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
JAMES LINGWOOD | TALK AT FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Curator James Lingwood has been Co-Director of Artangel with Michael Morris since 1991.
ROSEMARY LEE | ARTIST TALK AT FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Rosemary Lee is a choreographer who makes large-scale, site-specific performances, solo works, short films and video installations.
LIGHT AND COLOUR | DAVID BATCHELOR AND ROY SAMBLES
CAST presents a lecture by Roy Sambles, Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Exeter and artist David Batchelor.
BRIAN DILLON | ESSAYISM
Imagine a type of writing so hard to define its very name means a trial, effort or attempt.
HELEN SEAR | ARTIST'S TALK
Helen Sear’s work explores the materiality of vision.
ANTHOLOGY OF RURAL LIFE | OLIVER UDY AND COLIN ROBINS
Robins and Udy discuss their ongoing project documenting the continuities and shifts in patterns of contemporary rural life.
Christina Mackie | Artist Talk at Falmouth University
Christina Mackie is best known for her composite sculptural installations, which unite disparate elements in a state of temporary synthesis.
Cornish and Devonian Stone in London | a talk by geologist Dr Ruth Siddall
Ruth Siddall is a geologist specialising in the study of minerals and rocks used in cultural heritage.
DAVID PATON | TRACING GRANITE
CAST Café Geographic series welcomes artist, quarry worker and cultural geographer David Paton.
AN EVENING OF READINGS WITH HEATHER PHILLIPSON
CAST presents an evening of live readings exploring the connections between writing and visual art.
CATHERINE WOOD | THE DANCING MUSEUM | LECTURE AT FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Catherine Wood, Senior Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, will talk about her work with choreography and performance.
SEAN LYNCH | ARTIST TALK AT FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
Irish artist Sean Lynch is interested in loose ends within stories: the lost footnotes and how to mediate their presence.
Word Nights | Truth and Lies | Wyl Menmuir and Alex Wade
Novelists trade in deception: they create worlds populated by imaginary characters and often use techniques that confuse and confound.
Word Nights | Women Who Made the Modern Age
Writer Kira Cochrane visits CAST shortly after International Women’s Day to discuss the influential subjects of her latest book Modern Women.