Tales of Care & Repair
Publication Launch
Fri, 25 February 2022
18:00 – 19:30 GMT
The Workshop at Studio 5, Watershed, 1 Canon’s Road, Bristol, BS1 5TX
w/ offshoots on the day taking place at Toxics Link, New Delhi and Gambiologia, Brazil
About
TALES OF CARE & REPAIR is a crowd-sourced collection of photographs, interviews, events and stories about the objects we repair everyday.
From Feb 2021-Feb 2022 over 700 stories of everyday repaired were gathered through a comprehensive programme of activities that included a TalesOFCare&Repair_Publication Launch _25 Feb-[4][1]number of workshops, online conversations, symposium events and exhibitions.
The TALES OF CARE & REPAIR publication launch celebrates the work carried out to date and pays thanks to those who made the project possible.
The event is free but numbers are limited. Please register here: via Eventbrite to attend
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TALES OF CARE & REPAIR is led by REPAIR ACTS at the University of the West of England (School of Art and Design and Digital Cultures Research Centre/DCRC) in collaboration with Toxics Link, India and Gambiologia, Brazil. The project is supported by the British Council’s Creative Commissions programme – a series of creative commissions exploring climate change through art, science and digital technology. #CreativeCommissions #TheClimateConnection #COP26 #TogetherForOurPlanet @britishcouncil #repairacts
Special Thanks: To all who participated in our project and shared their stories. Including those who helped to make the project happen: University Partners: School of Art and Design, UWE, Bristol: Jacq Butler (Head of the School of Art and Design), Colum Leith (Programme Leader, BA Hons Graphic Design), Deborah Southerland (Programme Leader BA Hons Fashion Textiles), Paul Laidler, Laura Morgen and Ryan Brown (MA Product Design), Wayne Lloyd (Programme Leader, BA Hons Fine Art), Nick Triggs, Sarah Barnes and Professor Mandy Rose (DCRC). Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi: Professor Sharmila Samant. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horiztone: Professor Wellington ‘Low’ Cançado at the Architecture and Design School at and Cosmopolis Lab. Community Partners: Bristol: Bristol Green Capital Partnership (Alice Peperell, Lizzi Testani and Ceilidh Jackson-Baker), Knowle West Media Centre (Penny Evans, Fiona Dowling), Rising Arts Agency (Roseanna Dias, Will Taylor). India: Conserve (Kanika Ahuja). Brazil: Instituto Procomum: (Luiza Xavier, Mauro Fecco, Ricardo Grillo, Victor Marinho), BDMG Cultural, Eu Amo Minha Quebrada (Julio Fessô, Júnia Morais), Espaço Curupira (Beatriz Leite, Daniel Ladeira, Fernando Dellaretti, Frederico Mol, Marina Bianchi, Mário Henrique Mol, Moara Andrade, Thais Mo.
