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 caust/
SUMMARY:Storyhouse: Storyhouse: Bedwyr Williams\, Hypercaust
DESCRIPTION:Bedwyr Williams\, Hypercaust\nThe first of Storyhouse's digital
  artwork commissions\, presented on the big screen at Storyhouse between 1
 2pm - 7pm (on the hour and half past)\n\n--\n\nLAUNCH EVENT\nFriday 27 Oct
 ober\, 5pm – 8pm\nAn evening celebrating the launch of two new digital 
 artworks in the public realm in Chester by artists Bedwyr Williams and Dav
 id Cotterrell. Join us on Friday 27 October from 5pm at Storyhouse and lat
 er at the King Charles Tower on the City Walls. Take the chance to meet th
 e artists at Storyhouse between 5pm and 5.30pm\, and then enjoy reception 
 drinks from 5.30pm at Storyhouse’s bar (sponsored by Red Door Chester).\
 n\nDOWNLOAD YOUR GUIDE TO THE EVENING HERE\n\nHypercaust (2017)\n\nAward-w
 inning artist Bedwyr Williams’s new work for Storyhouse\,Hypercaust i
 s a computer-generated video piece which will bring back to life the Roman
  Fortress Bathhouse that once stood a short distance from Storyhouse. Now 
 erased from Chester\, the baths will be recreated through historically acc
 urate 3D renderings. This mesmeric work will present a different kind of s
 toryhouse\, where Roman Legionaries would have chewed the fat\, sharing ya
 rns and secrets at the end of a long day\, cloaked by steam.\n\nThe artist
  imagines the building empty of bathers on a moonlit night with the fires 
 below still burning and steam rising above still baths. The narrator recal
 ls stories but not those of Roman Chester but rather the stories of modern
  Chester: the recent folklore and tittle-tattle of this unusual city. Half
  remembered tales and shared anecdotes\, the ordinary epic of petty crimes
  and misunderstandings strung together.\n\nThe artist used Chester’s pub
 lic library now contained within Storyhouse\, as a starting point to gathe
 r local yet curious stories for his film. The work will be realised with t
 he assistance of local 3D animation company Take 27. Funded by Arts Counci
 l England and Cheshire West and Chester Council.\n\nAbout the artist\nEnco
 mpassing performance\, sculpture\, painting and video\, award-winning arti
 st Bedwyr Williams’s practice is characterised by his unique humour and 
 gentle self-depreciation\, both informed in part\, by his upbringing in Wa
 les. Drawing from his life experiences\, Williams’ work\, on the one han
 d\, offers a sharp critique of our everyday world\, and on the other a cel
 ebration of the obscure and overlooked.\n\nBedwyr Williams (b. 1974\, St A
 saph\, Wales\, based in Caernarfon) gained his BA at Central St Martins Co
 llege of Art and Design (1997) and his MA at Ateliers Arnhem\, NL (1999). 
 He was awarded the Artes Mundi Derek WIlliams Trust Purchase Prize in 2016
 . Recent and forthcoming solo shows include Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaud
 engo\, Turin\, IT (2017)\; Barbican Curve Gallery\, London\, UK (2016)\; L
 imoncello\, London\, UK\; The Whitworth\, Manchester\, UK\; VISUAL\, Carlo
 w\, IRL\; g39\, Cardiff\, UK\; Vestjyllands Kunstpavillion\, DK (all 2015)
 \; Tramway\, Glasgow\, UK for Glasgow International\; MOSTYN\, Llandudno\,
  UK (2014)\; Welsh Pavilion for 55th Venice Biennale\, Venice\, IT (2013)\
 ; IKON\, Birmingham\, UK (2012)\; and Salzburg Kunstverein\, AT (2011).\n\
 nStoryhouse Commissions\nThe aim of these commissions is to develop new ti
 me-based or digital artworks to premiere at Storyhouse. Working with artis
 ts who are seeking to challenge their current practices to produce a new w
 orks\, Storyhouse seeks to foster ambition and experimentation at a pivota
 l point in an artist’s career.\n\nSLANT\nExplore a programme of unique e
 vents in unexpected locations. Discover festivals\, exhibitions and perfor
 mances across Cheshire and Warrington in new settings to experience cultur
 e from a new slant. You will find the core programme of events below\, for
  a full list of SLANT events\, click here.
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