Event
Tue 6 Dec 2016 19:00-21:00 at Watershed, Waterside
Urban Knights
Urban Knights is a programme of events, which provokes and promotes practical approaches to urban change.
Urban Knights
Hosted by
Teresa Dillon
Artist, researcher and Professor of City Futures at the School of Art and Design, UWE, Bristol. Teresa's work symbolically and critically examines the techno-civic systems, which affect and shape everyday urban life.Urban Knights is a programme of events, which provokes and promotes practical approaches to urban change.
On Tuesday 6th Dec the first edition of Urban Knights will take place in Bristol in partnership with DCRC and Pervsive Media Studio.
As this is a free event, places are limited. Please reserve you place here.
About Urban Knights
Established in 2013 as a means to bring together people who are actively producing alternatives to our given city infrastructures, norms and perceptions. Urban Knights acts as a bridging point and archive of new urban practices. To date the programme has taken place in Dublin, Berlin, Aberdeen and Vienna. The 2016 Bristol edition will focus on Urban Tourism.
Urban Tourism
Urban tourism is considered as a form of urban regeneration, as it has the potential to generate substantial economic, social and environmental benefits. Equally, cities as destination spots and party capitals can cause local upset and unrest as residents are pushed out due to higher costs of living and, or feelings of alienation and neglect. This issue of Urban Knights addresses how artistic and cultural practices are positioned in relation to urban tourism and city branding.
Confirmed speakers including academic Dr. Johannes Novy; artist and co-founder of the Cube Bristol, Graeme Hogg and Director of Bristol Cultural Development Partnership and Bristol Festival of Ideas, Andrew Kelly.
Each speaker will present their ideas for 10-mins, followed by questions and conversations with the audience. In keeping presentations short, the aim is to create a salon atmosphere where key thematics are introduced and time is provided for speaker and audience enagement. The session will be moderated by Watershed & UWE, Professor of City Futures, Teresa Dillon.
Speaker bios
Academic focusing on the implications of city tourism as a powerful force of contemporary urban change, discussing examples from his latest publication 'Protest and Resistance in the Tourist City' (with Claire Colomb)
Artist and co-founder of the Cube Microplex reflects on the contributions that the venue has made over 18yrs to Bristol’s art scene and the transformations that have occurred in this period
Director of Bristol Cultural Development Partnership and Bristol Festival of Ideas, presents his views on the impact and influence of the strategic planning of culture on Bristol, including and programmes he has delivered across the city
As noted booking is essential, please reserve your place here
