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In this podcast we will follow the voice of Premila Tamang, presenting over 200 years of history between Nepal and Britain. Intended to make a clear introduction of Nepali/Gurkhali, a recent demography to be recognised within British society, as well as highlighting ongoing issues of Gurkha veterans, and the importance of identity as the diaspora integrate further here in the UK.

As an artist Diwas Dewan is interested in making wor...

Screens, along with #ScreenFatigue, increasingly dominate our online interactions with people and cities. Should audiences have to, or want to turn screens off, how might they sense the colours or shapes that are displayed in their virtual worlds? Taking audio as a starting point, the episode traces my journey as collaborators and I pursue the challenge of remotely experiencing the visual impressions of Bristol’s Clifton Suspension...

In this episode artist, curator and educator, Bryony Gillard interviews people who have found their lives or research intertwined with seaweed. Through the lens of environmental justice, marine biology, community activism and media theory, their conversations explore seaweed’s slippery relationship to place, identity, community and responsibility.

Bryony Gillard is an artist, curator and educator with an MFA from the Dutch Art Inst...

We're back! After just over a year since our last episode we have 5 very exciting new episodes to share with you all! 

In part one of this episode, artist, researcher and writer Dan Guthrie uncovers the history of an object in his hometown of Stroud called the Black Boy Clock, from its creation in the midst of the transatlantic slave trade to its restorations in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. 

Part two of this s...

This is the last episode before Christmas and we have a special episode for you from Leeds based artist and writer, Samra Mayanja.

Samra Mayanja moved to the town of Harwich (Essex Coast) when she was about 5 years old.  Just before Christmas break  in year 9 her English teacher Miss Limer handed her a Tesco carrier bag full of books, books by black female writers including Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou and Malorie Blackman.

Over th...

Whilst walking along a river, near the outskirts of the city of Bristol, researcher & writer Ben GJ Thomas came across a faded noticeboard, likely put up by the council during a more utopian time of public education. There were big italic letters, and a drawing of an eel with what can only be described as a grin. The board explained how eels start life in the Sargasso Sea, just north of Bermuda; a space both mythic and real in equa...

In this episode researcher and creative producer Fozia Ismail explores the use of cassette tapes in the Somali Community during migration. Through conversations with other artists, archivists and musicians we learn about the emergence of tape, its appropriation by different diaspora communities to send messages to families in other countries, and the ethical questions raised on how these remaining tapes are preserved and used today...

The Plotlanders were a radical DIY community who acquired plots of land through auction after the agricultural depression in the late 19th century. Mainly consisting of working class people, they acquired plots of lands from £5 a plot. The Plotlanders held ‘back to the land’ ambitions and built weekend retreats and smallholdings through alternative processes and local salvaged materials. However, in 1949 Basildon was designated as ...

In this first episode of the Caraboo Projects Podcast we get weird stories from the Hidden Histories tape recorder, tales from local heroes on the high street, and get the perspective of a life long Bedminster resident.Stay tuned for more local stories and histories hidden, and not so hidden.

Established in 2018 Caraboo Projects is a contemporary art organisation based in Bristol.

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In this episode of the Caraboo Projects podcast we listen in on a conversation between artists Savinder Bual and Sarah Boulton as they discuss the themes around our latest exhibition, Javasu, and the connections between their work. 

Stay tuned for more local stories and histories hidden, and not so hidden.

Established in 2018 Caraboo Projects is a contemporary art organisation based in Bristol.

In this episode of the Caraboo Projects podcast we explore the themes of the latest exhibition, Jurassic Moon. Curator Mary Roberts-Holmes tells us about storytelling and conflicting narratives plus we speak to a local chicken shop and discuss white tree roundabout on Bristol's Downs.

Stay tuned for more local stories and histories hidden, and not so hidden.

Established in 2018 Caraboo Projects is a contemporary art organisation base...