Beth Towers

Some new work of mine showing at The Island right now! At our show Between Dreams and Tomorrow. @theislandbristol ‘Cycle Through the Clear Night’ ‘Go up a hill, get on a Train’ Exploring an imagined folklore of a creature that knows everything-yet nothing at all, this work deals with existential questions and highlights a greater, collective connection we have to the earth and to each other. You are brought along to a midnight cycle ride, up a hill and on a train journey. Captured in circular frames, we are separated from the spaces, similar to the experience of looking at far away planets. Becoming a spectator of these moments, we distance ourselves and decentralise human perspectives. Recreating sounds of the breath with a bike pump, you are prompted to question where we draw separations between human, animal and object.

Less than a week until you can find out what really is Between Dreams and Tomorrow! 😗😳👀✨ Invite everyone and your Nan (or someone that looks like your Nan if your Nans at the bingo). Opening night is 10th June at 6:00 pm - 9:30pm. There will be a donation bar 🍻 as well as a performance to aid you in your quest. 11th June - 15th June the exhibition with be open from 11:00am - 5:00pm There will also be an art stall with all proceeds going to a Palestine aid organisation! 🇵🇸🍉 Share about, come and see, fit into the crevices of dreams and indeed tomorrow

In these uncertain times, can art be used as a tool to build community, cultivate discussion and demonstrate the possibility for change? This exhibition presents works which offer alternative narratives to an increasingly divided world. The hopes, the fears, the thoughts, the non-thoughts, the dreams, the utopias, and the dystopias. What can we learn from each other, ourselves, and the natural world? Bringing our imaginative potential together can reveal our ability to do the same in society. There will be an art stall and a donation bar to fundraise for the Sameer project, an aid initiative led by Palestinians in the diaspora. They work to supply emergency shelter and aid to displaced families in Gaza. The project seeks to provide for the areas most in need and return “agency and self-reliance” to families, providing for their specific needs. Visual Artwork by: @bethtowersdoes @elnr.mtfd @prettydeadfly @hollylewinart @libby.creates @mayaalbagaloo @messymoo_ @niamhfoxart @noahbazzart @_rafaelabarbu @rosieboltz @phoebehudson.studio Music Soundscape by: @30_circles (to perform on the opening night) Opening night - 10th June - 6:00pm - 9:30pm 11th June - 15th June - 11:00am - 5:00pm The Island , BS1 2BE

*EXTENDED DEADLINE: 5TH JUNE* We’re looking for makers to donate sellable items for a collective art stall at our exhibition Between Dreams and Tomorrow! This will run from the 10th-15th of June. (See previous post for details on this!) Zines, badges, prints, stickers, jewellery or even artwork. Whatever creative stuff you have, we would love for you to apply! The stall will be raising funds for a Palestinian aid organisation. All proceeds will be donated. (Low income contributors to receive small commission on request) Please contact [email protected] if you would like to donate items for this stall. Please include: photos or a proposal of the items, the size and the price. We will be raising funds for The Sameer Project, an aid initiative led by Palestinians in the diaspora. They work to supply emergency shelter and aid to displaced families in Gaza. The project seeks to provide for the areas most in need and return “agency and self-reliance” to families, providing for their specific needs. @thesameerproject Deadline for applications is the 5th of June The stall will be held at The Island, BS1 2QD

Between Dreams and Tomorrow Open Call! @theislandbristol In these uncertain times, can art be used as a tool to build community, cultivate discussion and demonstrate the possibility for change? This call out is looking for works which offer alternative narratives to an increasingly divided world. The hopes, the fears, the thoughts, the non-thoughts, the dreams, the utopias, and the dystopias. What can we learn from each other, ourselves, and the natural world? Bringing our imaginative potential together can reveal our ability to do the same in society. We invite work that might be informed by (but not limited to) the following ideas: Nature, Environment, Ecology, Utopia, Connection, Storytelling, Decolonisation, Queerness, Anarchism, Fluidity, Imagination, Afrofuturism, Folklore, Community, Surrealism, Biocentrism, Escapism, Magic, Art for Change. Deadline: 7th May, 12:00pm Please read all of the info before submitting your application :) There will also be a fundraiser at the exhibition to be announced soon.

Had the pleasure of being a part of ‘Corroded Between’ in @openhandopenspace last weekend! Thank you @hannahhornbyart 🌝🌟 📸 @albaroofaroo <3

Snippets from my Art and Writing text, ‘A World Where Things Seep.’ You can read it at our degree show until the 12th of June 💫

Install of my work ‘The Earth at Your Fingertips’ @fineartsuwe Catch it at our degree show until the 12th of June!

Come and see some cool films! Sunday @spikeislandstudios Selected by myself and @salvidgetina4