Pink Bag Proj.
Venue: Newark Works, 2 Foundry Ln, Bath BA2 3DZ
Open 11am to 6pm 27 May to 10 June / 11am to 3pm on Sun 11 June
Fully accessible, see map for full details.
There is so much beauty, potential, and innovative engineering in the stuff that surrounds us.
Pink Bag Proj. is a creative art-lab and interactive mini-museum that delves into the potential of these objects, the value of the things that as a society we are overlooking, and the stuff that we are dismissing.
It showcases responses already made by Artists and non-Artists which will prompt you to think and explore more about the bigger ideas about ‘stuff’, through interactive artworks and activities for all ages. The project is in constant flux which means what you make in the space will become part of it too!
What do these objects mean to us? Why do we overlook them? Can we, through art, alter our perception of their value? And as such change collective thinking...?
Through experimentation, exploration, play, documentation and simply noticing a disposable pink coffee bag we can begin to understand the inherent value and wonder that this overlooked packaging has.
Team Pink Artist members:
Lisa Cole, Jenny Alderton, Karen Woodfield, Abbie Hunt, Gweni-Louu, Millie Aburrow, Mia Snelling, Sophie Lines, Leah Woolcock, Elliot Coffin, Lilly Foster-Eardley, Beth Archard, Katie Hanning
Pink Bag Proj. events:
Museum of Mundanity
Bring a ‘boring’ thing no bigger than 5cm in any direction
Place it in the Museum of Mundanity
Watch how this exhibit unfolds!
(if you want to collect the thing then you will need to pick it up before the show closes on the 12th June 🙂, otherwise we will relocate the item for you!)
Open daily 11am-6pm, no booking required.
101 Non-consecutive Days as a Magpie
In this workshop the artist Jenny Alderton will guide you through an exploration of the debris and materiality within our consumerist throwaway society.
Explore the world of discarded items and debris we overlook daily. After a short walk to find a chosen discarded item, we will then engage and reimagine this item from debris to a potential art object with its own accompanying booklet. Through engaging in creative prompts, we can reimagine and see the item in new ways. Through fact-based prompts we can uncover information about the item. Using this we will create a unique booklet dedicated solely to this discarded item.
Through this workshop I hope to question what rubbish is, what art objects can be and if the two overlap. I also seek to explore the disconnect our capitalist society has with the things - especially single or few-use items - it produces, consumes, and readily discards.
For more information on the project please head to 101magpie.com or www.instagram/101magpie
Sun 4 June, 4pm to 6pm
Mon 5 June, 11am to 1pm
Max. 10 spaces per session, booking essential, the booking link will appear here soon. Please consider making a donation to FaB for participation: fringeartsbath.co.uk/support
Objects of Desire
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Doing this workshop will make you more popular, doing this workshop will make you more attractive, doing this workshop will benefit your wellbeing, doing this workshop will make you famous, doing this workshop will satisfy your every desire.
Then again you might be disappointed to find out that this workshop is about just a plastic bag.
Come along to this informal plastic bag designing workshop* that gives us an opportunity to think and discuss the ways in which we are being sold to on a day to day basis. What intrinsic desires are being used against us? What do we really want and need? Why is a box full of 50p Swedish plastic kitchen implements strangely appealing? …and other such questions.
*while stocks last.
Not suitable for participants under 8 years old.
Artist statement: Katie Hanning and Beth Archard: Beth and Katie are artists, together they create projects that are playful, investigative, and sometimes a bit naff.
Max. 8 spaces per session, book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/637935892427
Sun 28 May, 2pm to 4pm
Mon 29 May, 2pm to 4pm
Sat 3 June, 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Sun 4 June, 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Please consider making a donation to FaB for participation: fringeartsbath.co.uk/support
Karen Woodfield, the artist, invites you to play their latest game:
‘Making Art: The Game - Pink Bag Proj. Expansion Pack’.
In this game, players become open-minded artists who are willing to experiment and challenge themselves. You will be prompted to create 3D art pieces using a variety of materials and techniques. The game offers a limitless and open-ended experience, with various combinations and strange convergences to challenge your ideas about art and games. There are no winners or losers in this game; it’s the artist against the game. You can create multiple pieces that can become a part of the exhibition, or you can take them home.
This game is open to anyone aged 16 and above.
Max. 6 players, booking essential: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-art-the-game-tickets-637942572407
Sat 27 June, 11am to 1pm + 2pm to 4pm
Please consider making a donation to FaB for participation: fringeartsbath.co.uk/support
Curated by Beth Archard and Katie Hanning
Beth and Katie are artists, together they create projects that are playful, investigative, and sometimes a bit naff.
instagram @bethsprouts
