FREE

Never Judge a Book
Launching at the 2016 Hay Festival, Meadow Arts present an
exhibition investigating the book as an object by a diverse range
of renowned artists, who enquire into its function, its form and its
symbolic value.
Never Judge a Book features work from artists including Anselm
Kiefer, Fiona Banner, Harland Miller, Michael Craig-Martin and
Jonathan Callan, in the iconic Richard Booth’s Bookshop, the
secondhand bookshop that launched the now world-famous Hay
Festival.
Many influential artists have used books as objects in their work,
in a spirit of inquiry or critique. They appropriate, reinvent and test
the graphic capacities of the object, to encourage the viewer to
reassess notions of general knowledge, prevailing truth or even
individual escape.
Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye. 27 May – 17 July 2016
www.meadowarts.org
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Never Judge a
BOOK...
Artists explore the book as object in an exciting
exhibition in the heart of Hay
27 May to 17 July 2016 Free entry
Richard Booth’s Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5AA
For special live events visit www.meadowarts.org
Richard Booth’s Bookshop
Michael Craig-Martin Untitled (book), 2014
Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery. Photo: Mike Bruce
Dancefest workshops
this month
Guest workshop with
Csaba Molnár
A workshop for experienced dancers with Csaba Molnár,
whose company is in Britain to perform as part of IDFB
(International Dance Festival Birmingham). Csaba is currently
working for the Hungarian dance company, Hodworks, and
teaches at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy.
Sunday 8 May Dancefest, The Angel Centre, Angel Place,
Worcester, WR1 3QN. 11am-1pm £15 (concessions £10)
Big Dance Pledge Friday 20 May
Big Dance is a national biennial festival devoted to people
dancing. Dancefest is the West Midlands Hub organisation for Big
Dance, working with colleagues from across the region and
nationally. Renowned choreographer Akram Khan has created
the choreography for 2016. Sign up and find free dance resources
at bigdance.org.uk
Dance film project (16+)
Dancefest is working
in partnership with the
National Trust at
Croome to produce
Vista, a community
dance performance on
Saturday 16 and Sunday
17 July that brings to life
the landscape created
by 'Capability' Brown.
This intensive three-day
project for creative,
experienced dancers to
choreograph material around the follies and eye catching buildings
in the parkland, will be filmed and shown as part of Vista. It's free
to take part but booking is essential.
Monday 30 May - Wednesday 1 June, 10am-4pm, Croome,
Worcestershire, WR8 9DW
To book on to any of Dancefest’s projects or classes visit
dancefest.co.uk, or ring 01905 611199
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