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From serial killers to pop art heroes...a local radio broadcaster has shared the eclectic playlist of cultural events she'll be tuning into in 2020.
Carrie Cooper has worked in radio for nearly 20 years and says she loves the medium as a "a means of bringing people closer together, no scale too large or small."
This year she put her love for story-telling to use in a documentary about Jersey musician Giles Robson.
With the support of an ArtHouse Jersey Seed Finding Grant and the BBC, Carrie travelled to the States as she set out to make ‘Journey to the Heart of the Blues' following Giles to the American Blues Foundation where he was nominated for two Blues Foundation Awards.
Carrie is currently working on the follow-up to her 'Journey to the Heart of...' series, and will be looking to bring yet another evocative music genre to life.
In the meantime, she has compiled a list of her 'Culture Bites' for Express...
Pictured: Criminal Minds at Jersey Opera House on 24 January.
Kicking off with something nice and light, then…
This talk hosted by Jennifer Rees at the Jersey Opera House on 24 January at 20:00 is described as an academic talk which draws on brain scans, medical records, journal papers, stats and case studies to provide a deeper understanding of the serial killer.
The evening also addresses our own thoughts and fantasies about homicide, asks ‘what makes women fall in love with known serial killers?’ and looks at what exactly is behind the ‘shares psychosis’?
It will also help answer the question I’m sure many of us have asked ourselves during the midst of a particularly macabre Netflix binge – why are we so obsessed with the phenomenon of the serial killer?
Pictured: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess at Jersey Opera House on 2 February at 18:00.
I’ve been a huge fan of opera and NT screenings since they first landed at the Opera House over a decade ago. When it comes to consuming opera, the camera work for a screening allows you to witness facial expressions and physical detail you might not ordinarily see live.
The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess is a new co-production with English National Opera and Dutch National Opera was hailed as a triumph at its premiere in London earlier this year.
Featuring the much-loved arias “Summertime” and “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin”, director James Robinson’s stylish production transports audiences to Catfish Row, a setting vibrant with the music, dancing, emotion, and heartbreak of its inhabitants.
The production is just three hours long, which in operatic terms is pretty short and for me just about the right length of time to stay seated in the theatre…
At Jersey Opera House on 2 February at 18:00.
Pictured: Carrie will be working on a civic art project for Liberation Day.
9 May 2020 will mark 75 years since Jersey was liberated from the Occupation. The date feels particularly poignant this year given it may be the last significant anniversary where we can really celebrate and truly understand the stories of the folk who experienced that troubled time in our fair island first hand.
Although Liberation Day itself is always a chance for good fun, a good dance and good vintage hair, this time around I would expect a lot of extra special emphasis on these celebrations, thanks to a number of arts & media organisations as well as the States of Jersey.
I myself, will be working on a project with ArtHouse Jersey that will prove to be one of the biggest, most impressive and inclusive civic art projects the island has seen to date. Look out for the announcement at the beginning of 2020.
Pictured: ‘Best of British' will include works by Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and more.
Jersey has been wildly privileged to be able to experience world-class contemporary art over the last couple of years, in no small part thanks to Public & Private Gallery, among others of course.
A little birdy tells me we can expect a behemoth of a show set the middle of the summer entitled ‘Best of British’, which will include works by Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Henry Moore, Barbra Hepworth, Bridget Riley, Anish Kapoor, Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry.
We’re to expect an exceptional museum quality show of international importance and I’m told there are ambitious plans to redesign the interior of the gallery spaces so as to provide a summer garden party theme compete with indoor cricket pitch.
At Private & Public Gallery (Sommerville House) this summer.
Pictured: Paintings, drawings and prints from Wilhelmina Barnes-Graham, Sir Terry Frost and Sandra Blow will grace the walls of CCA Galleries next year.
The CCA Galleries International is known for bringing Internationally esteemed artists to Jersey and making their work more accessible through the sale of limited edition prints, paintings and sculpture and hosting artist performances, discussions and workshops.
For the 2020 finale, they are working on a joint exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints by Wilhelmina Barnes-Graham, Sir Terry Frost and Sandra Blow and have more surprises from the God Father of British Pop Art, Sir Peter Blake. One of the gallery highlights from the end of last year was the arrival in Jersey of the artwork for Blake’s new album cover for The Who, ‘Who’.
With that in mind, we’re being told to watch this space….
This feature was compiled in collaboration with ArtHouse Jersey, which supports local creatives. Learn more about them by clicking here.
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