Schedule
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Workshops, Performances and Film Screenings
Wednesday 23rd: 13:00-14:00
A Plastic Voyage (Viewing time 45mins, U), Bath Spa University Viewing Theatre
Working in collaboration with the Bristol-based charity WildScreen we invite you to set sail with us for a special lunch-time screening of A Plastic Voyage. A crew of women embark on an ambitious sailing expedition around Britain, determined to find out more about the plastics in the waters close to home. To make it round in just one month, this group of strangers must battle bad weather, sea sickness, and unexpected events. As their journey unfolds, they bear witness to what's happening in our beautiful seas, and find all sorts of creative ways to convince people that single use plastics are poisoning the very thing that sustains life on Earth.
Wednesday 23rd: 18:30-23:00
Albatross UK Premiere (Recommended viewing 12A), Bristol IMAX (Aquarium)
Working in collaboration with the Bristol-based charity City to Sea, we are delighted to invite you to an unforgettable evening on plastic pollution and the plight of the Albatross.
On a remote atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, albatross chicks are dying, bodies filled with plastic. ALBATROSS unflinchingly shows the horror and grief of this tragedy, but ultimately brings us to a deeply felt experience of beauty and love for life on Earth. Stepping outside of traditional documentary film style, ALBATROSS delivers a profound message of reverence and renewal.
The film is followed by an exclusive discussion with filmmaker, Chris Jordan and a live Q&A with the film's Music Composer, Al Lethbridge. Chris is well-known for his photographic work that explores the collective shadow of contemporary mass culture. Edge-walking the line between beauty and horror, abstraction and representation, the near and the far, the visible and the invisible, Jordan's work confronts the enormous power of humanity's collective will. His works are exhibited and published worldwide.
Bar and Gourmet Vegan food served from 6:30pm
Book your tickets here.
Saturday: 12:00 - 16:00
'Flotsam Weaving' with artist Jo Atherton, Bristol Aquarium
Taking inspiration from Jo’s intricate flotsam tapestries, visitors to Bristol Aquarium will weave into a handmade fish-shaped loom using beachcombed plastic gathered on the UK coastline. The fish will be made from a simple length of bent willow and be available in a variety of shapes and sizes.We are becoming increasingly aware that plastic is being ingested by marine life, so by creating each fish from beachcombed material and recycled objects, it becomes a creative way of exploring this important issue of our time.
No Booking required. Drop-in sessions suitable for all ages.
Saturday 26th: 14:30 - 16:00
Poetry Performances, Bristol Aquarium
John Wedgwood Clarke will deliver a special performance of 'Plastic Pollen' deriving from his most recent collection, Landfill. John's collection, takes us behind the chain-link fence of the dump to witness the sublime mess we've made of things. In these poems he marvels at the ‘confessions of a people’, at archaeology in the making, with poems about old cookers, fridges, fluorescent tubes and heaps of plastic bottles. Out of their usual locations, these objects become strangely eloquent about the shape of our lives. Acknowledging that the beautiful view and decluttered house depend on the dump, Clarke responds here with neither cynicism nor sentiment; instead offering a fresh perspective on a vital yet hidden part of our world.
Susan Richardson will perform select poems from her most recent collection, Words the Turtle Taught Me and will be joined in conversation with the collection's collaborator, the illustrator Pat Gregory. Combining poetry with the long essay, 'Thirty Ways of Looking at the Sea', which charts her involvement with the Marine Conservation Society as resident poet as they launched an appeal to tackle the threats facing thirty marine species, Words the Turtle Taught Me sees Susan Richardson writing at the height of her powers as a poet, an ecological campaigner and as a writer about the process of composing inventive, compelling poems.
No booking required, however we ask that you arrive early to ensure minimal disruption to the performance.
Sunday 26th: 12:30 - 14:00
‘Science at the Seaside c1850: From Molluscs to Microplastics’, Bristol Aquarium
Come and find out about the Victorian fascination with the seashore, and the art and science this produced. Naturalists such as Philip H. Gosse produced amazing images of the wonderful diversity of marine life that could be found on the coast, and which were discoverable by all. The weird and wonderful specimens drawn by Victorian naturalists contrasts with the plastic and other debris that now washes up on our coastline. Come and be inspired by their work and try and draw your own anemone or mollusc! Compose a line of poetry (or two) of what it might be like to be a crab or a starfish! Write us an Acrostic or Twitter poem about #POLLUTION or #OCEAN MATTERS!
The workshop can be drop-in for as long or as little as you like. You can contribute a couple of lines of verse or a whole poem. Do come and talk to us about the history of our fascination with the seashore.
No Booking required. Drop-in sessions suitable for all ages.
A Plastic Voyage (Viewing time 45mins, U), Bath Spa University Viewing Theatre
Working in collaboration with the Bristol-based charity WildScreen we invite you to set sail with us for a special lunch-time screening of A Plastic Voyage. A crew of women embark on an ambitious sailing expedition around Britain, determined to find out more about the plastics in the waters close to home. To make it round in just one month, this group of strangers must battle bad weather, sea sickness, and unexpected events. As their journey unfolds, they bear witness to what's happening in our beautiful seas, and find all sorts of creative ways to convince people that single use plastics are poisoning the very thing that sustains life on Earth.
Wednesday 23rd: 18:30-23:00
Albatross UK Premiere (Recommended viewing 12A), Bristol IMAX (Aquarium)
Working in collaboration with the Bristol-based charity City to Sea, we are delighted to invite you to an unforgettable evening on plastic pollution and the plight of the Albatross.
On a remote atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, albatross chicks are dying, bodies filled with plastic. ALBATROSS unflinchingly shows the horror and grief of this tragedy, but ultimately brings us to a deeply felt experience of beauty and love for life on Earth. Stepping outside of traditional documentary film style, ALBATROSS delivers a profound message of reverence and renewal.
The film is followed by an exclusive discussion with filmmaker, Chris Jordan and a live Q&A with the film's Music Composer, Al Lethbridge. Chris is well-known for his photographic work that explores the collective shadow of contemporary mass culture. Edge-walking the line between beauty and horror, abstraction and representation, the near and the far, the visible and the invisible, Jordan's work confronts the enormous power of humanity's collective will. His works are exhibited and published worldwide.
Bar and Gourmet Vegan food served from 6:30pm
Book your tickets here.
Saturday: 12:00 - 16:00
'Flotsam Weaving' with artist Jo Atherton, Bristol Aquarium
Taking inspiration from Jo’s intricate flotsam tapestries, visitors to Bristol Aquarium will weave into a handmade fish-shaped loom using beachcombed plastic gathered on the UK coastline. The fish will be made from a simple length of bent willow and be available in a variety of shapes and sizes.We are becoming increasingly aware that plastic is being ingested by marine life, so by creating each fish from beachcombed material and recycled objects, it becomes a creative way of exploring this important issue of our time.
No Booking required. Drop-in sessions suitable for all ages.
Saturday 26th: 14:30 - 16:00
Poetry Performances, Bristol Aquarium
John Wedgwood Clarke will deliver a special performance of 'Plastic Pollen' deriving from his most recent collection, Landfill. John's collection, takes us behind the chain-link fence of the dump to witness the sublime mess we've made of things. In these poems he marvels at the ‘confessions of a people’, at archaeology in the making, with poems about old cookers, fridges, fluorescent tubes and heaps of plastic bottles. Out of their usual locations, these objects become strangely eloquent about the shape of our lives. Acknowledging that the beautiful view and decluttered house depend on the dump, Clarke responds here with neither cynicism nor sentiment; instead offering a fresh perspective on a vital yet hidden part of our world.
Susan Richardson will perform select poems from her most recent collection, Words the Turtle Taught Me and will be joined in conversation with the collection's collaborator, the illustrator Pat Gregory. Combining poetry with the long essay, 'Thirty Ways of Looking at the Sea', which charts her involvement with the Marine Conservation Society as resident poet as they launched an appeal to tackle the threats facing thirty marine species, Words the Turtle Taught Me sees Susan Richardson writing at the height of her powers as a poet, an ecological campaigner and as a writer about the process of composing inventive, compelling poems.
No booking required, however we ask that you arrive early to ensure minimal disruption to the performance.
Sunday 26th: 12:30 - 14:00
‘Science at the Seaside c1850: From Molluscs to Microplastics’, Bristol Aquarium
Come and find out about the Victorian fascination with the seashore, and the art and science this produced. Naturalists such as Philip H. Gosse produced amazing images of the wonderful diversity of marine life that could be found on the coast, and which were discoverable by all. The weird and wonderful specimens drawn by Victorian naturalists contrasts with the plastic and other debris that now washes up on our coastline. Come and be inspired by their work and try and draw your own anemone or mollusc! Compose a line of poetry (or two) of what it might be like to be a crab or a starfish! Write us an Acrostic or Twitter poem about #POLLUTION or #OCEAN MATTERS!
The workshop can be drop-in for as long or as little as you like. You can contribute a couple of lines of verse or a whole poem. Do come and talk to us about the history of our fascination with the seashore.
No Booking required. Drop-in sessions suitable for all ages.