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Artists from Bristol present original podcasts about making art, their ideas and art history. - Bricks is a social enterprise with the mission to support local & creative communities to thrive in Bristol. We believe in the civic role of artists and that through collaboration we can have a strong collective voice for inclusive growth in the city.
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Join Chloe, Naomi and Jenny from The Art and Energy Collective on this episode of #BricksPodcast as they take us on a journey through climate action, collective creativity and the surprising ways in which we can learn from moss.
With extra contributions from Bryologist Matt Stribley and Executive Director of The Climate Coalition Helen Meech, as well as a collection of voice messages from the Tardigrade Telephone.
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Recollecting RE:COLLECTION with Ellie Shipman and Elita Robertson
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
In this Bricks podcast episode, artist Ellie Shipman and curator Elita Robertson discuss exhibiting social practice, working creatively with communities and bringing the personal into the participatory around Ellie’s solo show RE:COLLECTION - Regathering Social Practice at St. Anne’s House, 2 - 11 Nov 2023.
Artist Ellie Shipman and curator Elita Robertson discuss working creatively with communities, embedding personal and artistic values across your practice, what kinds of commissions to look out for and avoid, fair pay for artists and the importance of authenticity in participation. Ellie reflects on key turning points in her career to date, how pattern became ingrained in her participatory projects, and the process of regathering artworks created across the last 12 years from archives, universities and arts organisations for her solo show RE:COLLECTION - Regathering Social Practice.
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Something Close To Nothing
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Tim Ryan's podcast ‘Something Close to Nothing’ takes us on a 24 hour tour of the Feeder Road in mid November, through storytelling, interviews with fishermen, and his own personal reflections.
The podcast is a love letter to coarse fishing in general, viewed through the lens of the Feeder Road, Bristol. A unique space, capable of visually articulating its own history. Its industrial failure and the nature and wildlife that now thrives in and around its ruins.
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
In this Bricks podcast episode, Rowan Bishop meets with Synnøve Fredericks and takes a walk around the beautiful trees of Bristol's Ashton Court estate, discussing the process of creating the Trinity Vortex, her practice, her love of nature and the outdoors, and her hopes for the impact that the work will have.
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Folk Craft with Madame Ceski
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Madame Ceski (Francesca Simmons) is an artist with a special interest in folk and craft traditions, and in this podcast she explores these questions through the lens of how we busied ourselves during lockdown. Through interviews with those who discovered a new found hobby or passion during the pandemic, and with a focus on Francesca’s current work exploring using touch to create sound within craft mediums, we look at the surprising things that happen when people ‘have a go’, & how taking part allows us to reconnect with ourselves & immediate environment.
Commissioned by Bricks, the episode is co-produced by Rowan Bishop in collaboration with the artist and Bricks producers.
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
St. Annes Stories
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
In this podcast we explore the stories, memories and myths of St Anne’s, a hidden corner of Bristol with an intriguing history.
You can listen to conversations and contributions from local residents, aged under 10 to over 90, where they speak about the histories of St Anne’s House and the surrounding area. The episode also shares restored archive recordings from Bristol MShed’s industrial and maritime history collection. These original tapes contain interviews with those who worked around Bristol between 86 and 88 as part of the ‘Bristol at Work Project’.
Part of Bricks’ Gather St Anne’s Project and produced by Rowan Bishop. Huge thank you to Bristol Mshed and Museums, as well as the National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting this project.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Kayle Brandon - Our Plant Neighbours
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Kayle Brandon is a Bristol based artist who often works with local communities making artworks that look into how people relate to place, environment and social politics.
This podcast explores the development of a new work of Kayle’s in Stoke Gifford, Bristol, where she worked with local residents and herbalist Chris Roe to produce an edible food mapping plaque.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Dr Myles-Jay Linton - Good and then bad and then good again
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Dr Myles-Jay Linton, figurative artist, psychologist and academic, has created a new neon artwork for the Moxy Bristol hotel lobby’s library area.
This podcast explores his development of the commission through conversations with friends and colleagues about the artwork. It talks through the process of what began as a digital line drawing, which then became a physical neon artwork through partnership with signmakers Cabot Neon.
The piece, and the conversations around it, reflect on practices of repetition, persistence and perseverance.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Lawrence Hoo & Charles Golding - Jewels of St Pauls
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
This podcast explores the process of producing a new mixed media public artwork set in the ground floor windows of the Moxy Hotel, Bristol, by artists Lawrence Hoo and Chaz Golding. Four jewelled shapes are cut into the windows, overlaid with a poem dedicated to St Paul’s and its people.
As the viewer peers in, a combination of lights and mirrors reflect their own face back through the artwork, situating them in both St Paul’s and the artwork itself.
The gem symbol weaves through the piece, speaking to similarities in the ways both communities and precious jewels are forged through pressure over time.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Super Duper St. Annes
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
In this podcast artist Jonathan Kelham takes us to the year 2040 to reflect back on the stratospheric rise of the fictional club Super Duper St. Anne's F.C.
Kelham invites you to muse on the slow demise of amateur football with a range of guests across the local football scene.