Bountiful Bristol Bulletin

An International Days of Action for Squats and Autonomous Public Spaces has
been called for on the 11th and 12th of April 2008.
http://april2008.squat.net:8080/. Across Europe diverse groups of enraged
creatives will be reclaiming spaces for art, housing, workshops,
discussions, talks, films, food, swap-shops, music, performances & open mics
to name but the bare essentials.

Whilst their motives are locally specific, these autonomous actions are
drawn together by common threads: (more…)

SUBURBAN FUTURES

Designing sustainable neighbourhoods
Exhibition: Main Gallery
20 March ­ 8 June, 2008
Like them or loathe them, the ‘leafy suburbs’ are where the vast majority of
us live. But challenges such as housing shortage and climate change mean
that the suburbs face potential radical change. Can we respond by creating
neighbourhoods that are low-carbon, healthy and happy places to live?
This thought-provoking exhibition sets out the key issues and asks how we
might make outer urban areas more sustainable. (more…)

Abbey Home Farm are hosting ‘The Knitty Gritty - Knitting for Beginners’ Masterclass on Sat 29th March. See link for details:
http://www.soilassociation.org/web/SA/saweb.nsf/a4742d5445d8339e80256a6a0042e018/8c5187d7262c22b8802573b1002f5e71!OpenDocument

Time: 10.00am-4.30pm
Cost: £50.00 (inclusive of lunch and refreshments) or FREE* to those who join the Soil Association (see HOW TO BOOK on website). *A £5 surcharge is required for materials.

There are plenty of places left, so please whizz this round to anyone you think may be interested.

13TH September - 16th September 2007
www.offloadfestival.org
www.polarproduce.org
OFFLOAD: SYSTEMS FOR SURVIVAL is the UK’s first interdisciplinary
network media and systems arts event on nature, sustainability and
ecology.
The event brings together international, national and local artists
and practitioners who create work that use new and existing media to
address the themes of trade, network and nomads and health, wealth
and play.
From the 13th-16 September events and activities will take place
outdoors across Bristol city and at Watershed, Spike Island, CREATE
and the Cube. Events and activities include - site and public art
works, installations, online exhibition, music, interactive media
and
design, sound experiments, live performances, public talks,
educational and practical workshops.
OFFLOAD is developed by the Bristol based company Polar Produce in
partnership with Watershed Media Centre, Spike Island, CREATE,
Bristol Visual Arts Consortium and the Science Communication Unit,
University of West of England.
OFFLOAD is a novelly funded project with support from the Watershed,
The Finnish Institute and the British Music Information Centre.
dr. teresa dillon
………………………….
polar produce
bristol, uk
tel: +44 (0) 117 9044 872
skype: teresa [underscore] dillon
http://www.polarproduce.org/
http://newinterfaces.net/nip/
http://offloadfestival.org

andykisaragi

Just a few things I thought deserved a mention on here, but didn’t want to write a whole separate entry about each one…

People’s Republic of Stokes Croft
Maybe everyone knows about this already and I’m massively behind the times, but you know all the great arty / grafitti stuff that’s been going up on Stokes Croft, around Turbo Island and the Jamaica Street studios..? Well I didn’t realise but it’s all part of a massive (in ambition) geurilla art project all around the area. They’ve got big plans, so if you’re an artist and fancy prettying up the place a little, check out their site.

Zero Carbon Britain
This is a report put together by people from CAT, where I’m studying, on how Britain can reduce it’s carbon emissions to zero, relying upon it’s own resources, by 2027. The website is here and will have the full downloadable report on there in the next few days (or you can order a hardcopy if you like. Apparently they’re very pretty. You materialistic swine.) It’s been getting a fair bit of press, eg in the Guardian, and they’re off to the House of Commons to present it later this month. I’m not usually one for top down, government policy approaches to things, but if anyone can come up with a good government policy it’s these guys. Whether they’ll be paid any attention is another matter, but spread the word, the more we talk about this stuff, the more they have to listen…

and finally
…I enjoyed this cute advert for wind power…

Dear friend

We work for a small environmental non profit in Oxford, England which specialised in public communication about climate change. Although we always welcome initiatives aiming to increase public awareness we don’t think that the Live Earth concerts are doing enough to encourage new songs or support the amazing talent of people who are really trying to say something powerful or orginal. And, to be honest, we’re skeptical of the big rock star approach to big issues.

So we had a brainwave. We thought it would be fun to create a web based parallel concert called Alive Earth for everyone who has something they want to say.

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Everyone’s favourite art-crusties are back for another exhibition in April.. just don’t call it Squat Art! Anyone wanting to put something in the exhibition get in touch (details on the flyer) or just turn up on the Wednesday.

Just a quick note about a night in Easton and an album release… see the flyer above for the night, and here’s the press release about the album:

“INCREASE THE PEACE”
PRESENTED BY KELZ
The Increase the Peace album is intended to raise awareness of violence, anti-social behaviour; gun and knife crime in the community. It is a collaboration of emcees, singers, DJ’s and poets who have gladly given their services to support this message to Increase the Peace.
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We would like to invite you to the opening of 27 kilos at the Hotbath
Gallery 24th January 5 - 8pm.

‘27 Kilos’ visualizes the amount of CO2 an average person in the UK
emits each day.

27 columns formed from blankets are placed in the gallery space. Each
column represents the volume of 1 kg CO2, the gas responsible for
global warming. 20% of each column is in a slightly darker colour. This
area represents the sustainable level of CO2 emissions averaged out
worldwide. The disparity between current emissions and the sustainable
level reinforces the urgency to reduce individual emissions.

www.27kilos.com

Exhibition open from
Monday - Friday: 10am - 4pm
January 22nd - February 21st 2007

www.hotbathgallery.co.uk

2-4 Hotbath Street
Bath
BA1 1UP
Phone: 01225 328673