SOME PEOPLE CLIMB UP | Leigh Woods | 28 & 29 September and 4, 5 & 6 October 2019 Residence member and artist Sylvia Rimat is creating a thought-provoking, engaging audio-walk through Bristol’s most famous and loved woods, inspired by scientific research and personal stories collected in workshops. The project explores our connectivity with the woodland … Continue reading
We’ve moved into a new home in Bristol with two other artist-led collectives: We’ve taken over the legendary Brunswick Club, a former Working Mans’ Club, in St Pauls with its skittle alleys, dance hall, bars and lounges. Brunswick Club is now home to Bristol Experimental & Expanded Film (BEEF), Residence, CHAMP and Thorny along with … Continue reading
We’re really excited to be running an event as part of Mayfest this year. Having a group of artists committed to sharing resources and a long term interest in each others practices has helped us face challenges together and keep going over the last ten years. Now we’re beginning to face new challenges – mid … Continue reading
Residence is pleased to announce our arrival in a new, albeit temporary, home: CID Studios at The Island. We have a lovely office here without which we would have been really stuck so thanks to Dina from ArtspaceLifespace for making it all happen. If you want to find out more about all the great stuff … Continue reading
Residence artists Ella Good & Nicki Kent are in Hull this week, at the beginning of a tour to launch A Decade With Mars. It’s a long term community project about space, time, and the future. In each city they visit, they’ll be launching a weather balloon with a camera attached, to publicly launch the … Continue reading
We’re going to be hosting Lancaster based artist Leo Burtin for a weekend hideaway. Sadly this will be the last hideaway we will be hosting from The Milk Bar. Leo will be working on his Homemade series while he’s here, and as part of this he is going to run Le Bistroquet – a free … Continue reading
(image courtesy of ex-Hideaway guests and long term Residence friends Low Profile) Residence has now been given the sad news that we were not successful in our bid to take on the lease at our building in St Nicholas Street. Its disappointing news, but it is not devastating, we are undeterred! We have been blown … Continue reading
Dear Bristol City Council, Since 2009, Residence, a Community Interest Company supporting performing artists in Bristol, has made its home in 11 St Nicholas Street. Residence holds the license to the building under Bristol City Council’s Capacity scheme, a pioneering arrangement which recognised the potential for cultural regeneration that artists bring, allowing artists to make … Continue reading
CALLING ALL SOLO PERFORMANCE MAKERS SOLO is a South West based solo performance forum coordinated by Misri Dey and Ria Hartley, which has been set up for regional, national and international solo devisor/performers to develop, show or simply work in a non-isolated environment. It consists of dialogues, laboratories, platforms and residencies. SOLO seeks to create … Continue reading
Are you based in Bristol and interested in forming an artist collective like Interval or Residence? If you are the get yourself down to Residence on the 7th of January 2014 at 8pm where you will met a bunch of people who want the same thing. Boom, you just started an artist collective. The workshop … Continue reading
