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The visual artists from AntiVJ work across the globe, with notable projects in the last 12 months including collaborations with Flying Lotus at The Round House London, and projects in Moscow, New York and South Korea (the country's first outside projected performance). Joanie and Adrian will be joined on stage by a host of performers, including Will Gregory of Goldfrapp.ĪntiVJ is a Bristol-based visual label of European artists creating monumental, hypnotic live projections on real world canvases. The performance will feature mapped projections, guitars, percussion and synths. This spectacular one-off brings together the visual innovation of Joanie Lemercier from world-renowned projection experts AntiVJ with the musical creativity of Adrian Utley from acclaimed band Portishead.įrom Brunel's original sketches to the arrival of the 125, from the echo of the steam train to the building's electric future, Adrian and Joanie will play with city's industrial history, offering an immersive aural and visual treat to leave you breathless. The finale of the evening will be a specially commissioned performance which explores the rich material heritage of Temple Meads one of Bristol's most iconic buildings. Performance: Mail, Maps and Motion by Adrian Utley, Joanie Lemercier and special guest performers. BEAM also will be joined on stage by Inkie, curator of See No Evil and one of the UK's most distinctive street artists, as he creates live iPad art to be projected onto the screen.
Partly written and partly freeform, the specially assembled band will be led by Scott Hendy (Malachai/Boca45) and will include Si John (Roni Size/Reprazent Bass player) SJ Eseau (Anticon Records / multi instrumentalist) and drummer Andy Sutor. Performance by BEAM: The Rhythm of work-a-day BritainīEAM present a brand new musical and visual performance drawing on the themes of the General Post Office Films.
Auden.Ĭommissioned by the General Post Office Film Unit, Len Lye's Trade Tattoo used absorbing and stunnning animations to explore the rhythm of a British working day and to encourage people to 'post early'. Made in 1936, this evocative and rich film sums up the collaborative approach of the General Post Office Film Unit, with a musical score arranged by Benjamin Britten and the rhyming verse written by W.H. This special Watershed event is part of See No Evil and London 2012 Festival, with support from Arts Council England, Bristol City Council and The University of Bristol.
DUB MAIL LIVE FREE
Tickets at See No Evil (Tickets are free but must be booked in advance: limited to 1 per person) Venue: Passenger Shed (Temple Meads), Bristol (Performance starts at 20:30 and ends at 22:00)
DUB MAIL LIVE ARCHIVE
Kicking off of See No Evil's weekend programme, Mail, Maps and Motion draws on the extraordinary film archive of the General Post Office Film unit and the rich history of Bristol's Enterprise Zone, the programme brings together a host of world-renowned musicians and artists to perform in one of Bristol's most iconic buildings - The Digby Wyatt Building at Temple Meads.įeaturing a selection of films and a host of Watershed collaborators brought together for the first time, the evening will explore themes of industry, modernity, technology and communication, juxtaposing our industrial past with the technological present. Only a few tickets remain for Mail, Maps and Motion, a spectacular evening of one-off commissions and collaborations curated by Watershed, which blends cutting-edge music and film, including a commission which brings together Joanie Lemercier from world-renowned projection experts and Studio residents AntiVJ and Adrian Utley from acclaimed band Portishead.