Art events at Fabrica ** October 2014 ** Farbica, Brighton
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Drawing for workers: Autumn sessions
Thursday 16 October, 6–8pm
Relaxed drawing at the end of the day facilitated by artist Jane Fordham.
All levels welcome, basic materials will be provided.This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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Night Contact – late opening
Saturday 18 October, late night opening till 10pm
Night Contact are bringing their one night multi media festival to Brighton on Saturday 18 October.
Screening projections across indoor and outdoor spaces Night Contact showcases a range of still and moving works exploring ideas of collaboration, authorship and influence in relation to the photographic image and the screen.
A map outlining a visual trail across the city encourages visitors to view film and photographic works in various spaces across central Brighton.
As part of the activities surrounding this event – Fabrica will be staying open until 10pm.
Between 7-9pm writer-in-residence Naomi Foyle will be in the gallery to chat about science fiction writing, being a poet, the significance of Neptune to astrologists and her role as a tarot reader.
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13 Fathoms
Tuesday 21 October, 7–8.30pm
Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ
£5 / £3
In this performance lecture Simon Faithfull tells 13 tales of things below the surface of the sea: scientific curiosities, myths and legends of the deep and the strange politics of the ocean floor.
NB: This is a Brighton Photo Biennial event. Please visit the Eventbrite page to book.
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From Wreck to REEF
Wednesday 22 October, 7.30pm
The scientific evidence for the benefit of artificial reefs is irrefutable but the reality of creating a reef is controversial and complex. Four speakers, including partners involved in the REEF project, shed light on the process and share their experience of this undertaking.
Gerald Legg, recently retired Keeper of Natural Science at the Booth Museum, Brighton describes what’s happening on the seabed and why artificial reefs are good for marine biodiversity.
Dr Ken Collins, University of Southampton, started studying artificial reefs with the Mary Rose historic warship in the late 1970s. He constructed an artificial reef in Poole Bay in 1989 which has been routinely studied over the past 25years, constructed further artificial reefs in the UK and around the world, led international conferences and given advice to governments on this subject.
Marcus Darler and Sean Webb, directors of not-for-profit organisation Wreck to Reef outline their ambition to create a series of artificial reefs on a 1.5 square km of seabed near Portland, Dorset, what they have already achieved and why artificial reefs are good for diving tourism.
Caroline Smith, an independent producer working closely with Simon Faithfull introduces REEF as an art project that leaves a legacy for the environment and for Portland.
This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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Artist Story: Emma Critchley
Thursday 23 October, 6–7.30pm
Emma Critchley‘s underwater photographs investigate how immersion shifts the senses causing a physical and mental realignment. How the body becomes suspended in a threshold state held within a fragile temporality sustained only by the breath. Emma shows her work and discusses its development.
For more information on Emma’s work visit her website.
This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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Writing the Reef
Saturday 25 October, 2–4pm
A two hour workshop aimed at helping young creative writers to develop strategies of artistic response. Based around Simon Faithfull’s REEF, the workshop will include tricks for overcoming writers’ block, and teaches the importance of the creative world view.
Suitable for all confidence levels and disciplines: bloggers, storytellers, poets and anyone with an enthusiasm for creativity and the written word.
Writing the Reef is run by Tanaka Mhishi, a playwright and performance poet who lives and works in Brighton. His recent credits include contributions to Words Dance and the Delinquent magazines and a short play at London’s Vault Festival.
This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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Second Sight
Monday 27 October, 1.30–3pm
Second Sight is a tour and discussion that explores the exhibition from a multi-sensory perspective, using a combination or selection of touch, taste, smell or sound.
Led by Hattie Lockhart-Smith, Second Sight guarantees good conversation and a chance to get hands on, it is popular with blind and visually impaired participants and is open to all.
Refreshments provided.
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Artist Story: Jan Lemitz
Tuesday 28 October, 6.30–8pm
Time and Place artist in residence Jan Lemitz gives an illustrated talk on his cross channel project Innocent Passages. Responding to the theme of monument, and commemorations of WWI, Jan has researched the photographic history of the Channel region and the aftermath of war. His investigations have led him on a journey from the Channel Tunnel archive to aerial photographs to abandoned airfields in Norwich.
For more information visit the project website.
This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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Film screenings 1 – films selected by Simon Faithfull
Thursday 30 October, doors 6.30pm – film starts 7pm
Going Nowhere 2 (Simon Faithfull) (2011)
The Boat (Buster Keaton) (1921)
0°00 Navigation (Simon Faithfull) (2009)
Simon Faithfull’s videos of two obsessive and absurd journeys shown alongside The Boat, Buster Keaton’s classic silent comedy in which a family boating holiday goes horribly wrong.
This event is free but places are limited and booking is recommended. To book please visit the Eventbrite page, speak to a member of the gallery team or call 01273 778646.
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