Transitional Waters

Art & Ecology on the Feeder Canal

Transitional Waters was a weekend event and exhibition that explored Bristol's Feeder Canal as a cultural and ecological place in transition. The exhibition featured artworks and research created and encountered during the Feeder Canal Research Residency. The event was held on Saturday November 11th at Screenology and will included creative workshops, vegan lunch and a series of talks.

Exhibition Tour

Event Programme

11:00 - 13:00
Looking Closely - Digital Microscope Creative Workshop with artist Rachael Champion and ecologist Maya Murphy Coles
Inspired by our ecology surveys, we used a digital microscope to observe the intricate details of specimens at a large scale.
You can see a gallery of images from the workshop here.

13:00 - 14:00
Lunch - Catering by Houria
Join us to feast on delicious Afro vegan dishes by Houria, a Bristol-based CIC who are passionate about food and refugee rights.

14:00 - 14:40 
Industry and Bristol's Waterways
Dr. Marianna Dudley, environmental historian, University Of Bristol
A.H.C Smith writer, author of Up the Feeder, Down the Mouth, A play about Bristol’s Docks

14:50 - 15:40
Heavily Modified Water Bodies
Sonia Levy, artist
Screening: Creatures of the Lines by Sonia Levy
Dr. Fred Windsor, network ecologist, Cardiff University

15:45 - 16:20 
Brownfield Ecology 
Dr. Caroline Nash, green infrastructure ecologist, University of East London
Rachael Champion, artist

Sunday Nov 12th Exhibition Continues 10:30 - 15:00

The exhibition will include images, sounds, and video by:

Rachael Champion & Joanthan Trayte
Lucy A. Sames & Sonia Levy
Nat Bevins
Fred Delaney
Chris James
Bristol City College Art & Design
Screenology