Light Up | Lantern-Making Workshop
Explore the seasonal significance of light and dark this half term.
Laureana Toledo | A Groundwork Exhibition
Laureana Toledo’s film installation Order and Progress (2013-18) will be presented at CAST, with live performances by cellist Natalia Pérez Turner.
Francis Alÿs | A Groundwork Exhibition
Francis Alÿs’ film The Silence of Ani (2015) was shot on location in an ancient Armenian city near the border with Turkey.
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Aishol-pan trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter.
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
OPEN CAST 2018
Open CAST is an annual event when artists with studios in the CAST building open their workspaces to visitors. CAST Café will be open on both days from 10am, offering delicious meals, teas, coffees and cakes and a fully licenced bar. Nicola Bealing James Hankey Mark Hedger Sarah Johnson Mike Hoggett Tim Pryke Amy and Oliver Thomas-Irvine Lisa…
Alluvial Strands | A Groundwork Field Trip
Luxulyan Valley, the steep-sided and wooded valley of the river Par, is rich in early 19th century industrial remains.
Landscape Painters Anonymous | A Groundwork Field Trip
This is an opportunity to take part in some outdoor landscape painting led by artist Simon Bayliss.
Points of Presence | A Groundwork Field Trip
Over the course of four hours artist Steve Rowell will lead a tour covering a small stretch of Land’s End that serves as a conduit to the rest of the world.
Manon de Boer and Ane Hjort Guttu | A Groundwork Exhibition
Groundwork presents an exhibition of films by Manon de Boer and Ane Hjort Guttu.
Brickworks | A Groundwork Field Trip
A brick clamp kiln is the oldest way of firing bricks.
Rinsey, Trewavas and Tremearne | A Groundwork Field Trip
Artist Anthony Bryant and local mining historian Stephen Polglase will lead a field trip from Rinsey to Porthleven.
Andy Holden | A Groundwork Exhibition
Groundwork presents an exhibition of two film works by artist Andy Holden in the specially constructed projection space at CAST.
Lightbox Cinema
Watch children’s classic animations and world cinema throughout August.
Saturday Lightbox
Drop into CAST every Saturday in August for free artist-led, family-friendly activities.
Tuesday Lightbox
Make shadow puppets, props, miniature worlds and wind-up theatres and watch them come to life.
The Story Republic
The Story Republic will lead special story making sessions for children and families.
LIGHTBOX
Come to CAST to explore and play with shadow and light and make art and animation throughout the summer holidays!
Sam Buchan-Watts on WS Graham
Faber New Poet, Sam Buchan-Watts will discuss his critical research on WS Graham.
Straw Dogs and Neolithic Remains | A Groundwork Field Trip
St Buryan is littered with evidence of human activity from Neolithic times.
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
A tour of the monuments |
a Groundwork field trip
Deeply scarred by copper mining, the area around Tywarnhayle mine, near Porthtowan, is rich in industrial remains.
Steve McQueen | a Groundwork exhibition
An exhibition of Steve McQueen’s film Gravesend will be presented at CAST in a specially constructed black box space
Groundwork | May
The Groundwork season of international contemporary art in special locations across West Cornwall unfolds from May to September 2018.