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Pursuit of Beauty Episodes

  1.

    The Spider Orchestra

    The art of TomΓ΅s Saraceno who makes sculptures and music with spiders and their webs

  2. In Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom

    Cheryl Strayed, Ocean Vuong and Sharon Olds spend some time in Emily Dickinson's bedroom

  3. Dead Rats and Meat Cleavers

    Turning base metal into musical gold - swordsmiths and Dead Rats!

  4. In Stitches

    Amber Butchart talks to embroidery artists about their complex, political, dynamic artwork

  5. Hurricane Bells

    Bells made by artist Peter Shenai from Hurricane Katrina data are rung in New Orleans.

  6. Art Beneath the Waves

    Underwater artists who paint, sculpt and dance beneath the sea.

  7. Drawing on Water

    Louise Morris explores the growing interest in ephemeral art - witnessed but not kept.

  8. Virginia Woolf: Impossible Music

    In search of the musicality and sonic landscape of Virginia Woolf's world.

  9. Alison Turnbull and Butterflies in Colombia

    Colombian-born artist Alison Turnbull explores butterflies in the Pacific rainforest.

  10. Balloon with a View

    Two poets and a composer take to the skies over Bristol in a balloon full of hot air.

  11. Echo in a Bottle

    Composer Sarah Angliss explores our deep-seated fascination with the echo.

  12. Slow Art

    Illuminated snails dancing, sculpted volcanoes and music playing for 1,000 years.

  13. Dancing the Poem

    Creating dance to poems inspires two choreographers in very different ways.