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Pursuit of Beauty

Arts series

Radio 4,13 episodes

Episodes

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The Spider Orchestra
The art of Tomás Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs
26 Nov 2018,28 mins
In Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom
Cheryl Strayed, Ocean Vuong and Sharon Olds spend some time in Emily Dickinson's bedroom
25 Nov 2018,28 mins
Dead Rats and Meat Cleavers
Turning base metal into musical gold - swordsmiths and Dead Rats!
19 Nov 2018,28 mins
In Stitches
Amber Butchart talks to embroidery artists about their complex, political, dynamic artwork
15 Nov 2018,28 mins
Hurricane Bells
Bells made by artist Peter Shenai from Hurricane Katrina data are rung in New Orleans.
13 Nov 2018,28 mins
Art Beneath the Waves
Underwater artists who paint, sculpt and dance beneath the sea.
12 Nov 2018,28 mins
Drawing on Water
Louise Morris explores the growing interest in ephemeral art - witnessed but not kept.
28 Jun 2018,30 mins
Virginia Woolf: Impossible Music
In search of the musicality and sonic landscape of Virginia Woolf's world.
21 Jun 2018,28 mins
Alison Turnbull and Butterflies in Colombia
Colombian-born artist Alison Turnbull explores butterflies in the Pacific rainforest.
18 Jun 2018,28 mins
Balloon with a View
Two poets and a composer take to the skies over Bristol in a balloon full of hot air.
11 Jun 2018,30 mins
Echo in a Bottle
Composer Sarah Angliss explores our deep-seated fascination with the echo.
10 Jun 2018,30 mins
Slow Art
Illuminated snails dancing, sculpted volcanoes and music playing for 1,000 years.
07 Jun 2018,30 mins
Dancing the Poem
Creating dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways.
03 Jun 2018,30 mins