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16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA
'Come dressed for the red carpet', said the text in the publicity material. The red carpet was laid out at the door of the Arnolfini in Bristol on a Saturday night and the show was a sell-out. There were different interpretations of 'dressed for the Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
11 November 2007
Reviewed by: Theo Wood
'Port City-On Mobility and Exchange' explores the interconnected political issues of Sub-Saharan African poverty, the politics of containment and economic migration. The ambitious project aims to brings specificity to generalisations and address Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
15 September - 11 November 2007
Reviewed by: Will McCrory
He paced the floor, rubbed his head, seemed perplexed. 'I'm scared of being sick (and shit)', he said...but filming it is exciting. Martin Creed gave the third in the series of four artist's talks at the Arnolfini last night, and Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
3 October - 14 November 2007
Reviewed by: Theo Wood
The book Encounters (Bristol: Arnolfini, 2007; ISBN 978090773842) by photographer Manuel Vason reproduces 162 images created in collaboration with 36 solo artists and artist collaborators working within performance and live art. As Dominic Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
8 June 2007
Reviewed by: Theron Schmidt
As part of a global network, ports are places of constant flux, facilitating the movement of goods, people and information. Central to this exhibition is the notion of the port city as a “symbolic site of cultural exchange”. While this Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
15 September – 11 November 2007
Reviewed by: David Trigg
The Arnolfini exhibition is almost like a mini-retrospective over one large gallery and two of the smaller ones and includes Jackson's work from the last three years (the ground floor gallery work was originally shown in Matt's Read on…
Arnolfini
12 December 2006 to 1 January 2007
Reviewed by: Theo Wood
The British Art Show endeavours to provide the largest and most comprehensive survey of contemporaneous events in British art. It is an exhibition then with an ambitious tenor and avails itself to reflecting Britain’s part in the globalised Read on…
Arnolfini, Bristol
8 August - 9 September 2006
Reviewed by: Will McCrory
It doesn’t hurt at all Aboard the female Sexed Robot, lights flashing in my eyes, I come to the end of the third of Inbetween Time’s performance lecture series (Lecturama). Paul Granjon has led us through a brief history of his work, Read on…
Arnolfini
2 February 2006 to 2 February 2006
Reviewed by: Niki Russell
What does it mean to be a Vampire? What kind of monster am I? A crowd of eager creatures gathers around Simon Will (one member of performance company Gob Squad), questionnaires in hand. “I am just putting the results through the computer Read on…
Arnolfini
2 February 2006 to 2 February 2006
Reviewed by: Niki Russell
An image of a ‘matador’ Smurf figurine on the big screen over the performance space is accompanied by text claiming it was sold through eBay for £75 pounds. More items, more sales. Shortly eBay PowerSeller AC Dickson emerges to the Read on…
Arnolfini
2 February 2006 to 2 February 2006
Reviewed by: Niki Russell
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