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'Art & Philosophy': Salon Style Debate
with Dr Martyn Woodward, Amelia Johnstone & Prof Clive Cazeaux of Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Building the Revolution
The vernacular in photography and architecture • picturing modernism • the ruins of architecture • urban planning and architectural visualization
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Cardiff Pride of Place Book Launch
A new book by The Caravan Gallery commemorates their hugely popular Cardiff Pride of Place Project which took place at The Abacus during Diffusion 2015.
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Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
Legendary writer and urban activist Jane Jacobs fought a David-and-Goliath battle again NYC ‘master builder’ Robert Moses to preserve the neighbourhoods of Greenwich Village, Soho, and Little Italy
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Clash
Supporters of the Morsi government and anti-Morsi protestors on the streets demonstrating. In the chaos bystanders, journalists, and political rivals are rounded up and thrown in the back of a truck.
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Diffusion 2017: Symposium
The Diffusion conference focuses on two key issues, with contributions from exhibiting artists, architects, designers, cultural theorists and committed urbanists.
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Disco Concrète: A Sonic Intervention
The 20th Century revolution in sound and music was not televised, but rather taped, sampled, manipulated, and invented anew; eschewing old traditions in a search for modern sonic utopias.
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DIY Smartphone Filming Workshop with David Evans
The workshop will focus on teaching techniques to enable young filmmakers to make their own DIY films on a shoe-string budget, using the device that is in your pocket.
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Earth
A silent poetic masterpiece depicting an idealistic vision of the possibilities of Communism, made just before Stalinism changed the focus of the Revolution.
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Gig Poster/Flyer Making Workshop with Liam Barrett
Liam Barrett, illustrator for The New York Times and Vice magazine, will be running a gig poster and flyer workshop.
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Graffiti Workshop with Kieron Jones
FULLY BOOKED
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I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin's zeitgeist-defining treatise on race in America that lays bare violence and systemic inequality suffered by America’s black population.
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Independent Publishing Workshop with Buzz Magazine
Buzz Magazine, South Wales' longest running culture magazine, will be hosting a workshop on independent publishing.
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James Green Zine Workshop
James Green, respected fine artist, will be hosting a collage zine-making workshop.
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Letters From Baghdad
This fascinating documentary explores the extraordinary life of English writer, archaeologist, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell as she travels extensively throughout the Middle East.
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Music Production Workshop with Corner House Studio
FULLY BOOKED
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Napoleon
Tracing Napoleon’s life from a school boy throwing snowballs through to his victory on the battlefield
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Neruda
Chile, late 1940s. Pablo Neruda is on the run from a government crack-down.
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Panic Buy Inc @ Art Car Boutique
Diffusion 2017 presents for Art Car Boutique 'One Revolution a Second', an interactive stand hosted by new conceptual artist collective Panic Buy Inc.
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Picturing the Revolution
the photograph as evidence • the photomontage as revolutionary image • rise of the photojournalist • citizen journalism, social media and the camera phone • movements against the photograph
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Playing on a Studio Session Workshop with Corner House Studio
Corner House studio, one of Cardiff's most state of the art recording studios, will be hosting the Playing on a Studio Session Workshop.
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Saturday Girl
The Saturday Girl pop-up portrait studio is touring the UK in 2017, collecting portraits of young women and the playful and powerful ways we express ourselves.
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Skate Photography and Filming Workshop with CSC
Cardiff Skate Club will be hosting a skate photography and filming workshop that will focus on the history of skateboarding, all the techniques you'll need to know when shooting/filming skaters.
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Studio Engineering Workshop with Corner House Studios
FULLY BOOKED
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The Handmaiden
Sook-hee is sent to work at a country estate and on a mission to persuade the master’s wealthy Japanese niece Lady Hideko to marry her associate who is posing as an aristocrat.
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The Impossible Dreams Exchange
Bring your sandwiches and join us to dream up impossible ideas. What kind of artistic work might we make if we forgot gravity, forgot money, forgot societal patterns and technological constraints?
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The New Sexual Revolution
the body politic • making the queer visible • gender performance • consensus culture vs counter culture • historical revision • lgbtqi+ rights
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These Rotten Words - Talks At 4
Chapter Arts Centre's 'Talks at 4’ are exhibition tours hosted by the gallery live guides, artists Richard Higlett and Thomas Williams.
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Tristan Manco's Zine Workshop
Tristan Manco, respected designer and art director, will be hosting a zine (self-published book/magazine) workshop.
