The art works speak back to those who dare to tell us, the people of Merthyr, who we are and who we can become. We invite you to an evening of performance, film and exhibitions at two of Merthyr’s finest town centre venues. We begin at 6 pm at Theatre Soar for memo… mono…move: a journey through […]
‘Graphic Moves’ in Newport (June 5-28)
The event is part of a series of exhibitions co-produced by young people and the artists. At this event, young artists from Merthyr have created exhibition pieces about their relationship with their town and landscape. Productive Margins
‘Graphic Moves’ in Merthyr (June 16-29)
From Tuesday June 16 – Monday June 29, The Red House in Merthyr will house ‘Graphic Moves’, an exhibition of film, sculpture, and sound created by young artists from Merthyr Tydfil. Graphic Moves is part of the Productive Margins programme. The event is part of a series of exhibitions co-produced by young people and the artists. At this event, young artists […]
Productive Margins at the Connected Communities Festival 2015
In June 2015 Productive Margins was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to run activities in the national Connected Communities Festival fortnight providing the programme with an opportunity to explore creative ways to widen and deepen community engagement. Each of the research projects ran an event co-produced between the researchers and the community […]
‘Graphic Moves’ in Cardiff (May 1-3)
The event at Abacus is the first of a series of exhibitions co-produced by young people and the artists. At this event, young artists from Merthyr have created exhibition pieces about their relationship with their town and landscape. Productive Margins
Paper City-Muslim engagement in Bristol
Our work with the artists Davis & Jones in creating Paper City was one way of giving tangible form to those ideas and visions. Davis & Jones make artworks through occasions, dialogues and relationships; working with people and places to explore how we connect. Over the three days in the run up to the event, they […]
Inspiring Muslim Women
On September 23rd 2014, the University of Bristol hosted the event Inspiring Muslim Women, featuring presentations by Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (House of Lords and former government minister), Sughra Ahmed (President of the Islamic Society of Britain) and Fahma Mohamed (FGM activist and trustee of Integrate Bristol) on their experiences of being active in public life. […]
Productive Marginals
Productive Marginals is a series of real and meta computer characters who respond to the Productive Marigins archive. Content Productive Marginals Key Marginal Sentimental Marginal Mark Marginal Marginal Voices The Marginal Prophet Kurt Twitters Key Marginal Canvaser Marginal Value Muggletonian Marginal Interzone Marignal about the artist Matthew Olden is a computer artist who makes interesting […]
Light Moves film
Light Moves (The Film) …we move, we dance, we see, we draw, we think, we stand, we roam, we film, we wonder, we capture, we turn, we jump, we click, we feel, we walk, with light moves, across the ground, of the places where we live, where we belong, we move, we dance, we see, […]