Only a few tickets remain for Mail, Maps and Motion, a spectacular evening of one-off commissions and collaborations curated by Watershed, which blends cutting-edge music and film, including a commission which brings together Joanie Lemercier from world-renowned projection experts and Studio residents AntiVJ and Adrian Utley from acclaimed band Portishead.

Kicking off of See No Evil's weekend programme, Mail, Maps and Motion draws on the extraordinary film archive of the General Post Office Film unit and the rich history of Bristol's Enterprise Zone, the programme brings together a host of world-renowned musicians and artists to perform in one of Bristol's most iconic buildings - The Digby Wyatt Building at Temple Meads.

Featuring a selection of films and a host of Watershed collaborators brought together for the first time, the evening will explore themes of industry, modernity, technology and communication, juxtaposing our industrial past with the technological present.

Date: 17 August 2012
Doors open: 19:00
(Performance starts at 20:30 and ends at 22:00)
Venue: Passenger Shed (Temple Meads), Bristol

Tickets at See No Evil (Tickets are free but must be booked in advance: limited to 1 per person)

This special Watershed event is part of See No Evil and London 2012 Festival, with support from Arts Council England, Bristol City Council and The University of Bristol.

Programme:

Film Screening: Night Mail
Dirs: Harry Watt/Basil Wright, 24mins

Made in 1936, this evocative and rich film sums up the collaborative approach of the General Post Office Film Unit, with a musical score arranged by Benjamin Britten and the rhyming verse written by W.H. Auden.

Film Screening: Trade Tattoo
Dir: Len Lye, 5mins, 1937

Commissioned by the General Post Office Film Unit, Len Lye's Trade Tattoo used absorbing and stunnning animations to explore the rhythm of a British working day and to encourage people to 'post early'.

Performance by BEAM: The Rhythm of work-a-day Britain
BEAM present a brand new musical and visual performance drawing on the themes of the General Post Office Films. Partly written and partly freeform, the specially assembled band will be led by Scott Hendy (Malachai/Boca45) and will include Si John (Roni Size/Reprazent Bass player) SJ Eseau (Anticon Records / multi instrumentalist) and drummer Andy Sutor. BEAM also will be joined on stage by Inkie, curator of See No Evil and one of the UK's most distinctive street artists, as he creates live iPad art to be projected onto the screen.

Performance: Mail, Maps and Motion by Adrian Utley, Joanie Lemercier and special guest performers.
The finale of the evening will be a specially commissioned performance which explores the rich material heritage of Temple Meads one of Bristol's most iconic buildings. This spectacular one-off brings together the visual innovation of Joanie Lemercier from world-renowned projection experts AntiVJ with the musical creativity of Adrian Utley from acclaimed band Portishead.

From Brunel's original sketches to the arrival of the 125, from the echo of the steam train to the building's electric future, Adrian and Joanie will play with city's industrial history, offering an immersive aural and visual treat to leave you breathless.

The performance will feature mapped projections, guitars, percussion and synths. Joanie and Adrian will be joined on stage by a host of performers, including Will Gregory of Goldfrapp.

About the artists

AntiVJ is a Bristol-based visual label of European artists creating monumental, hypnotic live projections on real world canvases. The visual artists from AntiVJ work across the globe, with notable projects in the last 12 months including collaborations with Flying Lotus at The Round House London, and projects in Moscow, New York and South Korea (the country's first outside projected performance). They are by far the best in the field, their work has a substantial following, is highly documented online and never fails to take the breath away.

Adrian Utley makes up one third of Portishead, a leading light in the British Music scene. Outside of the band, and the various other artists he produces, he has collaborated with Watershed over the last four years around the live re-scoring of silent film. In 2012 Adrian Utley and Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) created a new score for The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dir: Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1928) . The world premiere took place in 2010 at Colston Hall, Bristol and has since been performed at All Tomorrow's Parties, The Brighton Festival and The Lincoln Centre, New York.

Scott Hendy is a Bristol-based DJ and producer whose most recent project is Malachai, a two-piece fronted by vocalist and lyricist Gee. Described as 'musically daring' by NME and receiving serious praise from the likes of Radio 1 and MTV's Zane Lowe, their sound is a reflection of Scott's emersion in hip-hop, 60s psych, dub and a hundred and one other musical forms.

Inkie, one of the UK's leading street artists, emerged from the 80's Bristol scene alongside 3D and Banksy and came second in the 1989 World Street Art Championships. Inkie has worked as head of design for SEGA and Xbox, has exhibited worldwide and is the curator of Bristol's See No Evil event.

Andy Sutor is a young drummer born and bred in Bristol. For the last couple of years Andy has been playing drums live for 'Anika' (signed to Invada Records/Stones Throw and produced by Geoff Barrow). With Anika, Andy has toured across Central Europe, Canada and the U.S extensively, playing many shows and live radio sessions. More locally Andy can be seen playing with his own band Adding Machine.

SJ Esau employs experimental techniques, lyrical gymnastics and rhythmic prestidigitation to create multi-layered, manic psych-pop compositions. Combining a stunning visual art show with a bizarre blend of sound, rhythm, loops and instruments, SJ Esau is a live performer like no other. A veteran of the ultra-cool Bristol scene, Esau has played around the world, including Barcelona's Primavera festival and Brighton's Great Escape. Esau's last two albums were released on legendary label, Anticon Records.

BEAM// (Bristol Exchange of Arts & Music) was set up to create opportunities for innovators from across the talent rich music, art and filmic scenes in Bristol to create exciting, one-off live events. By bringing these elements together, BEAM// aims to challenge artists to explore new ways of fusing their abilities together to create unique performances, showcasing not only their own talents but how these art forms can be combined and moulded to make exciting and individual experiences. BEAM // is also in the throes of putting together its inaugural international city exchange, fusing two global, like-minded cities' arts scenes into coherent and exhilarating events, showcasing Bristol's creative heart in new markets and fostering long lasting links between these artistic communities to mutual benefit.

Si John has penned and produced 5 albums, 3 under the name "The Federation" for 'Mo Wax' records becoming their first profit making act touring Europe, Japan and the USA and achieved many Single of the week for Music week and Blues and Soul. "Finger" was the guise for the next project, writing with Onnalee from the 'Roni Size and Reprazent 'stable. Si was the player of the Double Bass for Roni Size and Reprazent for 15 years, bringing to it the pivotal "Brown Paper Bag" lick and touring extensively all over the world culminating in a fantastic performance with a 34 piece orchestra under the direction of William Goodchild at the Colston Hall. Si has written and produced for TV and film with incidental tracks on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Soundtracks for O'Neill and their ASP surf tour and pieces for Aardman Animations and Chilli TV. Locally his new live project is "Lenshead" with Lennie Laws at the vocal and the talents of the ex Federation members forming the band.

Doors open: 19:00
(Performance starts at 20:30 and ends at 22:00)
Venue: Passenger Shed (Temple Meads), Bristol

Tickets at See No Evil (Tickets are free but must be booked in advance: limited to 1 per person)