The American West

The first photos of the American West, taken in the 1860s by Timothy O'Sullivan, depict the landscape and life of Native America. Take a look at the beautiful series, here.

Vacancies

Flawed Photography Competition

Robert Perry Exhibition

Messengers Exhibition

Happy Sunday

Save Whiteladies Cinema

Development plans look to be getting the go ahead to turn the old cinema building on Whiteladies Road into five flats and a gym. It would be wonderful if instead the building was restored as an independent cinema, theatre or arts space, celebrating it's rich history and sustaining part of Bristol's vibrant creative culture. If you'd like to see the restoration of this lovely building, please just take a minute out of your day to voice your objection to the planned development at http://planningonline.bristol.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=LXJ89MDN00J00 ('make a public comment' to register an objection, which can be found under Documents). 

Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic are presenting two ATC productions at the Wickham next week, 24 – 28 April.

Crave is a seminal play by ex-Bristol student Sarah Kane, a ground-breaking work that challenges theatrical conventions.  Illusions is the English language premiere of a new comedy by Russia’s foremost playwright and screenwriter.  It’s a great and rare opportunity to see these two texts produced in the UK.

They’re offering a 2 for 1 ticket deal, which means both shows would be just £8 for students.  See details here: http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/eventdetails?webEventId=crave

We hope to see you there!  You can book online or call Box Office on 0117 987 7877 or email tickets@bristololdvic.org.uk.

Flawed

So, our new theme is Flawed! 

Just for some inspiration, here is a pretentious, but fitting quote:

"He saw that all the struggles of life were incessant, laborious, painful, that nothing was done quickly, without labor, that it had to undergo a thousand fondlings, revisings, moldings, addings, removings, graftings, tearings, correctings, smoothings, rebuildings, reconsiderings, nailings, tackings, chippings, hammerings, hoistings, connectings — all the poor fumbling uncertain incompletions of human endeavor. They went on forever and were forever incomplete, far from perfect, refined, or smooth, full of terrible memories of failure and fears of failure, yet, in the way of things, somehow noble, complete, and shining in the end."

The Motorcycle Showroom

This Thursday (19th April) Mike Healey's 'Somewhere' exhibition is opening at the Motorcycle Showroom, 15-19 Stokes Croft, http://www.themotorcycleshowroom.com/, and will be running until the 29th April.

More home-themed art

Thank you to everyone who came to our Home launch party, it was lovely to see you all and a huge thank you to Kate Kelley, The Cavemen and our own Alasdair Copland for their performances on the night. We thought we'd keep the home-theme rolling whilst you're all enjoying the Easter break and some unseasonal sunshine, so here are a few more pieces of artwork to keep the artistic inspiration flowing...

Tamara- Jade Kaz

Emilie Bergström

Maya Dudok de Wit

Aimee Sawicki

Robin Cowie

A tale of tales...

This beautiful Russian animation by Yuri Norstein is definitely worthy of a watch.

HELICON RADIO 05/03 – 11/03

Below the jump break is a little selection of the Helicon team’s favourite tunes and new discoveries from the last week for your aural delectation. Enjoy. x

Should have gone to Spec-tour?

The London based band Spector completed their second tour at Bristol's Louisiana last Friday.  Sitting in their dressing room I learned that this "nothing you haven't seen before" band, are in fact something the likes of Jools Holland has certainly never seen. They played three songs on the legendary show in November and since then have had a string of sell out back-to-back gigs across the country. 

Lyrical Windmill Interviews

Check out the quick interviews from Wednesday night!

*Kate Kelley*

MUSIC WE SUPPORT

Vices E.P 'Hotel Monsoon' will be released this Saturday 3rd March 

Helicon is all about bringing creative talent together and sharing it with everyone. Here are the latest videos from our favourite up-and-coming artists who performed at Bristol Arts Week. 

                                                                        * VICES *

                                                                          

                                                                      
                                                                      * TIDY STREET* 

                                                                    
Remember, we always love to hear from you. If you're interested in submitting work (photography/art/poetry/prose), or are interested in performing at our next launch party, please get in touch. Email helicon.magazine@gmail.com

We will also provide you with all the guidance and editing advice you want. In fact, every submission receives detailed and helpful feedback from our editors. 

Remember to keep checking our blog and Facebook page for details on our next issue. 

* Interviews from Wednesday's Lyrical night will be posted tomorrow * 

Cristina Otero

Only 16 years of age, crikey. Not only a seriously talented photographer but an excellent makeup artist to boot.

all about chemistry

Everyone's favourite Hallmark holiday may have passed us by, but there is always room for more love at Helicon. Here is a short film by Brent Hoff documenting "the world's first love competition", held at the Stanford MRI Lab. The contestants are invited to 'love someone as hard as they can' for 5 minutes whilst being examined by an MRI machine. The winner is the one who 'loves' the most. The results are both surprising and poignant. Enjoy.

The Love Competition from Brent Hoff on Vimeo.

K.H.

visualizers

Matthew Dear's Headcage with abstract textures from Morgan Beringer. Pogo's Wishery, all from Disney's Snow White (1937).
F.D.

Bella Howard