This is an ongoing open call for artists interested in working with us be that on commissions in the public realm, podcasting or other opportunities such as studios or project spaces. By filling in the short form below you can flag up your work to us and join the…
Bricks seek to commission five new public artworks for Moxy Bristol at 55 Newfoundland Circus, St Pauls, Bristol, BS2 9AP We are excited to receive proposals from emerging and established artists who have strong personal connections to St Paul’s, St Jude’s and the local area, including visual artists, writers and…
Mahali 0:00 Do you think horses hum to themselves? All 0:02 *laughing* Annabel 0:05 Oh God, Yeah. Course they… Do you think they’re quite musical? I mean, they do that kind of dressage Mahali 0:13 That kind of clippy cloppy thing, that rhythm. Annabel 0:14 They’ve got rhythm,…
[00:00:00] Atmospheric street noises recorded outside 27 Harcourt Road. Cliff Andrade: [00:00:10] (Sighs) I’m feeling anxious. What am I actually anxious about? Now that I am standing here I am not sure this is going to work. Maybe I should have just said I couldn’t do this podcast anymore. You’re…
Skeleton sketches in non-traditional anatomical poses. My proposal for the Bricks Micro commission is all about developing visual ideas of anatomy in motion via sequential drawings and animation. I want to think about how to step away from traditional static poses used to represent the body within medical art and…
Ben Hartley [00:00:10] I’m currently standing in the wasteland space outside the formerly vacant industrial building on the street named ‘Little Paradise’ just behind East Street, in which my studio sits. A ‘meanwhile’ space earmarked for development, which is rented out to us artists before demolition. It is a square…
Megan Clark-Bagnall [00:00:00] Before you listen to this podcast, I’d like to make a suggestion. This episode ended up being quite a lot about context and seeing as context is the key. I think the best way to listen to this episode would be driving in a car. But perhaps you don’t…
Alice Sheppard Fidler in conversation with Bricks artist Nick Grellier, October 2020 You sent me an image of your new work; shall we talk about it? Yes, I showed you the first element of a new installation piece I have started developing for the Bricks micro commission. You mentioned…
Rodney Harris [00:00:07] There’s something romantic about an island isn’t there, there’s something sort of magic. Or certainly a small island I think. Yeah… Olivia Jones [00:00:27] At the far western point of the Bristol Channel where the flowing waters meet with the Atlantic Ocean stands a small defiant island…
Hannah Murgatroyd [00:00:00] You have to destroy your father or your mother, don’t you. And that’s what it’s about. You could love them, but you have to destroy them in order to be an artist. I just think you have to be critical of your gods you know. Bo Lanyon…