Open Studio and Christmas Film Night

  • Wed 10 December 2014
  • 6 – 9 pm

Join us for a festive evening of food and film at the Maltings Studio on Bruton High Street. As part of Bruton’s Christmas Shopping Night, Hauser & Wirth Somerset welcomes visitors to its artists residency studio in the centre of town. Come and explore the studios, and learn more about the work of artists Pipilotti Rist and Björn and Oddur Roth, who have recently been in residence at the Maltings. Guests are welcome anytime between 6 and 9 pm – we’ll be serving delicious soup, hot dogs, mulled wine and warm spiced apple juice from Roth Bar & Grill. The following films will be screened throughout the evening: The Colour of Your Socks: A Year with Pipilotti Rist Dieter Roth, Bjorn Roth, 2013, ‘Dieter Roth. Björn Roth’ is a documentary that was made to celebrate the inaugural exhibition of Hauser & Wirth’s downtown space in New York (2013). The film by Bjarni Grímsson, a friend and collaborator of Björn Roth, includes interviews and documents the development of the exhibition. Written and directed by Michael Hegglin, The Colour of Your Socks: A Year with Pipilotti Rist is a documentary that follows Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist around the world, from her studio in Zurich to the Museum of Modern Art in New York! For the first time, she lets a documentary filmmaker into her world, providing insight into her creative process, the development of projects and the collaboration with her team.

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