Mayfest and beyond: Confluence continues to flow
Film by Helm Films
Cast your mind back to the cold, dark days of December. We filled an empty shop in Redcliffe with wonderful sounds, words and images that explored how Bristol is changing as part of a new residency called Confluence.
We collaborated with Asmaa Jama, Ryan Convery-Moroney, Travis Alabanza, and Verity Standen, four Bristol-based artists who spent the autumn and winter months of 2023 delving into unheard and unseen stories of the city they call home.
“There was real diversity in the artists’ approaches and outcomes which offered access to the changing nature of the city in a variety of ways.”
“Asmaa Jama’s performance was profound and has left echoes with me ever since.”
Over that early December weekend, each artist shared early stage ideas with audiences for the first time, and we were thrilled that over 200 of you came along to contribute your own thoughts, ideas and responses.
We’re now pleased to be announcing the next stage of this project. Bringing together brilliant artists and thinkers into a programme of work that will unfold over the next twelve months, this next phase of Confluence will see us continuing to explore the unheard and unseen in our changing city. Confluence will invite you to engage in person and online as we open up the residency to you at key moments throughout the year.
And it all starts at Mayfest 2024, where children run wild in urban forests, an arch made of ice helps us think about the systems we imagine, build, and come to rely on, and where we open up a conversation about how art can help us navigate a changing city.
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Confluence is a production by MAYK, commissioned by Ginkgo Projects for The Glassworks with the support of Fresh and Grainger plc.
Photos: Paul Blakemore. Film: Helm Films