Super Cool Drawing Machine

The musicians' art show

Venue:

Bristol Beacon Foyer
Times:

10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00
Dates:

Thu 20 - Sun 23 May 2021
Price:

£6.54 incl. booking fee

Rising from the ashes of the covid-19 crisis, Super Cool Drawing Machine is a celebration of the visual art created by a host of internationally acclaimed, touring musicians.

Featuring renowned musicians from a wide spectrum of genres, Super Cool Drawing Machine features the work of trailblazing saxophonist and figure head of the UK Jazz scene Shabaka Hutchings, Mercury nominated Welsh singer/producer Cate Le Bon, experimental folk musician Richard Dawson, Turner Exhibiting African American experimentalist Lonnie Holley, celebrated drummer/composer Seb Rochford as well as members of This is The Kit, Mammal Hands, Haiku Salut, Snapped Ankles and many more.

The exhibit, which will be open for four consecutive days in our foyer, will showcase paintings, photography, drawings, ceramics, digital instillations, recycled arts, sculpture and furniture.

This event has been rescheduled

The event will now take place between 20th-23rd May 2021. All existing tickets for the event originally taking place between 14th-17th Jan 2021 remain valid for the new date.

For more information, please visit our Coronavirus FAQs page.

Coronavirus safety measures

For audience safety and to conform with Government guidelines we will be operating with some additional safety measures.

Exhibition viewings will be restricted to 30 people
A viewing slot must be reserved and will last for 45 mins
Audience members will be required to wear a face covering
Audience members will follow a designated route through the exhibition maintaining a safe 2m social distance from other attendees
Track & trace details will be recorded
Temperature testing upon arrival

Featured Artists

BEX BURCH (VULA VIEL)

BRYONY JARMAN-PINTO

CATE LE BON

H.HAWKLINE

TIM PRESLEY

CLOUDSHOES

DAISUKE TANABE

ED DOWIE

FRÀNÇOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS

HAIKU SALUT

HOLYSSEUS FLY

ICHI

JEFFREY LEWIS

LEAFCUTTER JOHN

LONNIE HOLLEY

MAMMAL HANDS

ORLANDO WEEKS

PETER BRODERICK

POPPY ACKROYD

RACHAEL DADD

RICHARD DAWSON

RHODRI DAVIES

ROZI PLAIN

SEB ROCHFORD

SHABAKA HUTCHINGS

SNAPPED ANKLES

TARA CLERKIN

THIS IS THE KIT

YAMA WARASHI

YUMI AND THE WEATHER

Listen to the SCDM playlist

Get in the mood for the exhibition by listening to a playlist curated by SCDM’s contributors.

Be part of it!

Tweet your photos and reviews of this show and they'll show up on this page and our Digital Archive. Just use the hashtags:: #bristolbeacon and #show275865

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Established in 2015 by sam tucker, Yuppies Music is a booking agency and tour management company for independent artists in the realms of experimental and forward thinking popular music, alternative pop music with an emphasis towards jazz and electronica. The roster includes artists from the UK, Europe, USA, Africa and Japan, in territories across the globe, from Hong Kong to Canada, Iceland to Romania. Successful headline shows in New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Vancouver, Reykjavik, Amsterdam and many more.

Working closely in artist development with labels such as Awesome Tapes From Africa, Memphis Industries, Erased Tapes, Gondwana Records, Jazzy Sport, JVC and Tru Thoughts. with regular support from Gilles Peterson and the team at Worldwide FM, Jamie Cullum, BBC6music and Bandcamp. Yuppies Music has collaborated with brand such as OCB and Bowers and Wilkins.

Regular promotion partners include Soundcrash Music, sam lee’s Nest Collective, BamBamBam, Tango Presents NYC, Menice Paris, True Soliders Amsterdam, Synergy Concerts and the Canadian Jazz Alliance to name a handful.