By Sanka Pityana Last Tuesday we had a Ladbury ‘day out’ – a team trip to the stunning Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) just a few miles from Wakefield Westgate station to see the arresting work of British Trinidadian artist Zak Ové, who we represent. We met up at Kings Cross Station where I paid a visit to Platform 9 ¾ (a “not so secret” Harry Potter…
Watershed is delighted to be confirmed as a continuing part of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio and looks forward to sustaining Watershed’s leadership and innovation role in the cultural ecosystem. With a focus on collaboration and partnership, Watershed is recognised for its internationally distinctive programme of invention and talent development; as a leading centre for…
Fri 13 Sept – Sat 12 Oct, The Eye, Bristol Temple Quarter, Bristol This September sees the UK premiere of Submergence, an uplifting new artwork near Temple Meads Station in Bristol. Visitors to the large-scale light installation, which will be free to explore, can immerse themselves in a continuously shifting ocean of thousands of differently…
Step into the current Studio Residencies at Bristol’s Watershed and you may be greeted by a robot that draws or stumble upon part of an instrument that dates back to the nineteenth century but promises to play for another one hundred years. Here, anything goes and the artists are busy getting their projects ready to…
If your daily commute is ocassionaly peppered with wishes that the city you live in could be more fun, then you may feel a glimmer of hope to discover Bristol’s Watershed has published a shortlist of international creatives that have been busy thinking up ways to make the city you’re in, that little bit more…
Last week, the Turner Prize was announced and both the presenter, Jude Law, and winner Elizabeth Price, took the opportunity to raise the issue of proposed changes to the UK secondary school curriculum as outlined by education secretary Michael Gove, which could see arts subjects left out of the timetable for many students. Tate Kids…
Calling all artists, techies, designers, playmakers and all round mavericks. There’s a new award in town and it’s not afraid to push boundaries. Criss-crossing the intersections between art, technology, play and culture, the Playable City Award is looking for imaginative, interactive and accessible interpreations of what it means to have fun in public urban spaces….