Portents, Bristol

“Portents – Art giving voice to Community, Bristol”

I was just coming down Park Street in Bristol when I saw all the tents for the Portents project across College Green.

They really make a stunning sight.

“Portents is an ambitious project bringing the different communities of Bristol together through public art.  It will fill one of Bristol’s most iconic spaces, College Green, with a tent city of over 50 tents – each one printed with a design contributed by a different community from around Bristol.  The result will be a great tent city – emblazoned with images and messages from around Bristol – a visual demonstration of the diversity that gives our city its strength.

Portents is the brainchild of John Easterby, and is being developed in partnership with the Pierian Centre.  They first worked together two years ago, hanging the 4-metre high banners of Tom Stoddart’s powerful photo-journalism at Temple Meads Station.  John spent his childhood years in Bristol, but is now an internationally known editor and teacher of photo-journalism.  Portents grows out of John’s commitment to bringing art to a wider public and making cultural interventions in outdoor spaces.”

Get yourself down the M32 and take a look.