An insight into East German graphic design.
Exhibition : Posters from the DDR at Studio, a new occasional gallery at Melbourne House, Lower Street, Stroud GL5 2HT : Saturday and Sunday 11 am - 4 pm.
Designers in the new-formed German Democratic Republic were charged with developing an aesthetic that embodied the political values of the state whilst breaking decisively with the past.
This exhibition of letterpress and lithograph posters shows what was achieved in less than ideal economic and social conditions. This is the first of a series of occasional events at Studio, run by Nick Pride.
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Exhibition
30th October - 7th November
This exhibition pitches ceramic objects made by and for May Darbyshire's Kingdom of Imagined Animals. These set before Mark Darbyshire's collection of found images, also of animals.
Clubnight
Saturday 31st October 7pm
Haloweeeeeen! The hallowed season! And as always we will turn to our witches for spiritual guidance in ritualistic dance and cauldron grooves
Live performance
Saturday 31st October 7:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
Synthesiser chamber ensemble perform classical transcriptions, new compositions and classic horror soundtracks for this special Halloween performance they will be reimagining John Carpenter’s iconic scores alongside Bach’s works and others.
Live Music
Friday 6th November, 7:30pm
Trombonist, composer, bandleader, and a Tomorrow’s Warriors Emerging Artist, Christ-Stéphane Boizi is already making his mark on the London jazz scene, but his reputation is set to soar with the news that he has signed to Mark Kavuma’s Banger Factory Records label, with his debut LP As The Spirit Leads scheduled for release later in the year.
Live Music
Sunday 15th November, 7:30pm
Eric Isaacson (the founder of the inspirational Mississippi Records label) is touring his latest project, an audio/visual show called A People’s History of Music. Prepare for a presentation of around 90-100 mins, which charts a moving and vital people's history of underground musical resistance.
Exhibition
19th - 25th November
Thurs - Saturdays 10am - 3pm
‘From That Land’ is not merely the title of an exhibition, nor is it a simple answer to a geographical question. It is a condensed essence —a title for an unfolding narrative that branches into millions of stories about what takes place on that land, and what it truly means in the hearts and minds of its people.
Workshop
Thursday 19th November 4-6.30pm
Workshop with Sophie Ferrier. Bring a soil sample from your garden, allotment or favourite woodland. Put it under a microscope and make a print, a soil fingerprint unique to your patch of ground, as part of a growing archive of Stroud’s soils.