Sunday 26 July 2015

Sat 1 July - Uliana Apatina and Site-Specific Installation: London, Japan, Wales, Siberia

Artist Uliana Apatina talks about her work creating immersive environments in and out of the gallery in particular two projects. First her project in Japan which draws on the kami-symbolism of vermilion and the Tori Gates for which she worked with local crafts people on traditional carpentrymethods  and second her work in progress in South Wales, which has led her to explore the slate industry and the abandoned mines.
Uliana discusses the nature of a cultural 'in-between' which she experiences as an artist from Siberia living in London and through intense creative projects carried out in the landscape.

Sat 25 July - Death and the Photo

Artist and photographer India Roper-Evans and writer Emma Roper-Evans discuss crime photography and how to create the perfect death scene in word and picture.

Sunday 12 July 2015

Sat 18 July - We Are Spartacus with Steve Moyes and Jude CM

Improviser and composer Steve Moyes joins Jude CM for a live improvised opera, a reimagining of Spartacus and the Third Servile War which draws on research from Barry Strauss's book, 'The Spartacus War'.

Sat 11 July - Susana Sanroman on La Movida! Galician Canibal! Spain in the time of Franco and beyond

Discussion with Susana Sanroman, artist, on Galicia, Spain and art in the time of Franco and beyond.
Susana takes us through her experience and research as a woman from Galicia born just after the Franco regime. A fascinating journey.
Includes the song 'Pepa' with improvised delivery and melody, sung by prisoners in Franco's prison awaiting the knowledge of who would be taken for execution.
Susana also discusses the role of women in the resistance to Franco.

After Franco died, a new time of youthful self-expression erupted in Madrid. La Movida! Galician Canibal was the equivalent in her home region. Susana shares videos of some of the musical groups spearheading these movements.