Installation open:
Sat 2 – Sun 10 Sep (closed Thu 7 Sep) 12 – 4pm
Performances take place:
Fri 1, Sat 2, & Fri 8 Sep 8pm (Doors 7.30pm). Free, booking advisable

Immerse yourself in this performance installation by INHABIT artist Mary Prestidge, working a collaboration with Philip Jeck, created for Bluecoat’s 300th anniversary.

POOL draws inspiration from a pond that once occupied the space between the Sandon and Garden rooms, created by members of the Sandon Studios Society, the group that established an artistic community in the building in the early 20th century.

For this re-enchantment of Bluecoat’s secret courtyard, which echoes voices, sights and sounds of the past and the present, Jeck has created a continuous soundscape. Other invited artists will bring their dance, song, music and illuminations to further animate the spaces.

‘..the dust blows forward, the dust blows back...’ Don Van Vliet

Invited artists and performers: Robyn Bowie, Steve Boyland, Andrea Buckley, Aleasha Chaunte, Pete Clarke, Cath Cullinane, Matilda Ferguson, Paula Hampson, Rosalind Holgate-Smith, Philip Jeck, Helen Maher, Mark Mason, Fionnuala Murphy, Mary Pearson, Mary Prestidge, Jonathan Raisin, Vicci Riley, Bisakha Sarker, Karen Wynne and members of Blue Room.

To find out more about POOL or to book please visit thebluecoat.org.uk or call 0151 702 5324