IBT WILDNESS is a new programme from Bristol-based organisation In Between Time. Via evocative public and live artworks, forest diving, workshops and community gatherings, IBT goes outdoors to explore and ignite the wildness that exists in us all. Over one weekend IBT WILDNESS’s international artists, alongside the people of Bristol, invite audiences, visitors and participants into the forest, both literally and metaphorically.
IBT WILDNESS is made up of three key events:
Friday June 17 and Saturday June 18 sees human installation WOODS, created by Brazilian artist Clarice Lima alongside an international collective of performance artists. A cast of 40 Bristolian participants will create a physical forest amidst concrete and glass in Bristol’s busiest shopping district. This spectacular action is set to represent an array of trees as headstands are performed around swathes of recycled material.
Also on Saturday June 18, Bristol-based artist Sylvia Rimat invites audiences to become forest divers as they journey through Leigh Woods. Utilising Sylvia’s bespoke geo-located app at this atmospheric location, Sylvia’s experiential piece Some People Climb Up traverses deep into woodlands, both real and imagined.
Back in Bristol City Centre on the same day, dance artist and activist Rita Marcalo’s company Instant Dissidence share choreographed stories from Bristolian travellers as they dance joyously through the streets.
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Each event is produced via a sustainable approach. For example, Instant Dissidence travelled across Europe to reach Bristol by boat and train. At IBT WILDNESS, artists are working responsibly with recycled materials and without power.
In Between Time was founded by artist Helen Cole and is renowned for its change-making, biennial festival which has seen international and local artists create and present work in Bristol for over two decades. Last year, amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, IBT shared the expanded festival IBT21 The Rupture over a period of eight months, celebrating the resilience and creativity of live artists, on and offline. This year, in response to the growing climate emergency, In Between Time present IBT WILDNESS. Helen Cole, IBT Artistic Director and CEO says:
“I am beyond excited to share IBT WILDNESS with everyone. A weekend that invites us to come together with artists whose wild imaginations are finding new ways to make incredible art sustainably, rewilding the centre of Bristol, whilst connecting us with nature and the environment.
I can’t wait to see what happens when we bring Bristolians together to plant our temporary forest in the city and perhaps even for a moment to re-find the wildness in each of us”.
IBT Wildness Programme:
Saturday 18th June: Sylvia Rimat – Some People Climb Up – A sensory adventure into the depths of the forest plus an encounter with the metaphorical forest of our brain. Some People Climb Up explores our interconnectedness with the land on which we walk. Rimat’s app guides us through the forest, off the beaten path, encouraging us to experience ancient woodland – touching trees, smelling and tasting the forest floor and diving into long-forgotten memories in our minds. Leigh Woods, on the outskirts of Clifton, is just a fifteen-minute drive from the city centre and is a sprawling national nature reserve known for beautiful walking and biking trails plus spectacular views of Avon Gorge.
Consciousness, memory and the imagination are recurring themes in Rimat’s work which begins with investigations into neuroscience, mathematics, psychology and astrology. Past projects and performances have been presented throughout the UK, including the British Council Showcase at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, SPILL Festival at the Barbican, Cambridge Junction and internationally, in Europe and Australia at the Sydney Festival and Proximity Festival in Perth. £2.50. Leigh Woods 10am, 12pm, 2.30pm. Also Sunday June 19 unguided.
Saturday June 18: Instant Dissidence’s Slow Mo – For one day only, Bristol’s stories dance through its streets. Rita Marcalo’s dance company journeys to their Bristol destination across land and sea ahead of IBT Wildness, travelling through Cyprus, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and France. As they take the slow path towards Bristol they collect stories from people they meet on the way, turning them into dances. Each dance performed on Bristol’s streets is inspired by local storytellers about countries they’ve travelled through. The route Slow Mo takes through Bristol maps the route Instant Dissidence has taken through Europe, allowing audiences to emulate and celebrate their journey.
Instant Dissidence is the home of Rita Marcalo, innovative dance artist and choreographer who has collaborated with artists all over the world. They produce work centred around climate change and activism. Pay What You Can from £8. Saturday 18th June 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.30pm.
Saturday June 18: WOODS – Clarice Lima – WOODS creates a biodiverse landscape amidst the city’s concrete and glass. In the heart of Bristol’s busiest shopping district an international troupe, alongside 40 brilliant Bristolians, will create a forest with their bodies as they simultaneously stand on their heads. Legs will rise, skirts will fall, hearts will stop. This forest lives as long as the strongest headstand as audiences watch it grow and fall.
The WOODS team is made up of internationally renowned choreographers, directors and producers Clarice Lima, Catarina Saraiva, Nina Fajdiga and Aline Bonamin. WOODS has been creating temporary landscapes of metaphorical trees in cities across the world inspired initially by the devastating loss of the Brazilian rainforest. The oxygen omitted by trees the world over links to this human installation seeking ways for bodies to resist, persist and grow amongst urban concrete. The action highlights climate change and environmental preservation, missing trees and forgotten woods.
Free public performance Friday 17th June 3.30pm. Saturday 18th June 12pm, 2pm.
IBT WILDNESS has been developed in collaboration with Festival of Nature, Trinity Arts and Perform Europe. For booking and information please go to https://inbetweentime.co.uk/
