While You Wait
- The Station Hub on Platform 2 Stroud Railway Station Stroud, GL5 3AP United Kingdom (map)
Stories of the canal told by community voices, an installation and soundscape to invite, inspire and involve. Community voices heard by installation artist Tara Downs – Radio Droogdok and Jo Leahy – Resound Radio.
This installation forms part of a series of community led exhibitions within the Wool and Water festival over the 7th and 8th of September. The series of works celebrate canal and textile heritage through work by local artists and community creatives.
Visit the Cotswold Canals Connected website for all the events.
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Installation
11th - 20th September
Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup’s artworks combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.
Live Performance and Installation
Thursday 17th September
Sound artist, composer and nature beatboxer Jason Singh presents a live improvised performance developed in response to Squid Soup’s Infinite installation.
Live Performance
Friday 25th September 8pm
Special guest Kevin Figes, a British saxophonist, flutist, bandleader, composer and filmmaker based in Bristol.
Live performance
Saturday 26th September 7:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
13 piece ensemble with 9 saxophones, led by Will Gregory, explore the canon of influential American composer Moondog (aka The Viking of Sixth Avenue), the blind American musician and composer, who influenced everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Philip Glass.
Artist Talks
Tuesday 29th September
Join us for our 10th Pecha Kucha Night at SVA on Tuesday September 29th. 8 visual artists present their work in the brilliant 20/20 format : 20 images / 20 seconds per image - an exciting, generous, tender, performative, adrenalin rush dive into each artist’s practice with a full and engaged audience in the bar at SVA with mc Nick Grellier.
Live Performance
Friday 2nd October 7.30pm
Tokyo-based Japanese Tap Dancer and scrap metal percussionist returns to Stroud after her sold out show here last November.
Live Performance
Friday 16th October 7.30pm
As the jazz world approaches the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth, saxophonist Craig Crofton brings a powerful and deeply personal tribute to the Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, celebrating the life, music, and enduring legacy of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
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