Raft of the Medusa. Photo by Jonty Wilde and Studio Orta
The Arts Institute (formerly Peninsula Arts) is the wide-ranging public arts programme of the University of Plymouth which plays a pivotal role in building culture and art in the city and South West region, supporting established, new and emerging artists from around the world.
It hosts The Levinsky Gallery, a space for engaging, contemporary artworks; the Jill Craigie Cinema which screens a diverse range of classic films and contemporary cinematic masterpieces; a cutting-edge theatre and dance programme in The House; musical performances and concerts, and a year-long series of fascinating talks that open up the world of history.
Open to all University of Plymouth students and the public.
It is with regret that in response to the UK government's guidance regarding Covid-19, the remainder of our summer 2020 programme is cancelled and our Gallery remains closed. While we continue to monitor the situation, we are now scheduling for a full digital autumn programme with the enjoyment, safety and wellbeing of our audience at the forefront of our planning.
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The Arts Institute is launching four paid commissions inviting artists working across film, visual arts, spoken word and performance/dance to create new work in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Based on the theme ‘Everything has changed. Nothing has changed. Change is coming.’, South West based artists are invited to develop new work with an emphasis on the impact of change. There will be four £800 commission awards, one for each art form, with performance and spoken word divided into two commissions at £400 each.
Stars of the stage and screen, arts and music transform one of English Literature’s most celebrated poems, Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
An epic tale of adventure, fear and fascination this 18th-century science fiction has prophetic messages for the natural world, climate breakdown and mental health globally relevant in the 21st century. Free to access, this online audio/visual work comprises 40 daily online broadcasts narrated by celebrity voices. Each reading is paired with artwork by a renowned contemporary artist, and complemented by scientific, cultural and personal commentary.
This season we have shaped our programme around the theme of Encounters. At The Arts Institute we are interested in presenting the latest ideas and developments within culture, working with artists, musicians and thinkers who are often at the very cutting edge of their field, overturning pre-existing ideas through new discoveries, encounters and inventions.
With equal passion we are also interested in how the present is shaped by the past. The dialogue between past, present and the bringing to light of hidden seams of history that have directly, or indirectly shaped our landscape today, is what informs much of the development of our programme.
Conversation and collaboration, across art forms and disciplines, including the STEM subjects are key to this way of working, to ensure we present ideas to our audiences that are relevant and fresh.
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