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Lost in Transition

Ella Bissett Jonshon

A sudden 200 mile trip makes Bristol “home”.

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Further Info

This story was made at a four day workshop for artists interested in facilitating Bristol Stories workshops. The theme was “Maps and journeys”.

The workshop was led by Aikaterini Gegisian and Liz Milner and was supported by Bristol’s Museums, Galleries & Archives.

Transcript

Lost in transition.

One cold, dark night in December, a chapter in the story ended. Everything we owned, we packed, carried down four flights of stairs, drove 200 miles , and carried up five flights of stairs.

Slowly falling into place, case by case unpacked, sorted, arranged. The snow settled on the landscape, transformed, like new horizon.

New year’s first day light, refreshing hopes. A blackbird’s call cuts through the night, slicing open new beginnings, new stories, new memories.

And so, in the early morning light, began our Bristol story.

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with support from Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives and Bristol City Council

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