SPIRIT MESSAGES
Spirit Messages is a touring programme of six artists’ films curated by the prominent Dublin-based initiative for artists’ moving image aemi.
PETROC TRELAWNY
BBC Radio 3 presenter Petroc Trelawny grew up on the Lizard peninsula and attended Helston School in the 1980s.
Mike Nelson
The celebrated British artist Mike Nelson will be joined by artist Andy Parker for a conversation on topics including Nelson’s most recent work, Un Intruso (uninvited, into chaos), made this summer for Manifesta 15.
Why Horror Films Are Good For You
Eminent film critic Mark Kermode will give an illustrated talk exploring why horror matters and what he loves about it
LAUREANA TOLEDO in conversation
Named with bitter irony, artist Laureana Toledo’s project Order and Progress explores the environmental devastation of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the area of Mexico in which Laureana spent her very early childhood years.
Margaret Salmon
Margaret Salmon’s close observations of human behaviour, plants and animals are both ethnographic and poetic in nature.
Mike Nelson
Celebrated British artist Mike Nelson will give a talk about his work, introduced by and in conversation with Jonty Lees, Course Leader, BA(Hons) Fine Art.
Marcus Coates
Marcus Coates is best known for video work in which he is the main protagonist. His work often creates new ways of relating where a need or cultural barrier might exist.
MARCUS COATES AND ILRIC SHETLAND
The conversation between Coates and Ilric Shetland, Cornwall-based psychoanalyst and senior member of the Society for Social and Critical Psychoanalysis (SSCP), will explore some of the issues raised by The Directors
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF CHARLOTTE PRODGER
Ben Borthwick will consider BRIDGIT in relation to other works by the artist, reflecting on her use of technology
Looking at Landscape
Focusing on Fay Godwin’s landscape photographs and Charlotte Prodger’s film BRIDGIT
The Shape of Granite
What shape is a granite? What kind of space does a granite occupy in the Earth’s crust?
Programme of Talks
An afternoon of talks exploring the formation, uses and impacts of stone from historical, geological, archaeological and artistic perspectives
Dowr ha Men
A three-day celebration of granite, exploring the geological formation of the stone and its impact on landscape and built heritage
ANDY HOLDEN
We are delighted to welcome Andy Holden back to CAST to talk about his recent work.
SANTIAGO ROJO
We are delighted to welcome Santiago Rojo to CAST for a month-long residency
A Year in a Field
Sound is a crucial element in this absorbing documentary, made by filmmaker Christopher Morris
MARK WALLINGER
We are delighted to be hosting Mark Wallinger for a visit to Cornwall.
EDWARD KRASIŃSKI’S ART OF SPACE
Edward Krasiński (1925-2004) was a key protagonist of the Conceptual movement in Poland.
Positionality and Identity in Bridgit
Led by artist Abigail Reynolds, for whom reading and language are key concerns
ARTISTS' VOICES, ARTISTS' LIVES
An evening exploring the extraordinary wealth of material in the Artists’ Lives collection held in the British Library.
Jeremy Deller
Jeremy Deller will visit CAST to give a talk about recent work, followed by a Q&A.
MARK LECKEY
There’s something about being lost in music which seems organic and wonderful,
POETRY AFTERNOON WITH RACHAEL ALLEN
An informal poetry afternoon, with Rachael Allen reading from her debut poetry collection Kingdomland and from new work