Friday 5th until Thursday 25th March 2010 @ Watershed, Bristol
Not content with dominating the art world, it seems the infamous Banksy has now turned his hand to cinema. On the face of it, his film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, is a colourful documentary about the rise of street art and its explosion in popularity over the last 5-10 years. We’ve got interviews with several of the big players (and some of the smaller ones), tales of their exploits and narrated segments of various “key” moments in the scene’s (and Banksy’s) history like the spraying of the West Bank wall and the placing of a Guantanamo Bay detainee model in Disneyland. Holding all this documenting together is the story of one man, a certain Thierry Guetta, and how his love of street art slowly took over his life and changed it beyond recognition. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the summer in Bristol, a tremendous new force entered our subconscious, an act somewhere between a beat boxer and a lyrical MC. A new artist, a brand new sound and someone who whilst of Italian/Australian heritage, has decided to travel the world with his craft, taking to the streets to engage with the public in a very immediate and real way, a brave and unashamedly honest vocal has captured the hearts of thousands making him the top rated YouTube artist in the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Electric December, Watershed’s original end of year online showcase of creative talent, is back, led this year by an international team of young people. Talented young filmmakers from across Europe have contributed a stunning selection of shorts, including some young Bristolians involved in eShed (a citywide project run for and by budding creatives interested in film and media) in the creation of an online short film advent calendar. 24 webby windows from emerging filmmakers from Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Spain, France and of course the UK. Expect to be dazzled by the wealth of ideas and creativity on show.
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