Events and Talks at Fabrica ** May-Jun 2015 ** Fabrica, Brighton
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A Murmuration
2 – 24 May, Wednesday – Friday, 12 noon – 7pm, Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 6pm
ONCA Gallery, 14 St George’s Place, Brighton
A collaborative art project by artists Sarah Wood and Lucy Harris that responds to the Brighton Festival 2015 theme of migration by asking what freedom of movement and thought really means. In collaboration with writers Helen Macdonald and Olivia Laing. A Murmuration combines film, text, images and cross-artform dialogue to rethink how we frame the natural world, how we understand patterns and just how free is the modern gaze.
A Murmuration is part of Brighton Festival 2015.
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Film Monthly – May
Thursday 14 May. Doors open 7.30pm, the screening begins promptly at 8pm
Boy Eating the Bird’s Food (2013, subtitled, 80 mins)
This film follows a 23 year old man caught up in the current economic troubles in Athens, in the throes of poverty and starvation. Unable to find employment despite a significant singing talent, he shares the birdseed of his caged pet canary and carries his few remaining coins in a plastic Kinder egg capsule.
‘Papadopoulos gives a sensational and intimate performance. Together with Lygizos’s voyeuristic camera, it places alienation, hunger and psychosis at the heart of a universal story about unemployment. Its washed-out colours and soft focus on the antihero’s psychological straits make this low-budget picture a striking and often alarming highlight. – Georgia Korossi, BFI
Before the screening, we will have a taster of the Dawn Chorus films on show for the audience to enjoy.
£3 plus booking fee, (free for 60+, students, unemployed) – please be prepared to show proof of age/status. Pay bar.
For more details and to book click here or call 01273 778646 for more assistance
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Sing Like a Bird with Marcus Coates
Friday 15 May, 7pm
This special event offers a deep insight into the techniques behind Dawn Chorus and the musicality of birds.
Marcus Coates will talk through how the work was made and discuss both the making and the musicality of birdsong with David Rosenberg (above) who appears in Dawn Chorus singing the song thrush. This will be followed by a unique performance: a chorus of six singers Marcus has trained to perform the slowed down birdsong of local and migratory birds.
In partnership with Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere.
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Late night exhibition opening of Dawn Chorus
Friday 15 May, 8 – 10.30pm
Enjoy Dawn Chorus late into the evening.
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Animals – New London Chamber Choir, conductor Matthew Hamilton
Friday 15 May, 9pm
All Saints Church, Hove. Tickets: £16
An a cappella menagerie is let loose by one of the country’s leading contemporary ensembles in this joyously original programme of choral singing. From Janequin’s 15th-century bird calls to Giles Swayne’s multi-language setting of William Blake’s most famous poem; from howls and yelps to whistles and footstamping, and from elephants to mice, the New London Chamber Choir uses the gems of animal-inspired choral works to bring a zoo-ful of animals riotously to life. Judith Bingham’s Unpredictable but Providential celebrates the spring arrival of migratory birds, while Madrigals from the Natural World by the Danish composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen take their inspiration from elephants, egrets and bat’s sonar. No less dramatic (and often no more polite), madrigals from an earlier generation demonstrate that composers and singers have long felt the need to release their inner beasts.
Tickets: £16 – book via the Brighton Festival website.
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Sussex Wildlife Trust – Mole Valley Bird Race with Gatwick Greenspace Partnership
Saturday 16 May, all day finishing at 8pm
Organised by Viewpoint Optics, teams of birders and those interested in birds, will try to record as many species of bird as they can within the Mole Valley area in one day. If you think you’ve got what it takes to assemble a race-winning team or would simply like to register a team for the fun of it then visit the Sussex Wildlife Trust website for more information.
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Going to See Culture Together
Tuesday 19 May, 7-9pm.
This event is now FULLY BOOKED. Please contact Fabrica to be added to the waiting list.
A monthly event that brings people together to discover new places, people and art in the city. Led by arts facilitator Jonathan Quarterman. For May’s Brighton Festival, the group will voyage ‘into a dreamlike world of flight and fantasy’ in a fusion of circus, theatre and dance!
The Forgotten: With extraordinary physical prowess, the company of six performers flies, glides and dives against an impressive yet stark theatrical landscape. Cleverly fabricating illusions from everyday materials, they bring inanimate objects to life and conjure scenery from thin air to create a parallel world of startling beauty.
Free entry but donations are welcomed.
Booking essential. For more info and to book please click here or call 01273 778646 for more assistance.
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Second Sight
Thursday 21 May, 10.15am – 11.45am
Second Sight is a unique, sensory-based workshop that encourages us to experience Fabrica’s exhibitions in new and creative ways. Led by facilitator Hattie Lockhart-Smith, the session begins with an audio-described tour of the show, allowing participants to consider the relationship between the exhibition and gallery space in greater depth. This is usually followed by a hands-on activity and a discussion to investigate the physical experience and thematics of the artwork.
For this session the group will be considering birdsong and the human voice, as well as our relationship to wild and urban environments. Second Sight is particularly suited to the visually impaired, as well as those who wish to experience art through more than just the eye.
Free refreshments, comfortable chairs and easy access for people with reduced mobility ensures this a warm and welcoming event for all.
Booking essential. For more info and to book please click here or call 01273 778646 for more assistance.
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Butterflies, Moths and Bugs
Saturday 23 May, 2 – 4pm
Booth Museum, Dyke Road, Brighton.
A chance to find out about moths and other flying insects, and make your own colourful creature. Visit the RSPB website for more information.Find out about the Booth Museum.
Cost: £2 for materials.
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Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, introduced by Ali Smith
Sunday 24 May, 8pm
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange.
For as long as we humans can remember, we’ve been looking up. What is this fascination we have with birds? Exploring their influence on human existence throughout history and highlighting urgent conservation issues, is bird enthusiast Margaret Atwood, author of more than forty books, including The Handmaid’s Tale, The Blind Assassin (winner of the 2000 Booker Prize) and the MaddAddam trilogy. She is joined in conversation by her partner Graeme Gibson, author of The Bedside Book of Birds and Joint President (with Margaret) of BirdLife International’s Rare Bird Club.Tickets: £10 – book via the Festival website. NB: This event is sold out but returns may be available.
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Going to See Culture Together – June
Monday 8 June, 2-4pm
Join facilitator Jonathan Quarterman for a look around the 2015 Graduate Exhibition, ‘Made It’ at Brighton University Gallery.
Free to join, donations welcome.
Spaces are limited so please book in advance here or call 01273 778646 for more assistance
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Film Monthly – June
Thursday 11 June. Doors open 6pm, event begins promptly at 6.30pm
Selected 5
Selected 5 is a new curated programme of artists’ film and video touring throughout May-July 2015 to some of the UK’s leading venues for showcasing artists’ film. Drawn from nominations put forward by the artists shortlisted for the 2014 Film London Jarman Award, Selected 5 brings together some of the most outstanding work from early career moving image artists working in the UK.Shortlisted artists for the 2014 Film London Jarman Award – John Akomfrah, Sebastian Buerkner, Laura Buckley, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Steven Claydon, Redmond Entwistle, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Ursula Mayer, Rachel Reupke and Stephen Sutcliffe – nominated up-and-coming filmmaking talent. Key works were selected to form a touring programme that represents a cross section of early career moving image practice in the UK today. Artists in the programme include: Lucy Beech, Nicholas Brooks, Niels Bugge, Lucy Clout, Kate Cooper, Anita Delaney, Thomas Lock, Richard Sides and Min-Wei Ting. Artists will be present at the screenings to introduce their work and be in conversation with audiences.
Selected has been produced in partnership with videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN).
£3 plus booking fee, (free for 60+, students, unemployed) – please be prepared to show proof of age/status. Pay bar.
For more details and to book click here or call 01273 778646 for more assistance
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