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Hello and welcome toBradford tHreadfest 2014!

We’re now in our third year and after the rave reviews and critical acclaim following our pre-vious editions (including being listed in The Guardian’s top city festivals list) we decided to broaden our remit to offer a free taste of the city’s underground and independent art, film, perfor-mance and theatre alongside live music from the region and all over the world. 2014 also sees the addition of some new organisations and spaces including Golden Cabinet who are holiday-ing from their home at the Kirkgate Centre in Shipley to collaborate with Fuse Art Space on a very exciting programme, and Trainer Trouble and Bosh! who will provide a suitably danceable close to the festival. Other venues new to Threadfest include Al’s Dime Bar, Glyde House and Tavern in The Town, more de-tails of which you’ll find inside.

In terms of live music, this year you’ll get to see Leeds-based heavy rockers Black Moth, Glasgow folk rock from Two Wings, experi-

mental techno from Basic House and Berlin’s DJ Scotch Bonnet, as well as Cantaloupe, Alt Track, Rattle, Sentimentalists, Nega-tive Panda, Crinkle Cuts, Snack Family, Gerrard Bell-Fife, Idiot Box, Ironrat and Marry Another who will join Japanese post-punk/krautrock trio Nisennenmondai, Leeds New York boogie-loving duo Galaxians, Amer-ican sound artist Robert Millis, the return of Bradfordian agit-popsters Monty Casino, Canadian ambient doom duo Nadja, French experimental solo artist Chicaloyoh, sinister indie from Leeds’ The Witch Hunt, big Brad-ford riffs from Cut Yourself in Half, and tons more, with a couple of special guests TBA! See the Artists section and check our website for details.

Alongside the live music Art in Unusual Spac-es have created the Dark Matter Institute in Oastler Market to show a diverse range of work including Berlin/Bradford music and film collaboration Polymitas; DIY artist collective Black Dogs; Margaret Tait Award recipient Rachel Maclean from Glasgow; illustrator and

poet Matthew The Horse; Bradford commu-nity theatre company Northern Lines; and experimental dance group Maho. For the full programme and list of artists look inside for the Dark Matter Institute section.

So, all that is left is to say a big thanks you to everyone who has contributed to making Brad-ford Threadfest 2014 a reality; the artists, bands, organisations, venues; our supporters and spon-sors Arts on Campus at University of Bradford, Bradford Council and the De-partment of Regeneration and Culture, Arts Council England and Northern Monk Brewery; and finally and not least you, for com-ing out and taking part! Threadfest is just a taste of the diverse, independent culture being pro-duced in Bradford week in week out so we hope you find this weekend a prompt to find out what’s on offer and continue to support those involved throughout the year. See you down the front.

Andy AbbottBradford Threadfest Director and Fellow in Music at the University of Bradford

welcomePHOTO: Nisennenmondai

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nisennenmondai

Tokyo-based instrumental trio that take the bass, drums, guitar format to cosmic levels. Fusing elements of post punk, krautrock, spacey psychedelia and pumping no wave dance music into a joyous time-frame smashing rocket ride, their live show is unmissable.

www.wearenisennenmondai.com

dJ scotch Bonnet

Shigeru Ishihara is a prolific artist with a repertoire of collaborations that has included Drum Eyes, Seefeel and Devilman. Best known for his solo project DJ Scotch Egg, here Shig swaps GameBoys and 8-bits for a hefty distortion unit, and delves deep into the world of bass-driven hip-hop breaks melding dense and distorted beats with his signature pop sensibility, referencing SCORN, NHK and the dance music culture of new home-town, Berlin.

smallbuthardrecordings.limitedrun.com

monty casino

The long-awaited (and likely one-off) return of Bradford’s agit pop trio with songs about cycling, assassination, political figures and, of course, Bradford. Like a more optimistic The Fall, or hyperactive Gang of Four, welcome them back with open arms and ears.

Black moth

Sabbathy big stoner riffs from Leeds on Lon-don’s New Heavy Sounds label with second album due soon, once again produced by Nick Cave sticks man Jim Sclavunos.

www.themothpit.co.uk

do miss america

Yorkshire-cana country rock five-piece from Bradford.

www.soundcloud.com/domissamerica

dean mcPhee

Ambient solo electric guitarist from Bingley. Dean’s astonishing live sets and records on Blast First Petite label have garnered him praise from Mojo and The Wire, as well as support slots with Michael Chapman and Thurston Moore.

www.deanmcphee.com

Polymitas

A collaborative project between Berlin-based improvising musician Kathy Alberici and Bradford’s analogue filmmaker Martha Jurksaitis. After drawing attention from The Wire and premiering their work ‘Sonic Portrait Of The Funkhaus Nalepastraße’ at Berlin’s 2014 CTM festival, Threadfest will provide a further opportunity for an iteration of this exciting project.

www.cherrykino.blogspot.co.uk

Koala

Sickeningly talented young Bradford quartet with soaring female vocals over tight afro-beating drums and spiky off-beat guitars injecting some soul and tunes into the math-indie template.

www.heyitskoala.bandcamp.com

tough crowd

Laidback ill raps over jazz, soul and hip hop from Trainer Trouble favourites ExP and JND of Freyed Knot. Fat double bass grooves over stripped back drums with wise guy tales, reminiscent of ‘The Roots’ at their best.

robert millis

Seattle-based musician, sound artist and filmmaker associated with the Sublime Frequencies label and experimental duo Climax Golden Twins.

www.robertmillis.net

two wings

Fleetwood Mac-y Americana folk rock from Glasgow’s Hanna Tuulikki (Scatter, The Family Elan), Ben Reynolds (The Wow, Trembling Bells) and friends.

www.tinangelrecords.co.uk/twowings

Here are details of a selection of those playing this weekend.

nadja

Nadja is a duo of Aidan Baker & Leah Buckareff alternately based in Toronto & Berlin. The duo makes music that encom-passes experimental/drone, ambient, shoe-gazer, & doom metal. Originally formed by Baker in 2003 as a solo endeavour, Buckareff joined in 2005 to bring the project out of the studio & into a live setting. They have since released numerous albums on such labels as Important Records, Hydrahead Records, & Blocks Recording Club.

www.nadja.bandcamp.com

chicaloyoh

Chicaloyoh is the musical incarnation of Normandy resident Alice Dourlen. Creating music between soundscape exploration and intimate contemplation, Chicaloyoh is a mix of guitar, keyboards and percussions from distant and various horizons.

www.chicaloyoh.bandcamp.com

snack family

The new project of London composer and jazz musician Andrew Plummer, Snack Family is a dirty blues trio in the vein of Morphine, Captain Beefheart and Nick Cave’s Grinderman. Deep slide guitars and honking saxes provide a sleazy backdrop for Plummer’s Tom Waits-ish vocals. Perfect music for soundtracking Dave Lynch films.

www.snackfamily.co.uk

alt track

Far touring electro punk, spoken word and hip hop duo, playing since 2007 and now back in the ‘Fd.

www.alttrack.bandcamp.com

Jung witches

Bradford experimental no wave trio collaborating with Maho dance company.

Galaxians

Galaxians is synth wizard Jed Skinner and tight as you like drummer Matt Woodward bringing you 70s/80s New York boogie sounds via the Leeds DIY underground. Their limited 12-inch singles and EPs on STARGAZE and Pittsburgh’s Rotating Souls record labels are hot property and the live experience is guaranteed to have you beaming.

www.galaxians.bandcamp.com

crinkle cuts

8-piece Funk, Ska and Reggae band from Bristol who mix up large doses of wah-wah funk, swing, reggae with a heap of latin-ska and a hint of gypsy punk to create one hell of a party that is equal parts eccentric and exotic performance and full on sonic assault.

www.crinklecuts.com

the recurring nightmare

90s style pop-punk and alternative rock from Lincolnshire.

facebook.com/TheRecurringNightmare

cleft

Guitar and drum instrumental duo from Manchester making melodic riff-based pro-gressive compositions that may remind you of Battles, Don Caballero, Sleeping People, or, in more chuggy moments, Smashing Pumpkins or The Fucking Champs.

www.cleft.bandcamp.com

the witch Hunt

Based around the duo of Louisa Osborn and Chris Mulligan, Leeds’ The Witch Hunt progress the legacy of dark powerful pop music beloved of the North with glimpses of PJ Harvey, Soft Cell, Siouxsie and the Banshees and even Sisters of Mercy in the brew. Huw Stephen’s from BBC Introducing is a fan.

www.wearewitchhunt.com

dave mcKinley

Acoustic singer songwriter from Bradford.

www.soundcloud.com/davemckinleymusic

lee Patterson

Mancunian improvising musician and sound artist working with field recordings, contact microphones, hydrophones and objects. Over the years Lee has collaborated with a range of musicians and creatives including Luke Fowler, David Toop, Phil Minton and produced works for ICA London, AV Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival and The British Art Show.

www.q-o2.be/artist/lee-patterson

a r t I s t s

marreck

Marreck is the latest project/alias for Mi-chael Hann, who runs the Reject and Fade label and has previously had releases out un-der his Rejections moniker with Alt. Vinyl, Jehu & Chinaman and Opal Tapes. Expect a heady mixture of minimal, discordant techno, spliced with moments of psychedelic noise and soundscapes.

www.soundcloud.com/rejectionsfade

rattle

Rattle is two drummers from Nottingham, Katie of Kogumaza and Theresa of Fists, making music for drums and vocals. It’s minimal, melodic and totally mint.

www.rattleon.bandcamp.com

negative Panda

90s alternative rock-loving youngsters from Cleckhuddersfax way.

www.negative-panda.bandcamp.com

Philip Jeck

Philip Jeck started working with record players and electronics in the early ‘80’s and has made soundtracks and toured with many dance and theatre companies as well as his solo concert work. His best known work “Vinyl Requiem” (with Lol Sargent): a performance for 180 ‘50’s/’60’s record players won Time Out Performance Award for 1993.

www.philipjeck.com

cantaloupe

Cantaloupe are a synth-guitar/bass-drums trio from Nottingham, UK, formed in 2011. Drawing influences from afro-pop to krau-trock to disco to the avant garde, they aim to make infectious and thoroughly pleasing instrumental pop music.

www.cantaloupemusic.blogspot.co.uk

dawn of elysium

Goth rock trio from Bradford for fans of Paradise Lost and Joy Division.

www.dawnofelysium.co.uk

marry another

Mancunian five-piece alternative folk on Voltage records.

www.marryanother.wordpress.com

cut Yourself in Half

Bradford’s Queens of the Stone Age / Red Fang style riff-heavy rock and roll. With a well-received debut album on London’s New Heavy Sounds label under their buckles and a smattering of manic live performances this will be one of the first gigs with a slightly new line-up featuring ex- Jon Jones guitarist Giles.

www.soundcloud.com/cutyourselfinhalf

Idiot Box

Bradfordian synth driven, power pop, post-punk indie founded in 1998.

soundcloud.com/idiotboxthemselvesthree

allusondrugs

Pontecarlo’s newest and greatest alterna-tive rock export at times sounding like My Bloody Valentine doing Soundgarden songs, or Pixies records slowed down, or a less deranged Trumans Water. Their heavy gigging schedule and releases on Clue Records are making everyone very excited so come see them before you can’t.

www.allusondrugs.bandcamp.com

female Band

Female Band is minimal, both in its sound and personnel with Russian born, London-based Anastasia Vtorova currently the sole member. The haunting almost hypnotic sound relies on a strong experimental use of instruments, incorporating ambient, drone and electronica influences into something overall much more rhythmic and enchant-ing. Releases on Italian Beach Babes records.

www.soundcloud.com/femaleband

Inspirational sound

Bradford reggae, dub, roots producer estab-lished in 1999 and associated with the Dub Lab club night. Their music has seen success on the UK dub sound system scene and they make dubplates for some of the leading sound systems and DJ’s across Europe such as Iration Steppas, Lion Roots (France) and OBF (Switzerland).

www.soundcloud.com/inspirational-sound

Gurgles

Psychedelic pop music from Bradford featuring Gus from Mucky Sailor and Splitty McCheeks. An addictive mix of effect-soaked vocals, swirly keyboard sounds and a Motown-esque rhythm section complete with funky breakdowns.

www.gurglez.com

Girl sweat

Solo reverb-heavy noise pop in from Darlington like Ty Segall, The Birthday Party or PIL.

www.girlsweat.bandcamp.com

matthew Bourne

Critically acclaimed and multiple award winning jazz pianist from Leeds whose 2012 album Montauk Variations made Stewart Lee’s end of year best of list in The Inde-pendent. Bourne has recently been explor-ing the cosmic properties of a synthesiser set-up, following his relocation close to the Leeds Liverpool Canal.

www.matthewbourne.com

michael thomas chater

Alternative blues and folk singer songwriter with a deft touch on the fingerpicked slide guitar.

www.michaelthomaschater.bandcamp.com

Gerrard Bell-fife

Nottingham-hailing but Bradford-dwelling melancholic acoustic folk singer songwriter flooring audiences with a songwriting style and voice that belies his years and recalls Bill Calahan, Nick Drake and the finest alterna-tive folk music of the last decades.

www.gerrardbell-fife.bandcamp.com

Ironrat

Pantera / Kyuss / QOTSA style downtuned grooves and riffing from Bradford.

www.reverbnation.com/ironrat

sentimentalists

“Our biggest influence is living in the north of England, trying to conform but always being on the outside; not quite accepted; not entitled. Musically we’re influenced by anyone who can, in a pretty way, convey sadness and gentle defiance through music.” says front-man Phil.

www.sentimentalists.co.uk

casual agenda

Indie rock with mod influences from The Midlands on Robert Plant’s record label.

www.casualagenda.com

Basic House

Much-revered abstracted electronic dance music from Opal Tapes / Drunk in Hell man Stephen Bishop that at times sounds like industrial techno that’s been left to ferment in a Middlesbrough cellar.

www.soundcloud.com/basichouse

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1 in 12 clubwww.1in12.com21-23 Albion St Bradford. BD1 2LY

The 1 in 12 Club refers to both a members’ club and the building in which it is based. Owned and run by its membership as a collective based upon anarchist principles, its activities include social and political campaigning, the use of the building as a social centre, and the promotion of the performing arts.

the sparrow www.thesparrowbradford.co.uk32 North Parade, Bradford. BD1 3JL

A relaxed bier cafe in Bradford city centre for lovers of great beer, music and art.

al’s dime Barwww.alsdimebar.com10 North Parade, Bradford. BD1 3HT

An NYC style ‘dive’ bar that specialises in cocktails, US & UK craft beers and live acoustic music.

fuse art spacewww.wearefuse.co5-7 Rawson Place, Bradford. BD1 3QQ

Fuse Art Space is a gallery, art space, performance venue and shop in Bradford city centre. They host exhibitions, artist talks, film screenings, workshops and performances, and stock a wide range of art books, magazines, prints, cassettes, vinyl, CD’s and other objects of artistic merit.

tavern In the townwww.tavern-in-the-town.co.uk5-9 Barry Street, Bradford. BD1 2AL

Alternative pub/venue/night club with live music and a variety of rock oriented nights.

Glyde Housegumptioncentres.co.uk/glyde-houseGlydegate, Bradford. BD5 0BQ

Glyde House is the home of Gumption Business Centre and has a bar, bistro and function room. During the day the building is home to local businesses of all different shapes and sizes and in the evening, the venue becomes a social hot spot boasting top quality entertainment and a great environment for you to relax and unwind.

the Black swanfacebook.com/blackswanbradford148 Thornton Road, Bradford. BD1 2JH

A traditional pub close to The University campus with regular live music.

dark matter Institutewww.artinunusualspaces.comOastler Shopping Centre, John Street, Bradford. BD1 3SR

A temporary gallery in Oastler Market, made by Art In Unusual Spaces. See special section inside for details.

delius arts and cultural centre www.artworkscreative.org.uk/our-venue/whats-on29 Great Horton Road, Bradford. BD7 1AA

The Delius Arts & Cultural Centre is located in the heart of Bradford with immediate access to the best of Bradford’s culture, entertainment and education with Artist Studios and a Performance/exhibition space for hire as well as a programme of events.

the new Bradford Playhousewww.thenewbradfordplayhouse.co.uk4 - 12 Chapel St, Little Germany. BD1 5DL

The New Bradford Playhouse is a creative hub with three performance spaces, a 290 seat Art Deco proscenium arch stage, a flexible 70 seat black box studio and a small instrumental stage in our vintage coffee shop.

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As part of this years Bradford Threadfest Art in Unusual Spaces will create the Dark Matter Institute, a temporary gallery that celebrates ‘the hidden mass of informal creativity that emerges both within and outside of the mainstream; the bleed between the amateur and the professional; work and play; the

tensions between making a living and loving what you do; and the social, economic and political

conditions that background this.’

darK matter InstItUte ProGramme

Thursday 15th May, 11am – 4pmJean McEwan

we are alIVe aGaIn2014Installation

We Are Alive Again is a site responsive installation consisting of makeshift dioramas, assemblages, collages, everyday objects, found props and light. This work has evolved from an experimental period of making at the Fabric Arts Lab (Bradford) earlier this year exploring performative and collage processes in working with personal and family archival materials. Jean invites you to ‘tamper with the work according to your needs, to perform a story for that moment, or that day.’

Jean McEwan is a Bradford-based artist and organiser working across visual, curatorial, collaborative and socially engaged practices, most often on a grassroots level. Her outputs have included photography, installation, experimental video, and artist books and zines. She has worked nationally and internationally, most recently in Jamestown, NY. She is currently developing a participatory research project exploring the uses and meanings of family photography.

www.jeanmcewan.com

Thursday 22nd May, 11am – 4pmNorthern Lines

marKet to marKet2014Exhibition of photographs with live performances at: 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30

This exhibition and series of performances is informed by interviews with traders and customers at Oastler market, backgrounded by the ‘re-realization’ of the market place as public and political space following the Arab Spring. Theatre maker, poet, musician and artistic director of Northern Lines, Javaad Alipoor, asks ‘what frustrations, oppressions and dreams animate markets in this country, and how might they explode?’

Northern Lines is a community theatre project that works with some of Bradford’s most deprived communities to make work that is politically committed, emancipatory and that challenges audiences through work with new writing, contemporary practice and a commitment to quality.

www.northernlines.org.uk

Saturday 17th May, 11am – 4pmJung Witches and Maho

KIdda learn lessons2014Installation with performances at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30

Maho present a series of works and performances resulting from a collaboration with Bradford’s ‘newest pretentious art noise combo’ Jung Witches. The project is open-ended and process-led, but may result in some, if not all, of the following: printed matter, video, cassettes, and ‘some kind of improvisation or interaction’. All will be appropriate for audience involvement and some will actively encourage it! There will be activity throughout the day.

Maho is a newly formed integrated dance company, formed by dancers Chemaine Cooke and Sam Musgrave and specialising in interdisciplinary collaboration. They create work with trained and untrained performers, and artists of Bradford, hoping to inspire others to organise their own creative projects and collectives.

www.mahobradford.blogspot.com

Friday 23rd May, 11am – 4pm

PolYmItas (Martha Jurksaitis & Kathy Alberici)Super 8 and 16mm films with live accompaniment

Martha Jurksaitis makes wondermental films on Super 8 and 16mm and processes everything by hand, employing alchemical techniques and a passion for material film and the material viewer. A selection of her work will be presented as a showreel (digitally), culminating in a live sonic improvisation with Kathy Alberici accompanying films projected on 16mm.

Polymitas is a collaboration between Martha Jurksaitis and Kathy Alberici, two friends who work together creatively on image and sound. The pieces we create express our deep interest in being totally present while forming our works, with a focus on a tactile and immersive engagement with our environment and materials. Analogue film and sound play a large part in the films and performances we make. www.cherrykino.blogspot.com

Friday 16th May, 11am – 4pmLooped screening of films by Rachel Maclean (Glasgow), James N Hutchinson (Glasgow) and Louise Adkins (Manchester).Rachel Maclean

lolcats201213-minute digital video

Lolcats – inspired by the Internet meme of the same name – explores an amalgam of past and present manifestations of cat worship. Shot entirely against green-screen, the video presents a mutable space, at once a mysterious lost civilisation and a modern day touristic fun park. The narrative centres on a young female protagonist, presenting her in moments of intrigue, fear, metamorphosis and decay. Journeying through this erratic environment she encounters a bejewelled Katy Perry discussing dental hygiene with an aristocratic cat, stumbles upon an army of hostile feline cyborgs and is surgically dissected by a gothic phy-sician. Existing somewhere between the candy-coloured fantasies of ‘Disney Princess’ and the monstrous caricatures of a William Hogarth, Lolcats sits on a discomforting boundary between the sickly sweet and the grotesquely abject. Commissioned by The Visual Effects Research Lab, Dundee

Rachel Maclean is an artist based in Glasgow. Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2009 Rachel has exhibited across the UK and internationally – including, in 2013, a solo presentation I HEART SCOTLAND at The Edinburgh Printmakers. In 2011 Rachel went on a 6-month residency supported by Creative Scotland to the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada and recently presented her film Over The Rainbow, a 40-minute videopiece at Collective Gallery, Edinburgh and The Zabludowicz Collection, London. In 2013 she was the recipient of the Margaret Tait Award and was nominated for the Film London Jarman Award. She has upcoming solo shows in 2014 at CCA, Glasgow and Comar Gallery, Mull.

www.rachelmaclean.com

Louise Adkins

Hold tHe Pose20115-minute digital video

Hold The Pose is part of an ongoing body of work that focuses on the relationship between live performance and digital media. In this video the actions and dance in a popular music video are translated into textual instructions and directions, exploring how these move-ments foster alternative narratives.

Louise Adkins practice has grown out of a series of performance, artists film and instal-lation works. Her work focuses on the relationship between live performance and digital media and how new technologies can foster alternative narrative within performance art practice. The appropriation and re enactment of seminal moments in popular culture are an ongoing theme within her performance and film work. Louise Adkins has exhibited widely throughout the UK and Europe and she is the Artist/Curator of “Between” a pro-gramme of performance art commissions at Cornerhouse (Manchester, 2012 to date).

www.louiseadkins.co.uk

James N Hutchinson

ProPosal for a collectIon201120-minute digital video

For over two decades, Mark Landis made hundreds of counterfeit paintings and drawings in the bedroom of his Mississippi home. Dressed as his alter ego - a Jesuit priest named Father Scott - he would turn up at museums unannounced and donate his artworks to their collections, explaining that they were part of his recently deceased mother’s estate. This video was made in March 2011, shortly after Landis had been exposed in the press, and shows him demonstrating how he made his objects.

James N Hutchinson was born in Southport in 1976. He has a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Leeds Metropolitan University and an MFA from Glasgow School of Art, where he is currently working on his PhD. In 2006, he co-founded The Salford Restoration Office, a curatorial agency that attempted to navigate and critique the visual art infrastructure of Manchester over a four-year period.

Saturday 24th May 2014, 11am – 4pmBlack Dogs

wHat’s YoUr faVoUrIte Idea?Exhibition with performances at 2.30pm

Artist collective Black Dogs warm up for their tenth birthday celebrations later in the evening with a taster of material gathered from an open call to past collaborators and artists for responses to the question ‘What’s Your Favourite Idea?’. Proposed works and actions include: photographs of life-hacking experiments, found objects and sculpture, posters and trophies. At 2.30pm there will be a how to make your own booze masterclass with Eva Rowson, a show and tell presentation by James N Hutchinson and a performance by everyone’s favourite primitivist rock and/or roll duo The Bongoleeroes.

Black Dogs is an art collective formed in 2003 in Leeds. Our output has included formal exhibitions, relational and participatory installations, public events and interventions, publications, video, audio works and records and collaborative learning projects. The membership of the group is notionally fluid and can vary on a project-to-project basis, although in practice we have a fairly consistent core of fourteen members currently living and working between Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, London and Milton Keynes.

www.black-dogs.org

a s s o c I a t e d e V e n t sas well as the main threadfest weekend there are a few lead-in and follow-up events that may be of interest to festival goers.

At The Sparrow Bier Cafe and John StreetMatthew The Horse

YoU can’t sInK a raInBowFrom 12th May (Window display on John St) and from 25th May (Exhibition at the Sparrow)

Matthew The Horse presents an exhibition of prints and illustrations appropriating 1980’s protest aesthetics to explore themes of idealism, city living and growing up with a dash of consumer guilt.

Matthew the Horse is an illustrator, graphic artist, poet, educator and idiot whose client list includes The Guardian, The New York Times and The Economist. He has exhibited his artwork internationally, including Somerset House London, Northern Design Festival and Nobrow Books.

Matthew works with calligraphic pens, water colours, a computer and his hands. His image making is dictated by confident line work that aims to be both graphic and naive. Matthew intends for his work to be playful, jolly and uninhibited, whilst still referencing the complexities of the human condition.

www.matthewthehorse.co.uk

Gallery II on the University Campus will be showing films by anand Patwardhan early June.

Rarely viewed in Britain, the films of Anand Patwardhan represent one of the most impor-tant achievements in documentary cinema. A retrospective, held at Tate Modern, London, July 2013, devoted long overdue attention to a giant of cinema whose films inaugurated the independent documentary movement in India in the mid-1970s. Gallery II is pleased to present a selection of these works in early June.

Patwardhan’s films focus upon the wounded democratic policy of contemporary India, continually returning to the painful entanglements of nationality, warfare, religion, impoverishment, community, gender, caste and class. His profound commitment to radical change offers an experience like few others in contemporary cinema.

P r o m o t e r s a n d o r G a n I s a t I o n s

art In Unusual spaceswww.artinunusualspaces.com

‘Art in Unusual spaces is an organisation active since 2009 based in Bradford and Leeds that programmes the use of public, underused and temporarily dormant spaces by artists. AIUS believes that art and culture are sites for experimentation with new ways of thinking about, and experiencing, the world and act as a first stage in helping people engage and make positive transfor-mation to their lives and surroundings.’

Black dogs www.black-dogs.org

‘Black Dogs is a DIY (self-organised and not-for-profit) art collective whose activity spans exhibitions, events, publica-tions, educational projects, public interven-tions and the production of records.’

mahowww.mahobradford.blogspot.co.uk

‘A dance company born out of the art farmers, a collaborative arts collective. We love Bradford.’

no Handsfind them on facebook

‘No Hands is Bradford’s Free Alternative Party with DJs and Live Bands from the International DIY Underground. We occasionally create a free zine filled with lovely local culture and art. Currently residing at the wonderful New Bradford Playhouse in Little Germany on the Last Friday of Every Month.

We do this for Love Not Money.’

Bare Plumewww.bareplume.com

Club night collective offering vegan food, cocktails, eclectic DJing and live bands ‘expanding minds and indulging the senses on a shoestring.’

Bosh!www.facebook.com/boshevents

‘BOSH! is a DJ collective based in Bradford. We also run BOSH! and Bradford Sound-clash club nights at legendary underground venue The Mill.’

m@BU (music at Bradford University)www.brad.ac.uk/music

‘The M@BU programme aims to bring in-novative, experimental, challenging, critical and diverse approaches in music to Bradford and celebrate the richness and diversity of home-grown, grassroots and self-organised music in the area. This includes city-wide festivals, one-off events and collaborations, commissions, research projects, seminars and conferences, workshops, radio broad-casts and publications.’

northern lineswww.northernlines.org.uk

‘Northern Lines is a participatory theatre and arts project. We work collaboratively with our local communities; discovering unknown possibilities, unleashing unknown talents.’

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‘Bradford University Music Society is a member-led society that exists to create and share opportunities for music makers and music lovers in the University and make connections with the region’s music com-munities.’

Howdo?!www.howdomagazine.co.uk

‘HowDo is a not-for-profit organisation that looks to promote Bradford, communicate cultural happenings, inform, discuss, and celebrate its unique identity.’

losing the threadwww.losingthethread.co.uk

‘Losing The Thread aim to make exciting things happen in the city and surrounding region. Losing The Thread exists in order to support and promote new and emerging tal-ent in the city by reinvesting profits directly back into the cultural life of Bradford.’

sound shack records

‘Sound Shack Records is a Bradford Based Independent Record Label. We specialise in producing CD and Vinyl Recordings of Bands & Artists.’

topic folk clubwww.topic-folk-club.org.uk

‘The Topic is a Bradford-based weekly live music club that provides a stage for per-formers broadly in the area of folk music and song. It was founded in 1956 and is re-ferred to as ‘the oldest folk club in the world’.

Voltagewww.voltagestudios.com

‘Voltage Studios is celebrating its 25th year in business in the UK music recording studio industry. The philosophy behind the company is to offer excellent quality music services in Yorkshire and wider North of England, at realistic and affordable prices.’

oriental artswww.orientalarts.org.uk

‘Established in 1976, Oriental Arts brings people together to celebrate, participate and learn through art deriving from the South Asian sub-continent. Our passion is community art and in 1988 we set up the Bradford Mela, which now attracts an audience of 200,000 people from all kinds of backgrounds.’

Golden cabinetwww.goldencabinet.co.uk

‘Golden Cabinet organise gigs of a leftfield and experimental nature at the Kirkgate Centre in Shipley with a focus on electronic, drone, avant-rock and ambient music.’

JatP Jazzwww.jatpjazz.blogspot.co.uk

‘JATPJazz is a not-for-profit organisation, the aim of which is to promote live jazz and its performers primarily in the Yorkshire and Humber region for the benefit of all.’

this obscene Baby auction www.obscenebabyauction.co.uk

‘OBA is a DIY music collective and record label formed in Leeds in 2001 and now based in Bradford’

trainer troublefacebook.com/trainertrouble.bradford

‘Funk, soul, hip hop, bass, reggae and more are on the menu courtesy of resident DJ’s Tony Safari, Meccano and guests (plus breakdancers) regularly at The New Brad-ford Playhouse.’

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art In UnUsUal sPacesat Oastler Shopping Centre, John Street, Bradford. BD1 3SR. 11am – 4pm. FREEThurs 15/05. 11am - 4pm Jean McEwanInstallation Fri 16/05 Rachel Maclean, James N Hutchinson, Lousie Adkins - VideosSat 17/05 Maho and Jung WitchesInstallation with performances at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30Thurs 22/05 Northern LinesExhibition of photographs with live performances at: 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30

frIdaY 23rd maY

art In UnUsUal sPaces at Oastler Shopping Centre, John Street, Bradford. BD1 3SR. 11am – 4pm. FREE11am – 4pm Cherry Kino and PolymitasSuper 8 and 16mm films with live accompaniment

soUnd sHacK recordsat The Black Swan, 148 Thornton Road. BD1 2JH. 8pm - 11pm. FREE20:00 The Recurring Nightmarepop punk from Lincolnshire20:45 Casual Agenda - West Midlands indie.21:30 Negative Pandaalternative rock from Cleckheaton.22:15 Sentimentalistsgallows humour easy listening.+ Inspirational Sound DJs.

no Handsat The New Bradford Playhouse, 4 - 12 Chapel St, Little Germany. BD1 5DL. 8pm - 1am. FREE20:30 GurglesPsychedelic pop from Bradford.21:15 KoalaAngular afrobeat indie from Bradford.22:00 CantaloupeNottingham synth-driven krautdisco.22:45 GalaxiansNew York Boogie via Leeds DIY scene.23:30 DJ Scotch BonnetBass heavy electro from Berlin’s DJ Scotch Egg+ No Hands DJs.

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art In UnUsUal sPacesat Oastler Shopping Centre, John Street, Bradford. BD1 3SR. 11am – 4pm. FREEBlack Dogs Exhibition Performances & workshops at 2.30pm: with James N Hutchinson (Glasgow), Eva Rowson and The Bongoleeroes

lIVe at al’sat Al’s Dime Bar, 10 North Parade. BD1 3HT. 2pm – Late. FREE 14:00 Rory Holl 15:00 Liz and Jade - singer songwriter duo16:00 Dave McKinley - solo singer songwriter17:00 Girl Sweat - solo unhinged garage rock18:00 Do Miss America - Bradfordian Americana22:00 Check Hook23:00 The Touch - reformed psychedelic pop trio

m@BU matIneeat Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, 29 Great Hor-ton Road. BD7 1AA. 3pm – 7pm. FREE15:15 The Witch Hunt - Dark indie from Leeds16:00 Two WingsGlaswegian Americana meets British folk17:00 ChicaloyohFrench solo atmospherics and electronics 18:00 NadjaAmbient doomy heaviness from Canada via Berlin

JaZZ atPat Glyde House, Glydegate. BD5 0BQ. 7pm - 9pm. FREE19:30 Matthew Bourne - World renowned piano and synth jazz maverick from Riddlesden

VoltaGe Presentsat The Tavern In The Town, 5-9 Barry Street, Brad-ford. BD1 2AL. 8pm – Late. FREE20:15 Dawn of Elysium - Bradfordian goth rock.20:30 Marry Another - Mancunian folk quintet.21:15 Ironrat - Pantera style riffing from Bradford.22:00 Idiot BoxBradford’s legendary power pop trio.

BlacK doGs 10tH BIrtHdaY PartYat The New Bradford Playhouse, 4 - 12 Chapel St, Little Germany. BD1 5DL. 8pm - 1am. FREE20:30 PolymitasBerlin/Bradford music and film collaboration21:30 RattleDual drums and vocals from Nottingham22:15 Snack Family - London-based filthy blues23:00 NisennenmondaiJapanese instrumental post punk disco trio+ Black Dogs exhibition, performancesand interventions

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fUse and Golden caBInet Presentat Fuse Art Space, 5-7 Rawson Place. BD1 3QQ 1pm – Late. FREE13:00 Fuse DJs14:00 Robert MillisAmerican sound artist and guitarist (Films)15:00 Dean McPheeBingley-based ambient solo guitar16:00 Philip JeckExperimental composer and artist (Q&A)17:00 Lee PattersonManchester-based sound artist18:00 Female BandLondon experimental electronic songs19:30 Philip Jeck20:30 Robert Millis21:30 MarreckMinimal techno and psychedelic noise22:15 Basic HouseAbstract techno from Middlesbrough23:00 Fuse DJs

toPIc folK clUBat The Sparrow, 32 North Parade. BD1 3JL. 3pm – 6pm. FREE15:00 Micky DeySolo project from Alt Track man15:45 Michael Thomas ChaterBlues folk from Bradford16:30 Matthew The HorseLeeds-based artist and poet17:15 Gerrard Bell-Fife - Bradford alternative folk

losInG tHe tHread Presentat 1in12 Club, Albion Street. BD1 2LY. 5pm – 11pm. FREE17:30 Monty Casino - Return of Bradford’s Agit post-punk Upstarts18:20 AllusondrugsCastleford alternative rockings19:15 Cut Yourself in HalfBradford heavy grooving quartet20:00 Alt Track - Punk / Hip-Hop / Drum and Bass Duo from Bradford21:00 CleftInstrumental noise-rock duo from Manchester22:00 Black Moth - Leeds Sabbath-soaked garage on New Heavy Sounds

traIner troUBle Vs BosH! closInG PartYat The New Bradford Playhouse, 4 - 12 Chapel St, Little Germany. BD1 5DL. 8pm - 2am. FREE21:00 Tough Crowd- Live Hip Hop from Freyed Knot members22:00 Crinkle Cuts - Bristol 8-piece Ska party+ DJs, Breakdancing and more.

Line-ups, running order and stage times subject to change. Check website for up to date info.www.BradfordtHreadfest.com

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