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Transactionland with artist Rachael Clere. Come and join in our 10-day packed programme, exploring the possibility of unconventional economic exchanges.

//QUEER & INDECENT// was simultaneously an exploration of the lack of access to public spaces for queer people, and a celebration of queer space and community in the face of adversity.

2 artists with studios at St Anne’s House (Esther Hesketh, Skye Turner) and 2 Cardiff artists (Alice Banfield, Sophie Lindsey) meet in each city for a weekend of making together and side by side.  We provide a context to generate new work and start conversations, supported…

In 2020 Bricks commissioned Finn Dovey, through our pilot Bricks Artist Programme, to create an interactive game. This became a futuristic dystopian art gallery for artists that responded to his open call for works. Far removed from the standard white box virtual gallery, Finn’s environment and the artworks it houses…

Delighted to be awarded a Bricks micro commission I was able to create this interactive horror story ‘The Food Must Come in or the Fire Be Put out’. It’s a cross-disciplinary piece, something between a visual essay, performative text, drawing and painting with lots of jush given by…

Annabel Other as Scorching Horse Annabel Other explores how it feels to miss the closeness and comfort of friendship during periods of isolation, through conversations about horses with her friends. Produced by Rowan Bishop, co-produced by Jack Gibbon and Jessica Akerman of Bricks. Original music by …

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,…

1. INTRODUCTION Bricks has kindly commissioned me to develop my work for the next couple of months. For the past 5 years my work explored camera-less photographic processes. This includes camera obscura installations, sculptural light prints, and photograms of…

Introduction I’m delighted to be working on a micro commission for Bricks over the next couple of months, centred around combining painting and animation, using projection. I consider myself primarily a painter, although most of my work has involved painting and screen-printing to date. I’m drawn to transitory, familiar materials that…

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…