Huw Wahl | Screening and Q&A
Filmmaker Huw Wahl will visit CAST to talk about his film The Republics
John Smith Q&A | Online
We were delighted to host John Smith at CAST on Friday 2 October for a Q&A
JOHN SMITH | ARTIST TALK
Renowned British artist filmmaker John Smith will travel to CAST to speak about his work. The event will be live-streamed on Friday 2 and available to view online for a short period after. Please register through eventbrite. CAST’s programme of eight short films by John Smith has been extended until Saturday 3 October, to provide…
Mike Nelson in Conversation with Caitlin DeSilvey
CANCELLED – Mike Nelson’s recent commission for Tate Britain The Asset Strippers transformed the grand spaces of the Duveen Galleries
Poetry reading group with Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley
Led by visiting authors Rachael Allen and Patrick Langley the group will read and discuss two texts
POETRY AND FICTION | RACHAEL ALLEN AND PATRICK LANGLEY
An evening of live poetry and fiction readings, presented by poet Rachael Allen and novelist Patrick Langley
How to make a living as a poet
Organised by The Society of Authors the evening will feature advice from award-winning poets Penelope Shuttle and Pascale Petit.
HOME AND HOMELESSNESS | Catrina Davies and Raynor Winn
Authors Raynor Winn and Catrina Davies will discuss their recent memoirs, each of which recounts a personal experience of homelessness. Grappling with class, economics, mental health and nature, these moving and inspiring stories shine a light on the country-wide housing crisis. In her memoir, Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed, Catrina takes us back…
Philip Marsden in conversation with Hadrian Pigott
Philip Marsden’s new book traces his journey from Cornwall to the small group of Scottish islands in the Inner Hebrides known as the Summer Isles. Marsden sailed single-handed up the west coast of Ireland, in his wooden sloop Tsambika, hopping from island to island and exploring the ruins of villages and religious sites. Along the…
Pilvi Takala | Talk and Screening
For this special event, the internationally renowned Finnish artist Pilvi Takala will travel to Cornwall to talk about her work. The special evening with will include the presentation of an early slide work, Bag Lady, and the screening of two short films, followed by an ‘in conversation’ and Q&A. The programme includes: Real Snow White,…
Andy Holden | Talk at Falmouth School of Art
Falmouth School of Art will screen Holden’s A Natural History of Nest Building, 2017, (30 minutes 30 seconds) followed by an artist talk. The evening is programmed to coincide with The Cornwall Workshop 2019, led by Holden and held at Kestle Barton on the Lizard peninsula, Andy Holden’s work takes a multitude of forms – large installations or sculptures, long-form videos,…
BRICKS AND CHINA CLAY | AN EVENING OF TALKS AND DISCUSSION
Artist Rosanna Martin and historian Ivor Bowditch will contribute to an evening exploring connections between brick-making and china clay production. China clay has a vast range of uses, from ceramics to paper and from pharmaceuticals to building materials. It was discovered by William Cookworthy on Tregonning Hill near Helston in 1746 and that discovery led to the…
MONUMENTAL LIZARD | HISTORIC LANDMARKS UNDER THREAT
The Lizard, Cornwall is home to a host of historic sites, many of which are in a state of decline. Although scheduled as monuments and protected by legislation, these sites are rarely well known and almost never properly understood. Concerned about the potential loss of some of the physical remains of over 4,000 years of…
W.S. GRAHAM | READING GROUP
Poets Sam Buchan-Watts and Lavinia Singer will run a relaxed reading group of some key works by the modernist poet W. S. Graham (1918–86), who lived for most of his writing life in Cornwall. Lavinia Singer is a poetry editor at Faber & Faber. Her poetry explores image-making and materiality, and has appeared in various magazines, journals and…
TRY TO BE BETTER I AN EVENING OF POETRY AND DISCUSSION
Poets Lavinia Singer and Sam Buchan-Watts will introduce the idiosyncratic creative practice of the modernist poet W. S. Graham (1918-86) before inviting artists and writers to read from, and reflect on, their contributions to the publication Try To Be Better. The publication is a multi-disciplinary engagement with the life and works of W. S. Graham, who…
WORD NIGHTS | THE SEA AND THE WORD
The presence of the sea can be felt everywhere in Cornwall. And the same is true of its effect on writing
Maeve Brennan | curated by Polly Staple
Polly Staple, director of Chisenhale Gallery, London, has selected Maeve Brennan’s The Drift (2017) for CAST Film Club
LIZARDS & TYPHOONS | AN EVENING OF POETRY
Prize-winning poets Alyson Hallett, Penelope Shuttle and Katrina Naomi present an evening of poetry relating to place.
WORD NIGHTS | PATRICK GALE
Patrick Gale is a beloved Cornwall-based British novelist and the author of sixteen novels
Cornish Path Moss | an evening of work and discussion
Poet Ella Frears and artist Ben Sanderson present an evening inspired by Cornish Path Moss
DELFINA MUÑOZ DE TORO | concert and conversation with Gina Buenfeld
Delfina Muñoz de Toro has spent years traveling the world to study ancestral cultures and to visit artisans and healers
MANON DE BOER AND ANE HJORT GUTTU IN CONVERSATION
Manon de Boer and Ane Hjort Guttu will visit Cornwall for a talk ahead of an exhibition of their work
Sam Buchan-Watts on WS Graham
Faber New Poet, Sam Buchan-Watts will discuss his critical research on WS Graham.
The Smartphone and the Heart of Darkness | a talk by Professor Frances Wall
Frances Wall, Professor of Applied Mineralogy at Camborne School of Mines, will discuss the geology and science of coltan