Watermans Arts Centre

Read our latest blog about what's so magical about the European street band tradition ahead of the performance by #OrchestreInternationalduVetex on 28 September at #BellSquare https://lnkd.in/en6qT4nX

Here's an update on how Watermans is working with Artcast4D to develop artist commissions using immersive technologies in the #publicrealm https://lnkd.in/e3wTD6DQ

We're looking forward to the next #BellSquareLondon event, Anhad which is a festival celebrating South Asian culture - with a focus this year on contemporary performers and DJs with #Rizmi #TommyKhosla #ShivumSharma #Jitwam #KarmaKeen #ShifaLigero #DJPriya and it is all #Free

Our #StreetsAlive! programme at #BellSquare started today with #PublicTrust courtesy of FIERCE and artist #PaulRamirezJonas eliciting #promises and #pledges from the good people of #Hounslow

This coming Saturday, 8 June is a special day for #BellSquare, Hounslow's outdoor performance space. It is celebrating ten years of presenting high quality international circus, dance and theatre at its purpose-built venue on High Street, Hounslow. Join us! #FREE Saturday 8 June, 9.30pm Pyrodise Firebirds In Pyrodise even the smallest flame will dance up a storm. Be entranced as the creatures who inhabit this land celebrate fire, movement and manipulation. This joint production of Firebirds and Flame Flowers companies commemorates the sudden loss of their friend, Linda Farkas. The show was inspired by her life and work – special and unique. Performers: Anna Weszelovszky, Róbert Haáb, Lennart Paar, András Mező, Dorottya Podmaniczky, Sophie Zoletnik https://lnkd.in/eB5p6t-2

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Creative People & Places Hounslow have two exciting #vacancies! The programme is funded by the Arts Council and works closely with residents to increase engagement in #arts and #culture, improve the arts infrastructure available, and empower communities to take the lead in developing local arts programmes. The roles: - Visual Arts Producer, part time. This role will lead the CPP #VisualArts Programme, developing exhibitions with Hounslow Exhibitions Group, a group of Hounslow residents. We're looking for an experienced arts producer - Community Arts Worker, part time. This is a #communityengagement role that will work closely with the other CAW in the team to engage and support Hounslow residents to deliver arts events and activities in their area The deadline to apply for both roles is midday, Friday 10 May. More info and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/esX4aqX4

A fascinating new immersive art project coming up at Watermans Arts Centre later in March.   The Pillars of Our Latex House Tendayi Vine 23 March - 9 May 2024    The Pillars of Our Latex House: A thanks to the gutta-percha tree and to those who keep it.    As one of the first pilots in the Artcast4D project, artist, Tendayi Vine explores the identity of the gutta-percha tree - as a material, as a symbol, as an architect of communications and also as a figure of tension and displacement.    Artcast4D is an innovative pan-European project that combines art and immersive technology to enable people to interact with culture. Tendayi Vine is working with the AAASeed software to create an immersive work at Watermans exploring the revolutionary impact of a Malaysian tree.   Indigenous to the Malaysian archipelago, by the 19th Century the gutta-percha tree was known for the rubber that made underwater telegraph cables a revolutionary success. But the industry, wealth and power of this history is shared with those who knew the forests and read the signs. And with those who continue to repair the damage today, cultivating seeds while miles of sap lines the ocean floors.    The gutta-percha tree is a species native to Malaysia and was introduced to western industrial processes in the 19th century. Used across Asia for many years for a range of uses, the tree was harvested for wood/ sap/ fruit. In Europe, the rubber/sap quickly became known for its insulating properties and malleability - and specifically became the answer to successful underwater cabling. The use of this material advanced transatlantic telecoms and contributed to Britain's Victorian global industry, with gutta-percha becoming a common feature in everyday life (factories and businesses that would make cables but also jewellery, furniture, medical items...). The industry around this material brought great wealth and power as industries shaped cities and empires emerged as global networks.   Unsustainable and damaging harvesting led to huge ecological damage - the effects of this are still seen today with gutta-percha regrowth programs aiming to restore species numbers.    The Pillars of Our Latex House reflects on the way the gutta-percha tree was exploited and on the meaning behind the communications system that enabled the Nineteenth Century revolution in global communications.   Launch Event: Saturday 23 March 4-8pm   5pm - 5:45pm: Artcast4D - Presentation and discussion 6pm - 6:45pm: Exploration of the Identity of Gutta-Percha - a conversation between Tendayi Vine and Catherine Lenoble. https://lnkd.in/eDCf3M7e  

Watermans is currently collaborating on the #Artcast4D #immersiveart project and here is a link to the latest newsletter, which includes an interview with our new media arts programmer #KlioKrajewska https://lnkd.in/eb7zZexY

A fascinating new immersive art project coming up at Watermans Arts Centre later in March.   The Pillars of Our Latex House Tendayi Vine 23 March - 9 May 2024    The Pillars of Our Latex House: A thanks to the gutta-percha tree and to those who keep it.    As one of the first pilots in the Artcast4D project, artist, Tendayi Vine explores the identity of the gutta-percha tree - as a material, as a symbol, as an architect of communications and also as a figure of tension and displacement.    Artcast4D is an innovative pan-European project that combines art and immersive technology to enable people to interact with culture. Tendayi Vine is working with the AAASeed software to create an immersive work at Watermans exploring the revolutionary impact of a Malaysian tree.   Indigenous to the Malaysian archipelago, by the 19th Century the gutta-percha tree was known for the rubber that made underwater telegraph cables a revolutionary success. But the industry, wealth and power of this history is shared with those who knew the forests and read the signs. And with those who continue to repair the damage today, cultivating seeds while miles of sap lines the ocean floors.    The gutta-percha tree is a species native to Malaysia and was introduced to western industrial processes in the 19th century. Used across Asia for many years for a range of uses, the tree was harvested for wood/ sap/ fruit. In Europe, the rubber/sap quickly became known for its insulating properties and malleability - and specifically became the answer to successful underwater cabling. The use of this material advanced transatlantic telecoms and contributed to Britain's Victorian global industry, with gutta-percha becoming a common feature in everyday life (factories and businesses that would make cables but also jewellery, furniture, medical items...). The industry around this material brought great wealth and power as industries shaped cities and empires emerged as global networks.   Unsustainable and damaging harvesting led to huge ecological damage - the effects of this are still seen today with gutta-percha regrowth programs aiming to restore species numbers.    The Pillars of Our Latex House reflects on the way the gutta-percha tree was exploited and on the meaning behind the communications system that enabled the Nineteenth Century revolution in global communications.   Launch Event: Saturday 23 March 4-8pm   5pm - 5:45pm: Artcast4D - Presentation and discussion 6pm - 6:45pm: Exploration of the Identity of Gutta-Percha - a conversation between Tendayi Vine and Catherine Lenoble. https://lnkd.in/eDCf3M7e