Ashton Gate Primary School
Roger Hiorns

Commissioned by Foreground as part of Bristol City Council’s Primary/Bristol series of artist commissions for Primary schools, Roger Hiorns will be making a series of new works for Ashton Gate Primary School.

In 2015 Ashton Gate Primary School underwent a major expansion with the addition of a new site for its Junior pupils being converted from a nearby former tobacco warehouse.

Working with the school to investigate its history, customs and artifacts, Roger Hiorns’ new artworks will act as a bridge between the schools two separate school sites, highlighting the passage of the children from one site to the other when they move from Early Years schooling at the school’s current site to Junior years at the new site, and again when the pupils leave the school to move on to secondary education.

This project has been commissioned and funded by Bristol City Council as part of the Primary Capital Education Programme. The works will be permanently housed at Ashton Gate Primary School, Bristol.