For the new commission as part of British Art Show 6 ,  Toby Paterson expanded upon his series of works After the Rain with a new wall painting made within the A Bond Building.

Huw Locke’s commission for the Spike in the City strand of the British Art Show is part of an ongoing series of his Impossible Proposals.  His photographic images of statues erected over the years in Bristol to commemorate the great and the good are treated and worked over in his own particular way

Chris Evans’ interest in the police, their function and the relationships they have to the various hierarchies in the legal process provides perspective on the workings of a city rarely revealed

Alongside the poster project commissioned as part of British Art Show 6, Spike Island also premiered a new collaborative film from the artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer.  Flash in the Metropolitan is a short experimental film, shot and exhibited on 16mm

Supporting new critical and creative writing is a high priority for Spike Island. The Journal was devised in 2004 by artists who were part of a research group at Spike Island - the Interpretation Group. A different editor is invited for each edition. July 2006 saw the launch of Journal 2 and 3.