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FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY
THE COACH TRIP
All events at the Groundwork Weekender are free to attend and open to all. Certain events are limited capacity and require audiences to reserve a ticket in advance. Find out more about the programme and book tickets below.
Don't want to drive to every artwork? Want to take part in a unique journey around the city? Join The Coach Trip hosted by artist duo Hunt and Darton for a witty take on the holiday bus tour to experience the adventure of the city. The tour will pass by some of Milton Keynes most significant cultural, heritage and architectural sites, guiding guests on a journey to visit and partake in the events, installations and talks presented during the Groundwork Weekender.
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COVER, ATTENTION, UNEARTH
Sunday 16th September I 10:30 - 12:00
PERFORMANCE RITUAL AND INSTALLATION
MILTON KEYNES CITY DISCOVERY CENTRE
In ‘Cover, Attention, Unearth’, Katie Ellen Fields documents the repetitive actions and thoughts of her first year at an allotment-studio in Milton Keynes, and provides the framework for others to participate in these processes and rituals. During the Groundwork Weekender visitors will be invited inside a temporary structure that invites people to engage with the notion of sacredness and sanctity, and partake in three actions that symbolise the core of Katie’s practice; to Cover (restore, nurture, rest), to give Attention (focus, sense, observe ), and to Unearth (work, discover, reward). Each action reveals aspects of her wider experience of living and working in MK; a life exploring and discovering the city through spaces and objects, and through places green, old and quiet.
This event does not require a ticket to view Katie's work. For those following the Groundwork Weekender programme join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3 where we will visit the work between 10:30 and 12:00 on Sunday 16th September.
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CONNECTED TO GROUND
Sunday 16th September I 10:30 - 12:00
INSTALLATION
MILTON KEYNES CITY DISCOVERY CENTRE
Priya Chohan-Padia will work with copper and other domestic materials to explore boundaries between public and domestic space. In this project, her site specific sculptures will explore the complex narratives imbued within materials.
This event does not require a ticket to view Priya's work. For those following the Groundwork Weekender programme join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3 where we will visit the work between 10:30 and 12:00 on Sunday 16th September.
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THIS CITY IS A TREE
Sunday 16th September I 10:30 - 12:00
INSTALLATION
MILTON KEYNES CITY DISCOVERY CENTRE
Presenting a film work and a publication of 8 movement scores to explore and reflect upon sites of the city, this collaborative project between Milton Keynes Planner, Dr Bob Jarvis and his daughter, Dr Beatrice Jarvis creates an embodied narrative archive tracing Milton Keynes from 1969 to today. Exploring real experiences of the city in relation to the planned utopic visions; this project creates a dialog between dream and reality.
This event does not require a ticket for entry, however there is a limited capacity of seats at the venue and will be offered on a first-come-first serve basis. For those wanting to guarantee a seat please join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3.
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SITUATING THE GROUNDWORK: INITIATIVES, INFRASTRUCTURES AND INTERVENTIONS - Panel 9 with Nela Milic, Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford
Sunday 16th September I 12:00 - 12:45
SYMPOSIUM TALKS
MILTON KEYNES CITY DISCOVERY CENTRE
This event does not require a ticket, however there is a limited capacity of seats at the venue and will be offered on a first-come-first serve basis. For those wanting to guarantee a seat please join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3.
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SCULPT AND RUN
Sunday 16th September I 13:30 - 14:00
ART RUN
Race Start Point: THE LIGHT PRYAMID, CAMPBELL PARK
Race End Point: FRED ROCHE GARDENS
Sculpt and Run is an artist-led running event curated by Thomas Cuthbertson between two sculpture parks; following a mile-long trail of public art installations on Midsummer Boulevard in Central Milton Keynes. To enter the run, all participants must turn up to the starting line in a wearable sculpture.
The run will take place at 1:30pm on Sunday 16th September, starting at the ‘Light Pyramid’ (Liliane Lijn, 2012) in Campbell Park and finishing at ‘3B Series, No 2’ (Bernard Schottlander, 1968-70) in Fred Roche Gardens.
If you would like to take part as a runner please download a copy of Thomas' invitation to run: Sculpt and Run Invitiation
For those who wish to be a spectator for Sculpt and Run you do not require a ticket and are welcome to position yourself at any point along the race route. For those following the Groundwork Weekender programme join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3 and you will be given the choice to be dropped off at the race's start or end point.
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ETERNITY CITY
Sunday 16th September I 14:00 - 15:30
INSTALLATION
THE OLD BUS STATION
Eternity City is a video portrait of Milton Keynes by Sapphire Goss told from multiple perspectives, using footage gathered by and alongside its residence. This footage becomes a multi layered installation perpetually shifting, looping and evolving, projected onto real plants that decay throughout the duration.
This event does not require a ticket to view Sapphire's work. For those following the Groundwork Weekender programme join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3 where we will visit the work between 10:30 and 12:00 on Sunday 16th September.
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MANIFEST IDENTITY
Sunday 16th September I 14:00 - 15:30
INSTALLATION
THE OLD BUS STATION
Manifest Identity is an installation by Anna Berry exploring the topological manifestations of the human form and its multiplicity of identities within the world it inhabits. Using a group of mannequins the work experiments with how these inert objects signify the manifestation of form transforming into vessels of life. Layering up the mannequins with postcard images of Milton Keynes the work builds a visible topography of the dimensions which are invisible, incomprehensible in the city and considers how we may live beyond the borders of skin, beyond the borders of life and death.
This event does not require a ticket to view Anna's work. For those following the Groundwork Weekender programme join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3 where we will visit the work between 10:30 and 12:00 on Sunday 16th September.
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SITUATING THE GROUNDWORK: INITIATIVES, INFRASTRUCTURES AND INTERVENTIONS - Panel 10 with Hannah Gaunt, Sapphire Goss, Katie Ellen Fields and Anna Berry
Saturday 15th September I 15:30 - 16:45
SYMPOSIUM TALKS
THE OLD BUS STATION
This event does not require a ticket, however there is a limited capacity of seats at the venue and will be offered on a first-come-first serve basis. For those wanting to guarantee a seat please join us for The Coach Trip - Tour 3.