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The Big Draw under The Black Cloud

October 16, 2009news, RSA Arts & EcologyBig Black, Black Artwork, Black Cloud, Black Projects, Bristol, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Climate Change, Curated, Drawing, Ecology Centre, Heather, Ivan, Morison, Public Shelter, RSA Arts & Ecology, Themes, Uncertain Future

Two projects weâ€™ve been involved with came together in a good way this weekend. The idea forThe Black Cloud, the public shelter artwork created by Heather and Ivan Morison emerged out of a Bristol residency the RSA Arts & Ecology Centre organised back in 2007, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Curated byÂ Situations, the shelter has been hosting a series of community events based loosely on how we imagine our uncertain future â€“ all held literally underÂ The Black Cloud.Â After the discussion it was also host toÂ The Big Draw, the Campaign For Drawingâ€™s great project to get as many people drawing as possible. This year is their tenth year and they asked The RSA Arts & Ecology Centre to pick one of the themes; we choseÂ Look to the future: work together to combat climate change.

Michaela Crimmin, Head of Arts at the RSA was down there this weekend and took this on her phone.

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Heather & Ivan Morison | The Black Cloud barn-raising

July 20, 2009news, RSA Arts & EcologyBlack Cloud, Ecology, Fierce People, Heather, Huts, Ivan, Pavilions, People Of The Amazon, Public Performance, Radical Nature, RSA Arts & Ecology, Shape Of Things, Spike Island Bristol, Victoria Park, Volunteers, Yanomamo

The Black Cloud in production at Spike Island, Bristol fromÂ situations.org.uk

Heather and Ivan Morisonâ€™sÂ The Shape of Things To Come: The Black Cloud barn-raising takes place on Saturday July 25 in Victoria Park, Bristol. Continuing their run of pavilions for a fragile future that, includesÂ Iâ€™m So Sorry. Goodbye at Radical Nature, theyâ€™re creating a shelter for public performance and debate, based partly on the shabono communal huts built by the Amazonian Yanomamo – the â€œfierce peopleâ€ of the Amazon.Â More about that on the Situations website. Situations are still looking forÂ volunteers to help record the day.

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Change and the power of narrative

June 18, 2009news, RSA Arts & EcologyEcology Centre, Heather, Ivan, Morison, Perceptions, Power Of Narrative, RSA Arts & Ecology, Story Telling

When it comes to changing perceptions, artist Heather Morison, whose work with Ivan Morison is strongly located in narrative, argues for the importance of story telling in a new interview on the RSA Arts & Ecology Centre website:

One of the things which I find really fascinating is how when you …
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