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…
Summer Think and Make Saturday special | Big Data - Lost in space!
Design and code your own digital skyscapes of millions of stars and use real space data
Summer Think and Make Special | Seamas Carey’s magical musical summer parade!
The old building on Penrose Road doesn’t know that winter has ended, so Seamas Carey will conduct a grand parade
Francis Alÿs | The Silence of Ani
Francis Alÿs’s film The Silence of Ani (2015) was shot on location in an ancient Armenian city
Manon de Boer | Caco, João, Mava and Rebecca
Manon de Boer’s film is a study of four young people improvising with dance and movement in an empty space.
MELANIE SMITH | MARIA ELENA
Trained as a painter, Melanie Smith explores the expanded field of painting and its relation to the moving image.
Summer Think and Make
Lucy Grant and Kate Turner will lead free activities for children and families on four Tuesdays during the school holidays.
Surface Tensions and Liquid Properties
An evening of artists’ films and animations organised as part of Jubilee Pool Stories.
HELSTON HERBARIUM | A DROP-IN WORKSHOP
Look closely at the extraordinary botanical specimens found all around us and create an intricate slide
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
PYTHON DATA SCIENCE WORKSHOP
Data is all around us. Exploring data, finding patterns in it, and visualising the stories hidden in data
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.
PASSPORT TO PIMLICO | Introduced by Sonia Boyce
Passport to Pimlico was made in 1949 and directed by Henry Cornelius for Ealing Studios.
WORD NIGHTS | PATRICK GALE
Patrick Gale is a beloved Cornwall-based British novelist and the author of sixteen novels
Spring Folk Mask-Making
Chase out the winter darkness, and welcome in the warmth and light with Spring Folk Mask-Making at CAST this Easter.
HÍBRIDOS | A SCREENING OF FILMS FROM BRAZIL
HÍBRIDOS is a filmic archive of musical rituals from the spiritual traditions in Brazil.
WHERE I AM IS HERE | MARGARET TAIT AT 100
Margaret Tait (1918-1999) was one of Scotland’s most innovative and independent filmmakers.
Seamas Carey presents MUSIC IN THE DARK
A new live experimental music/sound installation, performed entirely in the dark.
Seamas Carey Meets His 4 Year Old Self, With A Choir
An hour of heartwarming and ridiculous songs; plus a choir, time travel, nostalgia probing, rave music and tap dancing.
Melanie Smith | screening and Q&A
Trained as a painter, Melanie Smith explores the extended field of painting and its relation to the moving image.
HÍBRIDOS | a screening of films from Brazil
HÍBRIDOS is a filmic archive of musical rituals from the spiritual traditions in Brazil.
In Our Hands
In Our Hands is a documentary that explores the quiet revolution transforming the way our food is produced and distributed