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SUMMARY:A Personal View
DESCRIPTION:A rare opportunity to see four diverse artists come together to share their ‘Personal View’ in different media. View the latest works from Modern Impressionist painter Lynne Roche\, transcription collage maker Henrietta Smith\, visual arts teacher Julian Hyzler and celebrated contemporary painter Alice Mumford RWA. \nPrivate view and a chance to meet the artists\, Tuesday 20 October\, 2pm-6pm. \nFree entry\, opening hours Monday to Saturday\, 10am-4pm.
URL:https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/a-personal-view/
LOCATION:Live at 16 Queen Square\, BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square\, Bath\, Somerset\, BA1 2HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Smartphone photography workshop
DESCRIPTION:A three-hour practical introduction to creative smartphone photography\, led by Benedict Brain. \nThis friendly and practical session will show you how to use your smartphone camera with more intention! You will be guided through key settings\, editing tools and creative approaches\, to help you make better photographs on the go.  \nYou will learn how to handle light\, compose with purpose and use your phone’s features to work more efficiently in real situations. Benedict will blend clear instruction with simple hands on exercises to build confidence without any confusing jargon!  \nThe workshop is ideal for beginners and for anyone who wants to sharpen their visual skills and bring a more thoughtful approach to everyday image making. \nWhat you will learn: \nBasic smartphone camera settings\, editing on the go using your smartphone\, how to share photos plus creative skills and ways of seeing. No technical knowledge required! \nWhat you need to bring: your own fully charged smartphone. \nThe demos will be on an iPhone\, however\, Android users will be able to follow along.  \nBenedict Brain is a photographer\, writer and educator based in the UK. He works across personal projects and editorial work\, and he writes widely about photography. He is the author of You Will Be Able to Take Great Photos by the End of This Book and A Camera Bag Companion\, both published internationally\, and he is a tutor with the Royal Photographic Society. He is known for clear\, accessible teaching and for his long running Art of Seeing column. Benedict lectures internationally and leads workshops that focus on creativity\, visual awareness and thoughtful image making.
URL:https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/smartphone-photography-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Live at 16 Queen Square\, BRLSI 16-18 Queen Square\, Bath\, Somerset\, BA1 2HN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Mad about Trump - MAGA on the couch
DESCRIPTION:BRLSI’s Democracy Under Threat series invites you to pause and take stock by surveying the wealth of history and political thinking which underpins our long-held democratic systems and institutions. It explores the laying down of democratic principles from Ancient Athens to the present day\, and takes in current scenarios in international geopolitics\, while considering Britain as its own small island with its own set of political traditions. \nIn recent years\, political life has become increasingly charged with psychic stress\, especially anger\, grievance\, nostalgia\, and a powerful sense that something vital has been lost. The rise of Donald Trump and the enduring appeal of the “Make America Great Again” movement raise important questions not only about politics\, but about the psychic life of politicians and political activists. \nFocusing on the appeal of Trump and the MAGA movement\, Bath-based psychoanalyst Daniel Jeffreys considers how unresolved loss – of status\, identity\, or imagined pasts – may shape both individual and collective experience. \nDrawing on two personal interviews with Trump\, and on his book America’s Back Porch\, which mapped the communities that formed the MAGA movement\, Jeffreys explores the Western political landscape with help from Sigmund Freud’s ideas of mourning and melancholia alongside Jacques Lacan’s concept of lack. Through this lens\, he examines how difficulties in accepting loss and tolerating uncertainty may contribute to the hardening of belief\, the rejection of unwelcome realities\, and the pressures currently fracturing democratic life. \nThe talk will create a space for thinking about how unconscious processes – especially desire\, and the need for certainty – may shape public life in an age where both the mind and democracy itself feel increasingly unsettled. \nA discount of 20% is on offer to all those purchasing five tickets or more from the series\, excluding the conference on the 4th of July. \nTo learn more about Democracy Under Threat and the exciting range of speakers coming up as part of the programme\, don’t forget to follow our Democracy Under Threat Webpage: https://www.brlsi.org/democracyunderthreat/ \n 
URL:https://www.brlsi.org/whatson/mad-about-trump-maga-on-the-couch/
LOCATION:Queen Square or Online\, 16 Queen Square\, Bath\, BA1 2HN
CATEGORIES:Democracy under Threat,Modern World,Psychology,The Unsettled Mind,World Affairs
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