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FORGE by Rachel Mars


  • Unit 15 Sussex Street Bristol, England, BS2 0RA United Kingdom (map)

In 2014 the 100kg iron 'welcome' gate was stolen from Dachau concentration camp. A local blacksmith forged a replica. It was exactly like the original. Almost.

Over three days artist Rachel Mars invites you to bear witness as she welds together another copy of the gate accompanied by Bristol-based sound artist Dinah Mullen who creates a live sound-scape in conversation with the action.

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This impactful performance installation asks questions about memorials and provides a space to think about who is controlling narratives of past atrocities. An act of repetition and repair, FORGE asks what it is to preserve a site of collective trauma.

Tickets are priced on a Pay What You Can basis, with a minimum price of £1 and a recommended price of £12.

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