up tall glasses of milk in this pop-up bar at The Woodside Press. ANDY HOLDEN AND THE MUSIC OF MI!MS PREVIEW Friday at 9pm - Spike Island – FREE
Saturday night from 10pm–2am - FREE Party til late to a selection of Indie pop, Northern Soul and Motown classics and enjoy a very special all-vinyl ‘C86’ DJ set by Ian Watson of London-based club night.
Andy Holden’s Grubby Mitts DJ set is much in mood with the exhibition; their music is collaged out of scraps and fragmented melodies, (ranging from happy hardcore to Andrew Lloyd Webber.)
PARK AND SLIDE
ARTIST’S BBQ & TOUR AT ANTLERS GALLERY
Join the exhibiting artists for an informal afternoon lunch and tour of the exhibition.
A water slide installed on Park Street in central Bristol, enabling people to navigate the city in a new way. This massive urban slide transforms the street and asks people to take a fresh look at the potential of their city and the possibilities for transformation. Imagine if there were permanent slides right across Bristol - this is our city, and maybe it’s up to us to shape its future? Come along, hold on and let go.
HATCH EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING
JEREMY DELLER’S SUNDAY SERVICE
Saturday 2pm – 5pm – RWA Sunday 2pm – 5pm (repeated) FREE with Exhibition Entry (Power of the Sea)
Sunday at 12pm - The New Room, John Wesley’s Chapel, BS1 3JE Ticketed at £4 or £2.50 concessions.
prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller will be in conversation, challenging audiences to see his work a fresh through the lens of public art. HOME PRESENTS: BENDING LIGHT Sunday 4th and Monday 5th 12:00-17:00 and 16th-18th May 12:00-17:00 BV Studios - Free Home is a curatorial research project that works both on and offline to explore the space between the virtual and the physical realms, and interrogate/question the role of the gallery within a postinternet culture, in order to stimulate a dialogue around the future of the traditional exhibition space.
Sunday 11am – 5pm (time tbc) - FREE ticketed MISSORTS BY TONY WHITE
Saturday from 12–3pm- FREE (open to all)
HATCH seeks an engagement around drawing in its many aspects: process and outcome, traditional and experimental, manual and
Public Art Now is a national programme of talks, films, publications and workshops dedicated to showcasing the most internationally significant forms of public art. At this inaugural launch event, Turner
The city provides the backdrop to a new fiction. Ten location-triggered stories are set to a contemporary soundtrack. Memorable characters weave through the stories; the contemporary urban setting populated by scenes of lost love and by confessions whispered in your ear. This is an urban soundwork delivered directly to your smartphone as a mobile app –download from missorts.com and begin at St Mary Redcliffe Church, BS1 6RA. There’s lots more going on so make sure you don’t miss this weekend and pick up, or download one of the new Bristol Art Maps to find out about the many other amazing exhibitions and events! http://bristolartmap.com http://www.bristolartweekender.co.uk
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Featured Artist - Jasmine Thompson & Milly Tillson
Jasmine Thompson is a second year illustration student originally from Worcestershire. When & why did you start being creative? I’ve been creating since since I was young, for as long as I remember. I’m so lucky that I’m from a such creative family so I was always encouraged. I got my first sketchbook when I was 3 years old, was completely inseparable from it and it went from there! I guess art is something that I have always got lots of enjoyment from. I traditionally work in pen, pencil and paint, but recently I have started to produce more work with digital and print outcomes- it’s important to develop new skills.
https://www.facebook.com/jasminethompsonillustration https://www.flickr.com/photos/manyscribbles/
Why did you choose to come to UWE? Out of all the universities I visited UWE was without doubt the best choice, tutors were friendly and the print resources were brilliant. However alongside this, I found that studying in a place as lively and energetic as Bristol was a huge selling point, it’s so important to be inspired in your environment, and being around so many other creative minds is perfect for that.
What and who inspires you? I am very easily inspired and influenced as an artist, a lot of the time from other artists & Illustrators around me. It’s great seeing other people’s take on things such as a brief, as everyone has a different perspective and often think of something that wouldn’t necessarily have crossed your mind. Russ Mills and Luke Dixon have brilliant art, and browsing over their work always makes me want to get the sketchbook out. What are you working on at the moment? Currently I’m busy tackling a narrative brief I’ve been working on since the beginning of the year, I seem to have played about with every idea under the sun but only recently settled on making a 12 frame narrative based on George Orwell’s 1984. It had some interesting themes so having fun with this!
Featured Artist www.asensibleheart.com camillatillson.tumblr.com When & why did you start being creative? I’ve always been surrounded by creative people. My dad had tonnes of vintage film and still cameras around the house and would always be taking photos. He brought me my first camera and it all started from there. I love using my film camera, it captures the depth and light in such a different way to digital. Why did you choose to come to UWE? I moved up to Bristol before coming to University, never thinking I would apply. Having a full time job really puts things in to perspective, so I applied. There is so much culture and individuality here. Although I cant imagine living anywhere else right now, it’s feels like a good stepping stone as I want to move to London at some point
What and who inspires you? I am always inspired by my environment and the people I am surrounded by. I live in Clifton and have taken a lot of inspiration from walking around the Royal Crescent for my latest project. Parker Fitzgerald photographs for my favourite magazine ‘Kinfolk’ both of which always influence my work a lot. What are you working on at the moment? I am always working on my blogs but currently for uni I am working on a ‘High Street’ project and creating a fashion film. I am out of my comfort zone but really enjoying it!
Milly Tillson is originally from Exeter and is a first year Fashion Communication student
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CAMPUS STYLE This month’s campus style was shot back at Bower Ashton campus. As we finally come into the summer months all the coats have been shed and we particularly like the velour and sheepskin jacket from RePsycho and the the embellished Urban Fox cardigan as transitional pieces. The monochrome pallet present throughout is not exactly what we would think of for summer but in the last week of term with all that deadline stress we don’t blame them!
PHOTOGRAPHS BY BETH RANDALL STYLE SPOTTING BY KLARA FOREMAN TEXT BY DULCIE HORN
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Event - Bristol Fashion Week
ARTICLE / DULCIE HORN & ZOE SLESSENGER
Bristol Fashion Week returned to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway at the end of March to showcase the latest Spring and Summer trends.
Bristol Fashion Week isn’t your typical fashion week catwalk show, it’s an explosion of colour and music where the models dance down the runway and there is an interactive element in the form of style tips and hair advice from the lighthearted celebrity comperes Mark Heyes and Andrew Barton. After a warm welcome of bucks-fizz delicious mocktails, provided by Marks and Spencer, the diverse show started. A wide variety of trends were showcased in twelve separate scenes in a theatrical fashion with looks from shops throughout The Mall being worn by a wide array of models, making each look easy to achieve yourself. The opening was ship-shape with a nautical theme and looks from Hobbs, Ralph Lauren, Ted Baker and more. Linens with light layering were perfect for the upcoming hot summer. These were paired with classic navy, white and stripes. Blazers and trousers teamed with loose layering and tees created an effortlessly smart look. A striking scene in the middle featured jungle inspired print heavy pieces. Bold colours and prints heavy garments oozing attitude were prevalent in this show. Monochrome and solid lines featured heavily alongside asymmetric cuts and statement accessories from River Island. Another brightly coloured collection took inspiration directly from the catwalks of London and Paris where art has played a key role this year. Bristol’s show utilised a clever digital display which incorporated the models showing off the garments, from Coast, and accentuated the theme of brush stroke prints and expressive silhouettes. The finale which featured various retailers had a carnival vibe with models wearing showgirl style headdresses paired with swimwear and lots of prints... and even more dancing!
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Exhibition - English Magic
A Good Day for Cyclists Painted by Sarah Tynan British Pavilion 2013 Image Courtesy of British Council
ENGLISH MAGIC Jeremy Deller exhibition at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery runs until 21st September 2014. Open daily, free entry.
ARTICLE / EMMA FARR
We Sit Starving Amidst Our Gold Painted by Stuart Sam HughesBritish Pavilion, 2013 Image Courtesy of British Council
This exhibition displays a cross-section of what is considered to be English Magic and this includes wall-size murals, drawings (by ex-prisoners), spearheads and artifacts, William Morris ceramic tiles and a collection of original woodcuts. This comes from refreshing creative individual Jeremy Deller. A man with a valid and empowering ethos, he helps groups of people to produce cross-media work to share information with the community. The exhibition shows his interest in the diverse nature of the English people in the many forms. We are invited to consider our icons, history, folklore, and politics as we visit moments from the past, present and (imagined) future in a journey celebrating the eclectic nature of Englishness. The collection which was originally commissioned for the Venice Biennial inside the English Pavilion last year is set to make a tour of three public art venues in England (Bristol being the second). This is the first toured exhibition by a charity. Community is a big part of Jeremy’s work; he even hired students to help paint his murals instead of professionals. Making his work more accessible is also something he is passionate about and with some of the subject matter so potentially anti-establishment it seems only fitting that this work has come to Bristol to be painted by students. This was a very special incarnation of the exhibition and Bristol left its own mark on Deller’s work. With owls from Bristol museum adorning the walls of the video exhibit and a section devoted to Bristol history it becomes apparent that Deller is very concerned with the communities he visits and tries hard to include them in his work. Jeremy’s way aren’t too new to Bristol, a few years ago we welcomed Jeremy’s slightly subversive art in the form of a giant bouncy castle Stone Henge “Sacrilege”. This features in the video accompanied by the steel-pan band Melodian’s Steel Orchestra and is an indispensable piece of the exhibition. This inspirational style of art with community at its heart has not gone unnoticed, and that’s why this is the first charity funded tour of its kind.
Our Goodbye CREATIVE WRITING BY IZZEE RAYNSFORD
The sky is clear and the night is dark. The once dewy grass is now covered in a sheet of frost that glistens and sparkles in the moonlight. The wind is ice cold and its whispers sends shivers down my spine and my hair up into a whirlwind. I try to pull my scarf around me but the strong wind takes hold of the ends, flicking them up through the air so they are floating about in the midnight sky like a kite caught in a gale. I’m almost at the top of the hill and I can see you sitting there on our bench where we shared our first kiss. So full of love, energy and youth. How I wish we could go back to those days. Our love is like a glowing candle blown out and never lit again; like the sun setting and never rising again. We’d lost the spark, the passion, the glow and I didn’t know how to get it back. I wish it was as easy as switching on a light, but what I had learnt, was love was never easy. The sound of the dry, skeletal leaves rustle under my step and you turn around fast, startled by the sound, like a leopard spotting its prey. But instead of pouncing on me, you turn around to face the view that surrounds us and your silhouette is still once more. There was once a time when you would spend hours looking at me, getting to know every tiny detail. The patterns of my eyes, the coordinates of each little freckle and the softness of my skin. There was once a time when I was your favourite view. I sit beside you and follow the direction of your gaze. The lights of the city mirror the stars that glow so brightly in the night sky. I wish our love was as alive as the city. “Hello,” I whisper, finally lifting the blanket of silence. You shuffle in your seat and look up at me. “Hello.” I don’t know what to say. But there is so much to say. I want to tell you how I am feeling, but from
the sad look in your eyes, I can tell you knew exactly how I was feeling. You reach for my hand and you hold it tight as if you were holding onto the strands of our relationship, trying to pull it back together. You squeeze tighter, as if this was all you had left. “I love you.” “I love you too.” And this was true. We loved each other. And we wanted it to work. We wanted to be together. We wanted this more than anything else in the world. But the jigsaw puzzle has been shifted. Our pieces didn’t fit any more. And the more we tried to fit, the more our pieces got damaged and hurt. And the more frustrated we’d get because we were so sure, so certain that they did fit before. You grab me and pull me tight to your body and hold me. Tears leak and trickle down my cheek and roll down onto your soft scarf. I inhale your sweet smell as I hold you in my arms. Holding onto our relationship, holding onto the love we have and had. I open my eyes and the dark sky has gone. The sun has risen. It has risen for the first time in a while. We loosen the firm grip we have around each other and look up into each others eyes. It is time. You kiss me on the cheek and you walk down the hill. This is our goodbye.