Ads and Art in the City

Ads and Art in the City

Hello, Vocalise Magazine! Here are some bits that we think make an excellent read for your next lunch break. Discussing the dangers of advertising The movement to resist billboards and outdoor advertising has been growing in Bristol. Namely AdBlock Bristol has been...
Save the Bearpit – What can you do?

Save the Bearpit – What can you do?

Last October, without prior discussion of any kind, Bristol City council served legal papers on the Bearpit Improvement Group (BIG) and Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) for removal of all the community structures that they have installed in the Bearpit over the...
D Day For Ursa

D Day For Ursa

The future of Ursa the Bearpit statue will be decided by Bristol City Council on Tuesday January 15 following overwhelming support for the Save Our Bear petition. Bristol City Council issued legal notices to remove the statue along with a community performance space...
Save the Bear – Save the Bearpit – Manifesto

Save the Bear – Save the Bearpit – Manifesto

Last October, without prior discussion of any kind, Bristol City council served legal papers on The Bearpit Improvement Group (BIG) and Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft (PRSC) for removal of all assets (including the bear sculpture, performance space, and community...
Winning Photos for ‘Proper Bristol’ announced

Winning Photos for ‘Proper Bristol’ announced

After a successful public ballot which received almost 1,400 votes on paper and online, PRSC is thrilled to announce the final results of the Proper Bristol Postcard Competition. Winner Big Jeff (by Paul Blakemore) The final results of this public ballot offer an...
Westmoreland House: going, going, gone…

Westmoreland House: going, going, gone…

Westmoreland House, Stokes Croft’s iconic derelict playground, will be gone by Christmas. Even before Burning Candy painted the giant skull and crocodile on its upper stories, the gutted hulk of Westmoreland House was a symbol of the dilapidation of Stokes...
SAVE BEARPIT presents

SAVE BEARPIT presents

This should make you laugh. This film was first on 27th June in Bristol. Save Bearpit made it in defence of civil liberty and general survival in a climate of brutal gentrification, with particular reference to The Bearpit, an historically “outsider” area....

Studio space for hire in BS2

Studio space FOR HIRE at 14 Hillgrove Street, Stokes Croft BS2. Room about 9m2, can be shared by two artists. £220pcm. For enquiries and viewing please get in touch.    
PRSC Radio – Now looking for speech and music contributors

PRSC Radio – Now looking for speech and music contributors

PRSC Radio is now looking for contributors! Never assume anything…! PRSC Radio provides a safe internet radio platform which questions everything and to which everyone can contribute. We aim to do justice to the creative potential of Stokes Croft and the surrounding...
Post for Turbo Island

Post for Turbo Island

If Stokes Croft doesn’t engage with the World Cup, the World Cup comes to Stokes Croft. And this in proper Stokes Croft style. Turbo Island got a delivery, and an unconventional one at that. Who said you need a residence to have mail sent to you? The content of...
Huge digital billboard planned opposite Temple Meads

Huge digital billboard planned opposite Temple Meads

Adblock Bristol is dismayed to report that there’s a new proposal for a HUGE LED digital advertising screen to be mounted on the big City Point building which directly faces the mouth of the Temple Meads Station approach ramp. Object here: 18/01751/A City Point Temple...
10 Years Ago, PRSC and crew…

10 Years Ago, PRSC and crew…

Mina Road tunnel transformed by PRSC and crew Monday 21 April 2008 On Saturday and Sunday 19th/20th April a team of 20 or 30 committed individuals set about their plan to transform the Mina Road tunnel into a real street art gallery. The tunnel, about 70m long with...
The Apothecaire on Stokes Croft

The Apothecaire on Stokes Croft

In March 2018, the Apothecaire on Stokes Croft was installed. Discussing Drugs The area of Stokes Croft is particularly challenged by issues over drugs. Starting from the concept of the ‘Apothecary’, the place where you would get medicinal supplies, the...
AdBlock Bristol – even the existing billboard is illegal

AdBlock Bristol – even the existing billboard is illegal

  By Nicola – AdBlock Bristol Our voices are making a difference – by persuading Bristol City Council to hold a debate on advertising in parks, and saying NO to a new digital billboard. But first… did you know that the amazing residents of St Werburgh’s...