Avon Gorge, Bristol, United Kingdom. Administration: heath bunting; http://irational.org/heath/ Six unusual one-to-one climate change related professional development training days for artists.Events:
Four artists, working together, will provide six training sessions around Bristol for interested artists. Each session will include practical and theoretical activities and take the trainee artist from conception of a project to the final stages of distribution including funding, promotion, audience and context Each training session will be lead by a world class artist with accomplished skills in production, the creation of meaning in the contemporary context and project financing.
Lead artist: heath bunting; http://irational.org/heath/
A training day in how to leave, travel and arrive invisibly, silently and efficiently. Varied terrain such as water, mud, rock, concrete and security zones will be examined and traversed.http://irational.org/heath/riverxing/spring/
Geographic mobility is going to be of key importance as homes and habitats become damaged and inaccessible The role of the artist as infiltrator and spy will be joked about, but artist as leader and visionary will be discussed seriously
Lead artist: heath bunting; http://irational.org/heath/
http://duo.irational.org/red_net/
http://duo.irational.org/international_tree_climbing_day/
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/james-kennard/tree_transfers_surfing_climbing.html
Participants will learn how to re-inhabit the canopy. As climate chaos ensues, we will be slipping back to more familiar modes of living such as cave and canopy dwelling. Starting with basic rope work and philosophy, access to, travel through, hunting within and sleeping on the tree canopy will be covered. Temporary issues of how to make adventure and play as art and how to make money from fun will be covered in detail. We will also discuss post apocalypse creative arts and economy.
Lead artist: james kennard; http://sparror.cubecinema.com/james-kennard/
http://sparror.cubecinema.com/james-kennard/Hunting.html
http://irational.org/heath/stone_age_hunting/
Participants learn to hunt and kill for food; To play with the world; To become invisible; To make manifest the imagined (to see the invisible). Also the participants will attempt to understand science and spirituality and ones relationship to them and the universe. Participants will walk to a hunting ground, where they will begin to practise looking and moving. They will then throw stones, on competent at this they will progress to sticks. After a suitable grasp of gravity, aerodynamics, solidity, fragility and ones ability to inhabit these realities physically and psychologically is established, participants may progress to sling shots. Throughout this process advice on animal behaviour, position and pathways will be given. The day will conclude by abandoning all tools and perspective to run through woods and fields with deer.
lead artist: vahida ramujkic; http://irational.org/vahida/
http://www.irational.org/vahida/living_outside/pottery/
Looking for and collecting mud with good properties for modelling and firing (mud has to be of homogeneous consistency, without dirts inside (stones, woods, leafs). Collecting wood and branches for the fire on the way. Those will be also used for making other wooden tools (as hooks, needles, maybe simple bow and arrow or a string) while firing the pots. Try to spot water nearby. Finding a good place to settle. preparing the fire. As the process of drying takes one week, another already dry object will be used for firing this time... Preparing clay (massing it) into consistent mass adding water if its dry. when its ready modelling pots or other objects. Letting it dry on a safe, dry place (a cave?) Firing of clay is a slow process and it takes up to 6-7 hours. Other smaller tools out of wood or strings could be made while maintaining the fire. A person attending the teaching will do the firing of her objects in one week time by herself.
Lead artist: vahida ramujkic; http://irational.org/vahida/
http://www.irational.org/vahida/living_outside/shelter/
http://tunneling.irational.org/rockandbreakfast/
Introspection route in the chosen area - finding a good spot for making a base - collecting the scratch material in radius of 500m (both natural and artificial materials). Building a shelter, using found material / taking care of its position / it has to be hidden and difficult access. Learning other practises as making a rope / knots / sewing / in necessary making ladders for the access or so.
Lead artist: Kayle Brandon; http://irational.org/kayle/
http://www.irational.org/drawing_exchange/
All day event | Bristol City | 5 people Can we observe climate change within a concrete situation? Can we draw it? The day will be structured around looking for climate change within the city of Bristol. The search will included looking for it within its people, and the territories fauna and flora. Can we grasp the consequence and reality of climate change within daily life scenarios? A series of drawing exercises will be devised that experiment with this question. The first exercise being centred around a climate change conversation with 80 year old and 11 year old resident and the last drawing exercise being on the banks of the river Avon drawing mud sedimentation. No specific drawing ability required, but passion essential.
This project forms part of DIY 6, a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Artsadmin, New Work Network, The Basement, Colchester Arts Centre, Nuffield Theatre & LANWest, and PLATFORM. Commissioned by: CJ Mitchell Live Art Development Agency Rochelle School Arnold Circus London E2 7ES United Kingdom t: +44 (0)20 7033 0275 f: +44 (0)20 7033 0276 cj@thisisLiveArt.co.ukDocumentation.