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Miedo Total - ecolagbohrac2021 - Beauty Parlour - Friday 14th April
Electronic manipulations that meander between instrumental acts of aggression and vocal torch songs, live A/V, bloodied, body-beat rattlers and high-drama industro-wave laments
@miedo_total @atayilgun_ecolagbohrsac2021 @xavyboyyyyy
Lone Worlds residency - 17th-21st April
A week long residency culminating performances devised throughout the process.
https://www.instagram.com/loneworlds/
Dan Johnson 'The Bellflower Saturday 22nd April 7:30pm
The Bellflower is part one of a trilogy of solo percussion pieces Dan has been developing since summer 2021. The Bellflower explores the effects of repetition on the listener & performer through linear drumming concepts with the aim of using minimal phrases to generate maximum effects.
Solo headline set featuring an extra-special light show by Beth Greenhalgh. W/support Lightning in a Bottle + the Score performance group.
https://danjohnson.bandcamp.com/
Jake A Griffiths ‘The Recording Ruins Everything’ 27th-29th April
‘The Recording Ruins Everything’ an interdisciplinary exploration and celebration of the fleeting nature of sight, sound how we capture it.
The spirit of the album, film and other visual works were made at SHIFT during a residency, June 2022, and later edited and defined.
‘The Recording Ruins Everything’ was a two day exhibition, April 27th-28th, featuring visual elements from the project and a live performance & album launch of ‘The Recording Ruins Everything’ with support from Kiddus.
https://jakeagriffiths.bandcamp.com/album/the-recording-ruins-everything
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USW DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
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Friday 19th May 19:30pm-21:30pm
USW BA Documentary Photography Graduate Exhibition 2023 fundraiser.
To help raise funds to support their graduate exhibition at SHIFT, beginning June 9th, the third year USW BA Documentary Photography students will talk about their work, process & experiences.
Featuring; Fergus Thomas, Nik Roche, Robin Chaddah-Duke & more.
Please donate to support USW BA Documentary Photography Graduate Exhibition 2023.
https://www.instagram.com/cold_shoe_exhibition/
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Saturday 20th May 7:30pm
SHIFT & Lesson #1
Comfort W/support Harpoon & Sachasky
COMFORT
Raging stripped-down electro/postpunk/body music from Glasgow-based brother/sister duo, Sean and Natalie McGhee. Last in Cardiff for a killer set in Sept 2019, when they’d just released debut LP Not Passing. Since then they’ve released an EP on the FatCat label, with second album What’s Bad Enough following just ahead of their UK tour. Brilliant lyrics about trans/queer liberation, self-acceptance and much more from this very special band. LINK
HARPOON
Overdue return to Cardiff for the ongoing live electronic project of Tina Hitchens (Viridian Ensemble, Halftone and many more) and Aron Ward (Olanza, Repo Man and more). Head-spinning vortex of lean, brutalist, interlocking composition and hyperkinetic rhythm study, honing years of live improvisation into a thrill-ride of texture through two volca beats and plenty of cheap fx pedals. LINK
SACHASKY (Duo featuring skylrk & Sachasom)
Newish project based in Cardiff and Machynlleth (at different times) and offering acid commentary on Wales and Welsh culture through the medium of noisy experimental hip-hop/techno. Debut tape Yr Offerynnols Uffernoliadaus! came out last year and this’ll be a rare set before the next batch.
LINK LINK LINK
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EVELYN WOLSTENHOLME RESIDENCY
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Monday 22nd-Wednesday 24th May
Evelyn Wolstenholme joins the SHIFT residents this month for a short residency. Evelyn will have access to studio space, technical, curatorial & peer to peer support as well as audience engagement within SHIFT’s shared supportive environment.
Born and raised in Manchester, Evelyn Wolstenholme is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist who lives and works as a practicing artist in South Wales.
Evelyn’s work centralises upon the space of the domestic ‘Home’, and the objects and automative performances that come and go within it. Looking through a phenomenological and anthropological lens, the artist examines the notion of loss and grief through our relationships to objects and the role they play in identity once the physical body is no longer present.
https://thisisevelynart.com
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KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE -SLOW MURDER - swefn - ACTS OF WORSHIP - DEATH OF SEASONS
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25th May 7pm-10pm
SHIFT J/S present:
KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE @immaturityofmovement
SLOW MURDER @violetgreen__
‘swefn’ @_s_w_e_f_n_
ACTS OF WORSHIP @death.fixation
DEATH OF SEASONS @alxndrevns
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Saturday 27th-Sunday 28th May
SHIFT & Tactile Bosch present collaborative weekend of experimental music and performance.
Saturday experimental music, Sunday performance, movement & installation.
Experimental music Saturday 27th May 1pm-11pm
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'Dialogue' a 6 month project in which SHIFT residents collaborate with a partner artist they have invited into the space. The SHIFT basement will provide a starting point for artworks to energe through open ended, intuitive processes of sharing, making and conversation.
Dialogue
Conversation, documentation & exhibition through collaboration, artistic process & practice.
A durational project which will have public events at SHIFT, July & October 2023, as well an online archive documenting the ongoing collaborations allowing the partnerships to share documentation, process and dialogue with the group and the wider public.
Each partnership will define their collaborative project & schedule, which will emerge and develop through conversation, documenting and sharing their processes.
Featuring;
Rebecca Jones & Erin Donnelly
Jon Ruddick & Rebecca Harry
Jake A Griffiths & Amber Forde
Heledd C Evans & Lucy Smith
Abi Birkinshaw & Ren Faulkner
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South Wales Improvisers established itself in partnership with SHIFT and creates the opportunity for an individual to play free improvised ensemble music on a regular monthly basis.
SW Improvisers welcomes all players of all levels who are interested in exploring new paths to music.
Players can come to the sessions freely and without any prior experience. We ask only that you have an open mind, a willingness to listen, to respond and to enjoy.
If you are interested in taking part in regular sessions contact; chris-parfitt@sky.com
Next sessions 2023: All sessions take place Sundays 2pm-4pm on the dates below.
June 11th / 25th
July 9th / 23rd
Aug 6th / 20th
http://shiftcardiff.org/south-wales-improvisors/
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TactileBOSCH and Cadw present AGORA
A collaborative arts programme reflecting on Welsh history and collective ritual through a contemporary lens.
Agora (Noun)
A place for gathering. [ to gather, to open, meeting ground, critical mass, procession, congregate.]
Artists and musicians of all abilities are invited to apply, responding to themes of Welsh heritage, folklore, ritual, identity, language and ‘sense of place’.
Artists selected for inclusion will receive an artist fee and will be included in a touring programme of exhibitions and events across Cadw heritage sites and galleries.
tactileBOSCH is a proud champion of experimental and non-traditional artmaking and will provide technical and curatorial support to help realise challenging new work in any medium.
Deadline to apply – 1st June
How to apply:
Email the following in PDF format to agoracelf@gmail.com
● Artist proposal (max 500 Words)
● artist statement bio (max 150 words)
● Up to 5 images (title, date, media, dimension, duration included)
● Full contact details, (Telephone, email & postcode)
● Socials / Website
[If you want to receive information in a different format, or if you have any questions regarding our work to improve access and engagement at tactileBOSCH please email beth@tactilebosch.co.uk]
Agora is a cross-disciplinary, all inclusive approach to showcase art, offering a space to facilitate the realisation of creative ideas in new and non-traditional ways. A collaborative approach to explore histories and ritual through a modern-day lens. With a desire to create meaningful personal cultural connections in the gallery, as well as alternative settings.
Agora will present these interactions as a series of immersive encounters, celebrating Welsh landscapes and language, merging pagan and esoteric ritual into gallery settings and outdoor explorations.
Agora aims to offer a transformative role in society, celebrating traditions and powerfully expressing the meanings that places hold.
Supported by the Arts Council of Wales, & Cadw, the historic environment service for the Welsh Government.
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SHIFT began in September 2018.
An experiment with collaborative time & space.
Formed & maintained by an evolving group of artists.
SHIFT is a multidisciplinary artist led, collaborative arts space.
Sharing space for production, research & development, performance and exhibitions.
Offering peer to peer support for artists
to develop their artistic practice.
SHIFT is focused on supporting artists who work within
experimental performance, sound, installation,
moving image & visual art.
SHIFT works in collaboration & in solidarity
with Tactile Bosch http://tactilebosch.co.uk & Umbrella https://direct.me/cardiffumbrella
Supported by https://www.axisweb.org vacant space project.
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