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Full listings of events and times are in the centrefold. EXHIBITIONS  LIVE ART / DANCE FILM MUSIC LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION  TALKS / LECTURES COURSES FAMILY activity EVENTS  BOOKSHOP  VISIT US  CAF BAR / VENUE HIRE 4 8 10 14 15 16 17 18 18 22 23 24
Arnolfini has been celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. It has been an amazing year, filled with fittingly experimental exhibitions and performances, which culminated in a weekend of special events in September. Thanks to everyone for all their kind words and support. Arnolfini's mission is to foster artistic experiment and engagement across the contemporary arts. Since its foundation in 1961, it has always been future-facing, championing new art and new ideas, while at the same time seeking to make contemporary art accessible for as many people as possible. We are delighted to have welcomed more than 450,000 visitors through our doors over the course of the year. As 2011 comes to a close, we present the final part of our year-long project series, The Apparatus, exploring the workings of the art system, with the exhibition Museum Show Part 2. The second instalment of this major survey of museums created by artists features, amongst others, the Palestinian Museum of Natural History & Humankind by Khalil Rabah and the Museum of Incest by Simon Fujiwara. The exhibition kicks off with a performance lecture by Walter Benjamin, which should not be missed. This will also be your last chance to participate in the Full Moon Orchestra and to hear the outcomes of the Danceroom Spectroscopy workshops.

Front Cover: 50 Ans dArt aux Etats-Unis. Collection of The Museum of American Art, Berlin. Installation view: Lyon Biennial 2007 Photograph copyright: Courtesy the artist

OPENING HOURS
Exhibition spaces open: Tue - Sun 11.00am - 6.00pm Bookshop: See page 22 for full details Caf Bar open: Daily from 10am Admission to the exhibition spaces is free.

SUPPORT US
Did you know? Arnolfini is a charity that costs over 2 million a year to run. Funding from Arts Council England, South West and Bristol City Council covers 50% of this, but we need the generosity of individuals and organisations to make sure that as many people as possible can see, enjoy and take part in contemporary art. For more information on becoming a Supporter or about our Corporate Membership Scheme please email kate.robinson@arnolfini.org.uk

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50th Anniversary Celebrations, 23 Sep 2011 Mark Simmons Photography

50th Anniversary Celebrations, L-R: Sir Nicholas Serota, Director Tate, Loveday Shewell, Chair of Arnolfini, Jenny Sharman, Annabel Rees, Arnolfini Founder, Tom Trevor Mark Simmons Photography

Tom Trevor Artistic Director and Chief Executive

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Intuitive Gallery, Franois Curlet, 2010 Mark Simmons Photography

Museo Aero Solar, Hengrove Park, 9 Oct 2011 Photo: Kamina Walton

The New Year begins with some suitably invigorating live art and dance, with a three week residency by Lala Diallo, developing a new work, and Darkin Ensemble's riotous DisGo. The blurring of boundaries between audience and performer continues with Monica Ross's mass recital of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the return of Bristol Live Open Platform, presenting some of the most exciting new, emerging performance from Bristol's thriving live art community.

Cerith Wyn Evans, Paysage Fautif (Wayward Landscape), Bristol Harbourside, Sep 23, 2011 Photo: Jamie Woodley

EXHIBITION

Museum show Part 2

FRI 9 DEC - SUN 19 FEB FREE

Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind (Khalil Rabah), Danger Museum (yvind Renberg & Miho Shimizu), The Museum of American Art, Museo Salinas (Vicente Razo), Museum of Non-Participation (Karen Mirza & Brad Butler), Museum of Television Culture (Jaime Davidovich), Victoria and Alferd Museum (bke), Hu Xiangqian's Museum (Hu Xiangqian), Museum of Forgotten History (Maarten Vanden Eynde), Museum of Incest (Simon Fujiwara). Following on from Part 1, we present the second chapter of Museum Show, a major historical survey of museums created by artists. Museum Show is a comprehensive selection of these highly idiosyncratic, semi-fictional institutions - a 'museum of museums' perhaps. It is the first ever exhibition to chart this particular tendency in contemporary art. Museum Show Part 2 presents an ambitious series of installations, including; The Museum of American Art, charting the dominance of American art and ideologies in the 20th century, and Khalil Rabah's Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind reconsiders the 'ethnographic' framings of non-Western cultures in museums. Museo Salinas by Vicente features a baroque and delirious collection of Mexican memorabilia, plastic toys, piatas, masks, stickers, clothing,

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and other items related to the controversial image of Mexico's ex-president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, derided for his corruption. Museum Show Part 2 is the final exhibition as part of Arnolfini's 50th anniversary programme. As part of this year-long 50th anniversary programme, Arnolfini has worked with the research theme of The Apparatus, reflecting on the conditions of the art system today.

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THE UNMASKING OF ART

LECTURE BY WALTER BENJAMIN THU 8 DEC 5.00pm FREE
The renowned theorist Walter Benjamin will give a lecture about the birth of art and art institutions. It will discuss where, why and how certain ideas of art - museums, galleries, exhibitions, artist and artwork originated, and how they have developed over the last five centuries. In his thesis, the notion of art is not a universal category or something that is characteristic for all cultures, but a specific concept that appeared in the Western world during the period called the Enlightenment.

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Maarten Vanden Eynde, Museum of Forgotten History, 2011 (Courtesy of Meessen De Clercq Gallery and the artist) Photo: Studio Capture This

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Karen Mirza & Brad Butler, Museum of Non Participation, Act 00057 Photo: Courtesy of Museum of Non Participation

EXHIBITION TOURS
SATURDAYS 2.00pm FREE / NO BOOKING REQUIRED / MEET IN ARNOLFINI FOYER
Join Arnolfini staff and invited speakers to hear more about, and discuss the artworks in the current exhibitions.

FREE

10 Dec
Lena Mohamed, Royal College of Art curatorial placement at Tate Britain, explores the political threads running through Museum Show Part 2.

17 Dec
Nav Haq, Exhibitions Curator.

7 Jan
Christine Atha, Curator of Learning and Participation.

14 Jan
Sacha Waldron, Arnolfini Curatorial fellow, leads a tour with a particular focus on The Museum of American Art.

21 Jan
Jess Rolls, Programme Co-ordinator.

28 Jan
YAAC (Young Arnolfini Artist Collective).

4 Feb
Christine Atha, Curator of Learning and Participation.

TWILIGHT EXHIBITION TOUR FOR TEACHERS AND LECTURERS

THU 15 DEC 4.30pm FREE
A session for teachers and lecturers who plan to bring their students to see Museum Show Part 2. We will explore the ways in which the materials, processes and ideas presented in the works in the exhibition can be utilised in activities and workshops during a visit to the exhibition. We will also examine trans-disciplinary curriculum ideas that emerge from the various practices Museum Show Part 2 represents. We are happy to meet and work with groups booked for exhibition visits. Please contact nik.slade@arnolfini.org.uk

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NEIL CUMMINGS SELF PORTRAIT: ARNOLFINI

UNTIL 19 FEB FREE
Over the course of Arnolfini's 50th anniversary year, artist Neil Cummings has developed a series of self portraits of the organisation. Presented throughout the building, these portraits trace Arnolfini's history and speculate on possible futures. A relational timeline traces the presence of Arnolfini through three colours: pale blue representing the history of art and Arnolfini, purple for technological innovation, and olive green for social and financial organisation. Starting from the Bristol Riots of 1831, the timeline follows Arnolfini's expansion as it relocates from Triangle West to Queen Square and then to W-shed (now Watershed), before arriving at its current location in Bush House in 1975. The timeline ends on the second floor where the data becomes highly speculative, imagining what might unfold in the coming decades. Neil Cummings is a professor at Chelsea College of Art and Design. He is a member of Critical Practice, a cluster of artists, researchers and academics, and is resident at Arnolfini throughout 2011. An artist's publication by Neil Cummings for Arnolfini's 50th anniversary is available from Arnolfini bookshop.
www.criticalpracticechelsea.org www.neilcummings.com twitter: #neilc

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Neil Cummings, Self Portrait: Arnolfini. Installation view 2011. Photo: Carl Newland

DisGo

Live art/ dance

DAVID GLOWACKI
DANCEROOM SPECTROSCOPY TALK FRI 9 DEC 6.00pm  Free / booking advised
During summer 2011 Arnolfini presented Danceroom Spectroscopy - a series of workshops and events which combined cutting edge 3D imaging technologies with physics, dance, generative digital art, soundscapes, and choreography. Led by researcher Dr David Glowacki from the University of Bristol, Danceroom Spectroscopy conjured up an environment for trained dancers to test out new forms of contemporary choreography. Arnolfini audiences also had the opportunity to immerse themselves in a playful audiovisual experience built on the rigorous mathematics of theoretical science. Join David Glowacki and guests to share the story of the project, discuss the observations made during these experiments, and consider where it might go. Go to arnolfini.org.uk for footage of the events.

LALA DIALLO
IN RESIDENCE AT ARNOLFINI
Bristol-based choreographer Lala Diallo is currently developing a new work, a piece for five performers and live music. The piece will be performed at Arnolfini on 5 April, and throughout its development Lala is offering opportunities to access and participate in her process.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASSES TUE 10, WED 11, THU 12 & FRI 13 JAN 10.30am - 12.00pm 
Level: Intermediate/Advanced

5.00 each class

Lala will lead a series of contemporary dance classes that will gradually move from the floor to standing, offering first an opportunity to awaken senses and focus on connections through the body, before learning more complex movement phrases, moving through space, playing with flow and dynamic range.

OPEN REHEARSAL THU 26 JAN 3.00pm - 5.00pm (Drop in session) 

Free

At the close of the three-week residency at Arnolfini - and at an early stage in the creation of a new work - Lala opens the doors of the studio to invite an audience to watch a rehearsal. There will be no performance for the occasion, no special demonstration or explanation, but an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the creative process.
The creation is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and commissioned and produced by ROH2 at the Royal Opera House, with support from Arnolfini, Dance South West/Pavilion Dance and ICIA, University of Bath. www.lailadiallo.com

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DARKIN ENSEMBLE
DISGO THU 9 FEB 2.00pm, 7.30pm 10.00/8.00 Concs
Set in a stunning immersive light set and with a soundscore including Plastikman, Fourtet and Mortitz Von Oswald, Fleur Darkin Company invite you to come and play! DisGo creates new and closer proximities between performer and audience. Fleur Darkin merges her company of powerful dancers with the audience to create a riot of choreography where you can experience a unique intimacy with the performers as they dance this raw and powerful new work.

Join Monica Ross on 19 Jan when she will explain more about the UDHR and the Anniversary project. If you, your group, or organisation would like to take part, contact Mel Scaffold on 0117 9172 322 or mel.scaffold@arnolfini.org.uk See page 17 for accompanying talk.

acts of memory 2005 - 2010

FRI 3 & FRI 17 FEB 11.00am - 6.00pm FREE
Continuous screening of a selection from the first 30 recitations of the UDHR in contexts from the House of Commons to Brighton Seafront.

MONICA ROSS AND CO-RECITORS

ANNIVERSARY - AN ACT OF MEMORY FRI 17 FEB 7.30pm  Free
Anniversary - an act of memory is a performance series in 60 acts focusing on the importance and relevance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Launched in December 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Declaration, it features solo, collective and multi-lingual recitations from memory of the entire UDHR by Monica Ross and Co-Recitors. Each recitation is uniquely shaped by the producers and co-recitors who deliver it. The emphasis is not on perfect recall, but on the attempt to remember and the difficulty of fulfilling the Declaration's call to keep it 'constantly in mind,' especially when under pressure.
This recitation is part of the Anniversary - an act of memory UK Tour 2011 - 2013 and supported by Arts Council England. www.actsofmemory.net

BRISTOL LIVE OPEN PLATFORM (BLOP)

SAT 25 FEB 11.00am - 8.00pm; BLOP party 8.30pm 6.00/5.00 Concs SOME EVENTS ARE FREE
Bristol Live Open Platform (BLOP) is back for 2012. Presenting new and emergent work by live and interdisciplinary artists, BLOP is all about experiments and unpredictability. It's an opportunity for artists to share new ideas with an audience, and for audiences to experience all kinds of live encounter: previous platforms have included live art, contemporary dance, socio-political activism and sound art, and this year will offer an equally imaginative mix. Join us to discover what emerges and share your thoughts with the artists over a beer at the BLOP party in the bar at the end of the day. Full schedule of events will be available from early Feb at arnolfini.org.uk
A Live Art Platform developed and presented in collaboration with Theatre Bristol and Inbetween Time productions.

ANNIVERSARY - AN ACT OF MEMORY: INVITATION TO TAKE PART

WORKSHOP WITH MONICA ROSS THU 19 JAN 7.00pm 
Are you passionate about Human Rights? Arnolfini is inviting people from across Bristol to take part in a collective recitation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with artist Monica Ross on 17 Feb. Learn a small part of the Declaration and recite it in public, in your own language, as part of this unique performance. Everyone is welcome.

Free

Declaration of Human Rights Photo: Bernard G Mills

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Bombs at Teatime Urbanized

Film
TICKETS 6.50/5.00 Concs (except where shown) INCLUDING DOUBLE BILLS Arnolfini operates a fully licensed cinema

URBANIZED
FRI 2 DEC 7.30pm 7.20/5.60 concs
Urbanized is the third part of Gary Hustwit's design film trilogy, joining Helvetica and Objectified. This new feature-length documentary about the design of cities, looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design. Over half the world's population now lives in an urban area, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. The challenges of balancing housing, mobility, public space, civic engagement, economic development, and environmental policy are fast becoming universal concerns. Yet much of the dialogue on these issues is disconnected from the public domain. Who is allowed to shape our cities, and how do they do it? By exploring a diverse range of urban design projects around the world, Urbanized frames a global discussion on the future of cities.
This screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

BRISTOL UNIVERSITY AUTUMN ART LECTURE SERIES SCREENING

ZIDANE: A 21ST CENTURY PORTRAIT (PG) & THE REFEREES (12A)

SUN 11 DEC 2.30pm
As part of the Autumn Art Lecture series we present a special double bill of soccer-related movies that combine strong visual imagery with a passion for the beauty and controversy of sporting practice. With Zidane (2006), artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno offer a compelling vision of one of football's most creative characters, using seventeen cameras focused exclusively on Zidane, to produce a mesmerising and hypnotic cinematic portrait. In a similar vein, Yves Hinant's newly-released fly-onthe-wall documentary, The Referees (2009), offers an in-depth study of the people we all love to hate.
Introduced by Dr Mike O'Mahony from the University of Bristol.

The Bristol Palestine Film Festival

FILM CLUB, BRISTOL

SUNDAYS MONTHLY 5.00pm 10.00 for the season (three programmes booked in advance), 4.00 for a single event
Film Club, Bristol is a wide-ranging monthly screening programme curated by Bristol's diverse community of cineastes. Each month, guest selectors present rarely seen and undervalued films at Arnolfini. Screenings will be introduced, and followed by a digressive film talk in the Caf Bar. Find out more at filmclubbristol.com

JAFFA: THE ORANGE'S CLOCKWORK

SAT 3 DEC 8.30pm TASTING SESSION FROM 7.45pm
Visually captivating and politically bold, this enticing new film by Eyal Sivan weaves a rich tapestry of archival material and interviews to explore the entwined visual and political history of the Jaffa Orange: both a symbol of the state of Israel, and for Palestinians a powerful symbol of the loss and destruction of their homeland. Join us before the evening's screening for a free tasting session by Zaytoun, artisan Palestinian producers.
www.zaytoun.org Dir. Eyal Sivan, 2009, 86 min, Subtitled Introduced by Dr Ghada Karmi - a leading Palestinian activist, writer and academic.

18 Dec My Dinner With Andre (PG) (Louis Malle,

1981) chosen by Jason Beech, Bloom and Curll bookshop.

15 Jan Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (PG) (Jacques Demy, Agns Varda, 1967) chosen by David Wilkinson, Geneva Stop. 19 Feb Moloch (12) (Aleksander Sokurov, 1999) chosen by Marie-Anne McQuay, Spike Island.

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THU 26 - SUN 30 JAN

Bristol's own silent and visual comedy festival returns with an incredible line-up of special events. The guests include Barry Cryer, Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Ian Lavender and Sanjeev Bhaskar.

DAVID WYATT'S SILENT MAJORITY: THE CLOWN PRINCES

FRI 27 JAN 2.00pm 7.00/5.50 Concs
David Wyatt presents his selection of some of the finest and funniest of the lesser well known silent comedians; Charley Chase, Lloyd Hamilton, Max Davidson & Larry Semon among them.

CHARLES CHAPLIN: BRIDGING THREE CENTURIES

WITH DAVID ROBINSON SAT 28 JAN 9.30am  7.00/5.50 Concs
David Robinson is recognised as the definitive biographer and a world expert on Chaplin. In this presentation, richly illustrated with film and rare stills, he considers the phenomenon of an artist who maintains his power as a supreme entertainer in the 21st century.

MY CHAPLIN
with Sanjeev Bhaskar SUN 29 JAN 11.00am 7.00/5.50 concs
Kumars at No 42 star Sanjeev Bhaskar selects favourite shorts and shares his passion for Charlie Chaplin with Chaplin historian David Robinson. With live piano accompaniment.

GRAEME GARDEN ON CHARLEY CHASE (U)

Live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney SAT 28 JAN 11.00am  7.00/5.50 Concs
Charley Chase was a brilliantly inventive and prolific comedian contributing to over 300 films as writer, director, or actor and worked with almost every major name in early film comedy. Graeme Garden selects his favourite shorts from this period to reveal Chase at his finest and funniest.

HAROLD LLOYD: DOUBLE BILL AN EASTERN WESTERNER (U) & GRANDMA'S BOY (U)
with Barry Cryer Live musical accompaniment by The European Silent Screen Virtuosi SAT 28 JAN 2.00pm  8.00/6.00 Concs
Barry Cryer introduces two of Harold Lloyd's finest comedies. An Eastern Westerner - consistently clever and amusing, well-paced and packed with gags plus a rare chance to see Lloyd's first feature film on the big screen Grandma's Boy.

THE GREAT STONE FACE: YOUNG KEATON (U)

Live musical accompaniment by members of the European Silent Screen Virtuosi SUN 29 JAN 2.00pm 8.00/6.00 Concs
Keaton admirers Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer and Ian Lavender each select a favourite short that reveals Keaton at his freshest, most spontaneous and inventive, films include The Boat (1921) and The Scarecrow (1920).
For the full programme see www slapstick.org.uk

SLAPSTICK SPOOFS (U)

SUN 29 JAN 9.30am  7.00/5.50 Concs
Long before Airplane and Naked Gun there were silent spoofs of current epics like Bending Hur. Before Laurel & Hardy, Stan Laurel almost made a career out of it, and see Buster Keaton parodying western star William S.Hart. Hosted by David Wyatt.

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Buster Keaton

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at a glance

Exhibitions Open 11am - 6pm, Tue - Sun & Bank Holiday Mondays Check arnolfini.org.uk for Christmas opening hours MUSEUM SHOW PART 2 FRI 9 DEC - SUN 19 FEB Neil Cummings self portrait: arnolfini UNTIL SUN 19 FEB

TICKETED PERFORMANCES, FILMS & EVENTS

Book by ringing Box Office on 0117 917 2300 / 01, email boxoffice@arnolfini.org.uk or book online at www.arnolfini.org.uk

december
DATE event Thu 1 Thu 1 Thu 1 Fri 2 Fri 2 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sat 3 Sun 4 Sun 4 Sun 4 Sun 4 Sun 4 Sun 4 Wed 7 Thu 8 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sat 10 Sun 11 Wed 14 Thu 15 Sat 17 Sat 17 Sun 18 Event: Danny Dorling Event: Paul Farley, Olivia Laing, Michael Symmons Roberts Event: Tom Abba Event: Madge Dresser Event: Simon Bradley and Andrew Foyle in conversation Film: Urbanized Event: Geoff Dyer, Anna Mansfield, Ben Rogers and PD Smith Event: Geoff Dyer Event: Baroness Susan Greenfield Event: Peter Lord Event: Iain Sinclair Event: Julian Baggini Event: Laura Oldfield Ford Film: Jaffa: The Orange's Clockwork Event: Doug Saunders Event: Pauline Black Event: Sarah Cox Event: Mike Rawlinson Event: Make no little plans Event: Sir Roy Strong Event: Sabine Hornig Event: The Unmasking of Art Music: Active Crossover Live: David Glowacki Exhibition Tour: Lena Mohamed Music: Full Moon Orchestra Film: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait & The Referees Talk: 30 Years of Inspiration Exhibition Tour: Twilight Tour for Teachers Family: Mash Up Exhibition Tour: Nav Haq Film Club Bristol: My Dinner with Andre TIME 6.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 12.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3.30pm 5.00pm 6.30pm 7.35pm 8.30pm 1.30pm 3.00pm 3.00pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 6.00pm 6.00pm 5.00pm 7.30pm 6.00pm 2.00pm 7.00pm 2.30pm 7.00pm 4.30pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 5.00pm Price 7.20/5.60 7.20/5.60 Free Free 5/4 7.20/5.60 7.20/5.60 5/4 7.20/5.60 Free 7.20/5.60 7.20/5.60 5/4 6.50/5 7.20/5.60 7.20/5.60 Free Free 5/4 7.20/5.60 6/4 Free* 5 Free Free* Free* 6.50/5 12/10 Free Free* Free* 10 for season/4

JANUARY
DATE event Sat 7 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun 15 Thu 19 Thu 19 Sat 21 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sat 28 Sat 28 Sat 28 Sun 29 Sun 29 Sun 29 Exhibition Tour: Christine Atha Music: Full Moon Orchestra Dance: Contemporary Dance Classes Dance: Contemporary Dance Classes Dance: Contemporary Dance Classes Event: Reading the Object Dance: Contemporary Dance Classes Exhibition Tour: Sacha Waldron Film Club Bristol: Les Demoiselles de Rochefort Live: Anniversary - An Act of Memory Workshop Event: Tertulia Exhibition Tour: Jess Rolls Dance: Lala Diallo Open Rehearsal Film: David Wyatt's Silent Majority Film: Charles Chaplin: Bridging Three Centuries Film: Graeme Garden on Charley Chase Film: Harold Lloyd: Double Bill Exhibition Tour: YAAC Film: Slapstick Spoofs Film: My Chaplin Film: The Great Stone Face: Young Keaton TIME 2.00pm 7.00pm Price Free* Free*

10.30am - 12.00pm 5 per class 10.30am - 12.00pm 5 per class 10.30am - 12.00pm 5 per class 6.00pm 2.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 2.00pm 3.00pm - 5.00pm 2.00pm 9.30am 11.00am 2.00pm 2.00pm 9.30am 11.00am 2.00pm Free Free* 10 for season/4 Free* Free* Free* Free* 7/5.50 7/5.50 7/5.50 8/6 Free* 7/5.50 7/5.50 8/6 10.30am - 12.00pm 5 per class

FEBRUARY
DATE event Thu 2 Fri 3 Fri 3 Sat 4 Sat 4 Sat 4 Tue 7 Thu 9 Thu 9 Wed 15 Fri 17 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Wed 22 Sat 25 Sat 25 Wed 29 Talk: David Chipperfield Architects Film: Acts of Memory Talk: Citizenship + Class Workshop: Michelene Wandor Exhibition Tour: Christine Atha Event: Fluviatile Music: Full Moon Orchestra Event: Reading the Critics Dance: Darkin Ensemble Talk: Nathaniel Mellors Live: Monica Ross & Co-Recitors Film: Acts of Memory Music/Film: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Film Club Bristol: Moloch Talk: Matt Stokes Live: BLOP Live: BLOP Party Talk: S Mark Gubb TIME 6.30pm 11.00am - 6.00pm 6.30pm 11.00am 2.00pm 3.00pm 7.00pm 6.00pm 2.00pm & 7.30pm 6.00pm 7.30pm 11.00am - 6.00pm 7.30pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 11.00am - 8.00pm 8.30pm 6.00pm Price 6/4 Free* 6/4 10 Free* 3.50/2.50 Free* Free 10/8 6/4 Free* Free* 8/6 10 for season/4 6/4 6/5 (some free) Free* 6/4

* unticketed event

Music

ACTIVE CROSSOVER
BUGBRAND, SJ ESAU, KATHY HINDE, EKOPLEKZ, SKJLBROT & SIMON WHETHAM THU 8 DEC 7.30pm 5.00
Sound artist Simon Whetham's ongoing collaborative project, Active Crossover, was first hosted by Arnolfini in October 2009. After touring as an exhibition and series of live events throughout 2011, the project returns to Bristol for an evening of one-off live collaborations between some of the city's most innovative artists, each of whom have an intriguing and characteristic approach to sound and music production. The event features first-time collaborations between: Kathy Hinde and SJ Esau, Tom Bugs and Ekoplekz, and Skjlbrot and Simon Whetham.
Active Crossover 2011 is supported by Arts Council England and PRS for Music Foundation.www.activecrossover.co.uk

at the beginning of the session and each conductor leads the group for 10 minutes. Each rehearsal is also a performance open to the public, so you can mingle and join in with the orchestra as you please.

DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE

RE-SCORED BY BLUE ROSES SAT 18 FEB 7.30pm 8.00/6.00 Concs
'In each of us, two natures are at war - the good and the evil...' Philanthropic scientist Jekyll (John Barrymore) has something of a midlife crisis and takes a potion to unleash his darker side - aka Hyde. Barrymore's extraordinary transformation is achieved through performance alone, with shaken hair and expressive long-fingered hands. This seminal horror silent finds new life alongside Blue Roses' (XL records) haunting score which received outstanding reaction at Green Man and Latitude festivals this summer. 'Gleamingly melodic and impeccably arranged' The Observer
Dir John S. Robertson, Scr. Clara Beranger, USA 1920

FULL MOON ORCHESTRA

SAT 10 DEC, mon 9 Jan & Tue 7 FEB 7.00pm FREE
For those of you with a musical instrument, voice or dance move, the Full Moon Orchestra will be coming to Arnolfini. It's a spontaneous public event open to everyone which will last for two hours each full moon. Anyone can sign-up to be the conductor

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Blue Roses / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

LEARNING AND PARTICIPATION

Arnolfini is a space for ideas and a place where everyone can find something to see and do. It is a stimulating environment for learning, and a place where people can spend time engaging with art and ideas. We are happy to talk to you about what you'd like to get out of a visit to Arnolfini.

Private Views for Learning Groups

Schools and colleges are welcome to view and work in the galleries before we open to the general public most Tuesday mornings during the course of exhibitions. To arrange this please email: nik.slade@arnolfini.org.uk

FEATURED PROJECT

MARTIN PARR
Arnolfini is currently working with a number of external partners to deliver projects across the City. One such project features Magnum photographer Martin Parr photographing an academic year in the life of St Mary Redcliffe and Temple school, documenting their transition to a new building and in so doing developing a unique relationship with the pupils, staff and their environment. This commission is part of Bristol City Councils public art programme. The project will showcase Parr's photographs as large scale prints in the school. Images from this extraordinary record will also be published in a newspaper which will be distributed across the city throughout December 2011.

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Photo copyright: Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

Learning Group Visits

SABINE HORNIG
WED 7 DEC
Sabine Hornig is a German artist based in Berlin who's work explores the shifting relationships between humans and the urban context. Central to her practice is a blurring of the boundaries between photography and sculpture, in the context of architecture, which are all employed in her work to establish an indeterminate zone between reality and image. Sabine will talk about her arts practice and her new commission in Bristol.

TALKS/ LECTURES
UWE FINE ART / ART IN THE CITY LECTURE SERIES
6.00pm 6.00/4.00 Concs Free for UWE staff and Students with ID
Organised by Arnolfini, Bristol City Council, and the University of the West of England.
Supported by Bristol City Council. Artists hospitality supported by Mint Hotel. To receive an exclusive Mint Hotel 10% discount from the best available flexible room only rate, enter Promotional Code 'NEGARN' when booking online at www.minthotel.com

Nathaniel Mellors
wed 15 Feb
The complex relationship between language and power is a recurring theme in Nathaniel Mellors' multi-faceted work, typically manifesting itself in absurdist, humorous narratives that reveal a penchant for satire and the grotesque. Parodying the formats and structures through which information is popularly conveyed, Mellors sets up theatrical frameworks to test the line between meaningful content and incomprehensibility. At the core of his practice lies a fascination with the relationship between word and effect.

Matt Stokes
WED 22 Feb
Matt Stokes' practice stems from a long-term inquiry into subcultures, particularly focusing on how music acts as a catalyst for groups to form, shaping and influencing people's lives and identities. His works are often made by immersing himself in a setting through which collaborations with informal communities arise. After collecting information related to their histories and values, Stokes produces artworks that depart from this research and take on a life of their own, through films, installations and events.

Sabine Hornig, Balcony, 2002/4. Photo Mathias Johansson, Stockholm. Sabine Hornig and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy: Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin

S MARK GUBB
WED 29 FEB
S Mark Gubb is a British artist who works across a range of media incorporating sculpture, video, sound, installation and performance. The subjects for his work are drawn from the social and political culture he grew up in; an equal fascination with things he finds so great and so terrible about the world we live in. This often takes the form of a re-evaluation and re-interpretation of contemporary culture and history, provoking us to consider our contribution to the world we live in. He will talk about his practice and new commission in Bristol.

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THE Gane Lecture

DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS: DESIGNING MUSEUMS

THU 2 FEB 6.30pm 6.00/4.00 Concs
The Gane Trust, in partnership with the Architecture Centre and Arnolfini present a lecture by Rik Nys,senior director of award winning David Chipperfield Architects. Having worked with David Chipperfield for the last 20 years, Rik Nys been involved in all of the practice's projects, including museum projects such as the Stirling Prize winning Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach and most recently the Museum Folkwang in Essen. In conjunction with Museum Show Part 2 this lecture will focus on some the key museums designed and completed by the practice.

Courses

Citizenship and Class: Some Findings from the BBC Great British Class Survey
Fri 3 Feb 6.30pm 6.00/4.00 Concs
As social rights and responsibilities are redefined we are reminded of the continuing importance and further ramifications of the Declaration of Human Rights. Fiona Devine, Professor of Sociology and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester, leads an exploration of issues surrounding the changing consciousness of social construction in the UK and presents her findings from the Great British Class Survey. Part of the Anniversary - An Act of Memory events. See page 9 for further details.

WEST OF ENGLAND DESIGN FORUM LECTURE

MA PERFORMANCE WRITING
 Develop and deepen your writing practice.  Work with internationally recognised practitioners and academics.  Draw on the experience of curators, editors and arts professionals. The MA Performance Writing in partnership with University College Falmouth is a cross-artform Masters degree which investigates 21st century modes of writing. It examines how writing collides or collaborates with other art forms - visual, sonic, digital, performative, time-based, sited/installed, page-based - in the context of contemporary culture and new technologies. This course is practice-led and lasts one year full-time or two years part-time. We are currently recruiting for the academic year 2012-13. Bursaries are available to students in need of financial support. If you are interested in writing that moves beyond the page, this is the course for you. FFI contact the course leader Jerome.Fletcher@falmouth.ac.uk

30 YEARS OF INSPIRATION: AN EVENING OF DESIGN, IDEAS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Wed 14 Dec 7.00pm 12.00/10.00 Concs
Join us for an entertaining and inspiring Christmas design special with Carol Whitworth, founder and owner of design agency Home. Celebrating 30 years in business, their clients include Royal Mail, Jaguar and BP. Carol will talk about her years running an agency, where ideas come from and why she believes "ideas come first and the money later".

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EVENTS

family event
MASH UP SAT 17 DEC 1.00pm - 5.00pm FREE
Calling all ages! Mash Up is Arnolfini's regular family friendly activity day. Come and buy unique hand made gifts - Young Arnolfini Artists Collective will be hosting a Christmas stall - or join our free snow globe making workshop and other Christmas activities.

MICHELENE WANDOR POETRY/ WRITING WORKSHOP

SAT 4 FEB 11.00am  10.00
Michelene Wandor will lead a creative poetry/writing workshop based on the performance of Fluviatile at Arnolfini. The workshop will focus on the content of the newly published book Fluviatile - a collaboration between artist Lindsey Adams and the poet and writer Michelene Wandor and will explore the relationship between image and narrative.

FLUVIATILE
SAT 4 FEB 3.00pm  3.50/2.50 Concs
Lindsey Adams' photographic images of a small Derbyshire brook explore the waters' surface and the layers of underwater currents combine with Michelene Wandors specially written response Ophelia; the poem in this special event presenting projections, readings and underwater soundscapes that explore the divisions between word and image to provide a backdrop for multilayered performances and live music as the visual and verbal are reinterpreted by Viola de Gamba, virtuoso Ibi Aziz and Jazz musicians David Wickins and Liam Noble.

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The Big Draw 2011, Photo Max McClure

READING ROOM EVENTS

During the course of Museum Show Part 2 we have workshops in the Reading Room, suitable for all. Ticketed but free. overtones. A platform for new work and ideas, Tertulia is for people working with or interested in language, both vocal and textual. We emphasise innovative, experimental practice and crossdisciplinary peer learning and debate. Further details from Phil Owen, readingroom@arnolfini.org.uk and http://tertuliablog.wordpress.com
Coordinated by Phil Owen and Megan Wakefield, Tertulia is currently co-hosted by Arnolfini and Spike Island.

READING THE OBJECT

THU 12 JAN 6.00pm FREE
What role can the object play in social formation and in developing a distinct view of culture? Where is the museum currently situated in contemporary culture? How have museums and galleries contributed to our understanding of ourselves and our histories, through the choices they have made about the things they have added to their collections? This workshop focuses on handling objects as well as discussing their potential. We will be examining a wide selection of art and designed objects and interrogating their place within museum culture and day to day society.

READING THE CRITICS

THU 9 FEB 6.00pm FREE
Who decides what is shown in galleries and museums? And should we trust their judgement? The criteria employed to select what to exhibit tells us a great deal about whoever is organising the exhibition. Central to the decision making process is the work of the critic. Join us for an exploration of key texts by critics from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries to gain insight in to the people who decide what we get to see, and how their value judgements are cultivated, maintained, and often eventually rejected.

TERTULIA
THU 19 JAN 7.30pm
'Tertulia' comes from a Spanish word for social gatherings with literary, artistic or bohemian

FREE

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WINTER FESTIVAL OF IDEAS AND BRISTOL IDEAS FORUM

BRISTOL, CITIES, IDENTITY AND PLACE Bristol Festival of Ideas' first winter festival looks at identity, the nature of the city and what makes cities special and Bristol a special place. Sessions include an exploration of the edgelands of the city, and the legacy of Jane Jacobs 50 years on from the publication of The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The winter festival also includes a second series of Bristol Genius events looking in detail at the work of creative people in the city.

DANNY DORLING
THE STATE OF CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN AND ITS CITIES

THU 1 DEC 6.00pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Danny Dorling is one of Britain's leading geographers - in fact Simon Jenkins calls him 'Geographer Royal by Appointment to the Left'. He dissects the nation and reveals unexpected truths about the way we live today and why inequality exists.

one of England's most rewarding regions with series editor Simon Bradley, from the Georgian Spa at Bath to some of Brunel's greatest designs.

BARONESS SUSAN GREENFIELD

YOU AND ME: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF IDENTITY

URBANIZED
FRI 2 DEC 7.30pm 7.20/5.60 Concs
Helvetica director Gary Hustwit's new documentary on city design, full details on page 10.

SAT 3 DEC 2.00pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Susan Greenfield looks at how our identities are changing in the 21st century from the unique perspective of neuroscience.

IAIN SINCLAIR
GHOST MILK AND OTHER TALES OF WALKING

PAUL FARLEY, OLIVIA LAING, MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS

EDGELANDS, CITIES AND PLACES

Geoff Dyer, Anna Mansfield,Ben Rogers and P D Smith

Jane Jacobs and The Future of the City

SAT 3 DEC 5.00pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Iain Sinclair is a great walker and writer of cities and places. He looks at our possible futures as well as making his most powerful statement yet on the throwaway impermanence of the present.

THU 1 DEC 7.30pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Passed through and ignored, the edgelands have become the great wild places on our doorsteps. Poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts allow this in-between world to speak up for itself. They are joined by Olivia Laing, who looks at how history resides in a landscape.

Sat 3 Dec 12.00pm 7.20 /5.60 concs

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of probably the best book ever written about the city: Jane Jacobs' The Death and Life of Great American Cities. This special panel discuss Jacobs, her work and impact and what she tells us about today's city and the future of the city.

JULIAN BAGGINI
THE EGO TRICK: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOU

SAT 3 DEC 6.30pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

With his usual wit, infectious curiosity and bracing scepticism, Julian Baggini delves into real-life cases of lost memory, personality disorders and personal transformation; and, candidly describes his own experiences in his search.

GEOFF DYER Simon Bradley and Andrew Foyle in conversation

Pevsner Guide to North Somerset and Bristol

SAT 3 DEC 2.00pm 5.00/4.00 concs

Geoff Dyer is one of Britain's most exciting and original writers. He will be talking about his recent work including Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.

FRI 2 DEC 6.00pm  5.00/4.00 Concs

Author Andrew Foyle discusses the architectural highlights of

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LAURA OLDFIELD FORD

SAVAGE MESSIAH

SAT 3 DEC 7.35pm  5.00/4.00 concs

Savage Messiah collects together the entire set of artist Laura Oldfield Ford's fanzines to date. Part graphic novel, part artwork, her work is both an angry polemic against the marginalization of the working class and an exploration of urban space. Laura Oldfield Ford held a public art exhibition commissioned by Arnolfini in Feb 2011. Prints from the exhibition are available in the Bookshop.

by the local community and members of her extended family. She reflects on this experience and what it says about identity.

MADGE DRESSER
BRISTOL AS A CITY OF REFUGEES

FRI 2 DEC 6.00pm 

FREE

MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS

DANIEL BURNHAM AND THE AMERICAN CITY SUN 4 DEC 4.30pm  5.00/4.00 concs
The film that showed how Chicago, and Daniel Burnham planned for the future of the city cited as one of the greatest plans ever created for a city.

Those who have made Bristol their home range from medieval Jews to modern asylum seekers. Madge Dresser offers new insights into the experiences of those who came to Bristol.

PETER LORD
THE PIRATES! IN AN ADVENTURE WITH SCIENTISTS

SAT 3 DEC 3.30pm 

FREE

SIR ROY STRONG

ENGLISH IDENTITY AND THE ROOTS OF ENGLISHNESS

DOUG SAuNDERS
ARRIVAL CITIES

SUN 4 DEC 1.30pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

It's in cities that the future of the world will be decided. Journalist Doug Saunders provides a detailed tour of the key points in the Great Migration by the world's rural populations and considers the actions that have turned this enormous population shift into either a success or a violent failure.

SUN 4 DEC 6.00pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Roy Strong argues that it is the rural tradition - combining aestheticism, pastoralism and patriotism - that offers an answer to the present crisis of English identity.

Peter Lord, co-director of the forthcoming The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, talks about the making of the film, including sneak previews from the film.

SARAH COX
THE AARDMAN/TATE PROJECT

SUN 4 DEC 3.00pm 

FREE

BRISTOL GENIUS
Bristol Genius events celebrate the work of creative people in the city. Events are free, but must be booked on the relevant event page on www.ideasfestival.co.uk

27,000 children took part in Aardman's The Tate Movie Project plotting, scripting and drawing the half-hour animation The Itch of The Golden Nit, making it the largest 'crowd-sourced' animation ever. Director Sarah Cox talks about the project.

PAULINE BLACK
BLACK BY DESIGN

MIKE RAWLINSON
BUILDING A COMPLETE LEGIBLE CITY

SUN 4 DEC 3.00pm  7.20/5.60 Concs

Lead singer for The Selecter, Pauline Black was of AngloJewish/Nigerian parents. Adopted by a white, working class family, Pauline was always made to feel different, both

TOM ABBA
THIS ISN'T THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK

SUN 4 DEC 4.30pm 

Bristol Legible City won many awards for design and innovation. Mike Rawlinson looks at what a complete legible city needs.

FREE

THU 1 DEC 7.30pm 

Tom Abba will discuss how digital platforms change the nature of the book.

Free

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Laura Oldfield Ford, 2011. Ballpoint and Acrylic

Iain Sinclair

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Bookshop
10% discount every Thursday in December 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Open Tue 11.00am - 6.00pm, Wed - Sat 11.00am 8.00pm, Sun 11.00am - 7.00pm Mon 5, 12 & 19 Dec 11.00am - 5.00pm Contact bookshop with enquiries or orders on 0117 917 2304 or bookshop@arnolfini.org.uk NUS get 10% off all purchases on Wednesdays
Arnolfini is home to one of the UK's leading specialist contemporary art bookshops.

Bookshop Showcase Dec-Feb

Visual Editions London-based publisher Visual Editions (VE) believes that books should be as interesting as the stories that they tell. Taking their starting from a concept of visual writing, where the visual feeds into and adds to the storytelling as much as the words on the page. VE is all about a love of books and the desire to do things differently so that everything they do translates into a new experience for their readers and for the writers and designers that they work with. Sue Gregor: Fossilized Plastic Bristol based jeweller Sue Gregor takes her interest in the natural world as the starting point for the creation of her work. She seeks to create a fusion of the industrial and organic. Each piece is unique, with the fine detail of the original material, often quite ordinary plants and weeds, 'fossilized' on its surface using an individual method of dying and embossing . She has sought to create work which is both intimate and public and which evokes a feeling of the celebration between material and the subject. A selection of Sue's work is now available in the Bookshop.

Christmas Gifts
As always at this festive time of year Arnolfini bookshop is pulling out all the stops to bring you a fine selection of arty and not so arty Christmas gift ideas. As well as a great range of diaries, calendars and Christmas cards you will find a fine selection of quirky stocking fillers like flip books, optical toys, lenticular bookmarks and postcard books, plus an excellent choice of books for children and adults alike.

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Arnolfini is situated by the water at Narrow Quay in Bristol's Harbourside. A 15 minute walk from Temple Meads railway station, and Marlborough Street bus station, most buses stop at the city centre, a short walk from Arnolfini. If travelling by car, follow brown tourism signs to the nearest car park, The Grove.

ACCESS
We aim to make all visitors welcome. There are parking spaces for disabled visitors outside our main entrance, access via Farr's Lane. Wheelchairs are available inside the building, and guide dogs are welcome.

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Caf Bar
OPEN DAILY FROM 10.00am
Warm up with the Caf Bar's winter menu - new dishes, new wines, a new range of pizzette and the welcome return of our famous mulled cider. During December, our turkey-free Christmas menu is ideal for a relaxed festive knees up at 12 for two courses or 15 for three. Plus, our own freshly baked cakes and Extract coffee to enjoy whilst relaxing with our newspapers and free wi-fi. Kids get their own menu, as well as crayons, books and games. Caf Bar managed by Market QV Ltd

VENUE HIRE

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