Brighton – Dreamy Place

Who is Still Dreaming?

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000

‘Who is Still Dreaming,’ exists in a liminal space between raving and resting, where the dancefloor becomes a portal to the subconscious, soundtracked by a woozy fusion of psychedelic tech and affected EDM.

For one night only, Fabrica Gallery transforms into a fleeting dream, with beats that pulse and thrum like the heart of the night and melodies that meander like a wisp of dreamy fog, you’ll find yourself in a realm of pure ethereality. Shadows morph and dance with you, salt lamps cast an incandescent spell, and UV light reveals the secrets of this liminal space.

Who Is Still Dreaming? Is brought to you by local arts producer, creative community organiser and artist Tarik Elmoutawakil, (Marlborough Productions/ Brownton Abbey/ Radical Rhizomes). Co-produced by installation artist Thomas Buckley.

Who is Still Dreaming? is part of the wider programme of Dreamy Place Launch Programme delivered by Lighthouse.

Telling Tales, Talking Trails: Digital Storytelling at Preston Manor

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:15:00 +0000

New voices, New Stories

Thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund Brighton & Hove Museums have taken the opportunity to shake up our formula with Telling Tales, Talking Trails. In collaboration with volunteers, we developed a set of digital experiments aimed at introducing new ways of storytelling.

A Preston Manor audio guide was introduced in 2022. This is a spoken WebApp tour with transcribed text and images created by volunteers, this is accessed through a browser on your mobile device as you walk around the building or can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home.

This was followed by One Minute Wonders in 2023. This combined the power of digital storytelling with an exhibition of animal and plant-related prints and drawings from our collection.

The third and final phase of our project, Telling Tales, Talking Trails is now underway. It will once again include the contribution of volunteers to create new digital stories for Brighton Museum & Art Gallery and develop more inclusive ways of storytelling.

We would like to share with you our methods and findings on Thursday 19 October at Preston Manor at our museum digital storytelling seminar. Doors will open at 10am and the day will be broken into two sessions with guest speakers in the morning, followed by lunch, and then in the afternoon, an opportunity to explore Preston Manor and experience our WebApp tour for yourself.

This is a free ticketed event with a limited number of places available. You can book your place on the Telling Tales, Talking Trails: Digital Storytelling seminar via the booking link here

Operators & Conductors

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Friday 20th October UPDATE: In solidarity with the International Musician’s Strike and the UN’s call for a ‘Humanitarian Pause’ to deliver aid to Gaza, the exhibition will not be open today.

Gallery Lock In has been transformed into an audio-visual portal. Artist/Conductor Moss will be transmitting from a beach town in India, flipping switches, crafting streams and connecting sounds in a live, durational and interactive act that explores transmission, information, latency, chaos, internet blockages, borders.

Visitors are invited to connect, collaborate or just hang out in the sonic field. With an international crew of invited artists, the exhibition will change and develop everyday so multiple visits are advised.

Launch event: Wednesday 18th October, 7pm – 10pm
Exhibition runs: Thursday 19th October, 2pm – 9pm / Friday 20th October, 2pm – 9pm / Saturday 21st October, 2pm – 9pm / Sunday 22nd October, 2pm – 9pm

Free entry, no booking required. Gallery information here

There will be livestreams throughout the duration of the exhibition.

You are invited to the Telegram channel Operator and Conductors where you can engage with the work. Please scan the QR code to access:

About the artist

Moss is a multi-disciplinary artist interested in sense perception, time, networked systems, insect perception, tree intelligence and experiences of beings that are not human.

Moss’ (they/them) practice spans sound, film, browser-based art and bio art. They are part of a community of engineers and technologists, that are invested in exploring alternate methods of knowledge production. Their video and installation work has been shown in multiple exhibitions in Milan, Toronto, Dresden, Brighton, Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Himachal and Goa.

They are a part of Cynk Collective, a noise band producing immersive audio-visual concerts. In addition, they are the artistic director at Walkin Studios, an independent multidisciplinary art studio and project space in Bangalore, India and have co-founded the collective NOTAAT with artist Puneet Jain.

Moss previously worked under the name Sultana Zana (and featured in Anti Frieze 2 Octobers ago)

Special guests to be announced soon!

Only a Few Find the Way

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:15:00 +0000

Especially for Dreamy Place you’re invited to explore the Victorian Cab Road tunnel that runs beneath Brighton Railway Station.

Usually off limits to the public, the secret 80-metre tunnel will be transformed into an immersive installation of sound, video and light.

For three days only the tunnel will be transformed into a luminescent landscape with sounds by Chinese artist GUAN as part of a collaborative installation co-created and produced by artist Thomas Buckley.

Special thanks to British Council and Arts Council England for their support in making this project happen.

WARNING: Strobing lights (not safe for people with epilepsy or light sensitivity) and uneven floors (please be careful when walking in the tunnel as it is also dark) – please be aware before entering the space.

Motion Cap Workshop

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:35:00 +0000

Alex Counsell (Technical Director) and Sam Birmingham (Studio Manager) for the Centre of Creative and Immersive eXtended Reality (CCIXR) at University of Portsmouth share their knowledge of motion capture.

As experts in immersive technologies, Alex and Sam – with the help of performer Callum Bowman – will present how this technology can be used in contexts like theatre and the arts – and the Centre’s role in supporting ambitious projects nationally.

The talk will be a great introduction to emerging multidisciplinary creatives who are excited by the potential of immersive technologies and game engines for use in their practice.

For further information about the Centre of Creative and Immersive eXtended Reality (CCIXR) please click here

The workshop takes place in Brighton’s Plus X Innovation.

This will be a free event. Please book your free place to guarantee attendance here

Oska Bright Film Festival x Dreamy Place Outdoor Film Trail

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:45:00 +0000

Dreamy Place presents films by Oska Bright Film Festival, the world’s biggest film festival showcasing films made by, or featuring, learning disabled people and autistic people from around the globe.

Join us on an outdoor film trail on the streets of Brighton, with films projected onto buildings and walls, as part of a cinematic tour. Five short films will be screened at different locations, with audiences joining on a walk following the film trail.

Access: the trail will cover approximately 1km, all wheelchair accessible. The pace is fairly leisurely.

The event is free to attend and you can just turn up. Meet outside Zizzi restaurant on Prince Albert St, Brighton at 7pm to begin the trail, look out for the yellow hi-vis vests!

Book free tickets to reserve a place by clicking here

Along These Lines

harley — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:00:08 +0000

Quiet Down There and sound artist Anna Edmonds invite you to experience their heritage soundwalk project Along These Lines.

Along These Lines is an immersive soundwalk that explores Brighton’s laundry heritage. Laundry is a distinctly aural and sensory experience – we often hear people talk of the sounds, smells and feels that come with a trip to the laundrette, and many local people remember someone in their family working in laundry services.

We know laundries have been a site for organising, meeting, and connecting for over 200 years, often becoming hotbeds of activism for women’s suffrage and solidarity, but so far these incredible stories have not had the recognition they deserve.

In this session, listeners will visit a selection of locations in and around The Level, Roundhill and Elm Grove areas to hear stories of local laundry history and how important these working women were to Brighton.

Please bring your own mobile phone and headphones for personal listening, headphones and splitters will be available for anyone wishing to share their listening with a friend.

Tickets are free, please book here

Telling Tales, Talking Trails: Digital Storytelling at Preston Manor Open Morning

harley — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In collaboration with Dreamy Place – and in addition to Telling Tales, Talking Trails: Digital Storytelling seminar day on Thursday 19 October – Preston Manor will be open to the public on Saturday 21 October for general visitors between 9.30am and 12pm midday.

Visitors will get the opportunity to use a new a new audio guide for Preston Manor that Brighton & Hove Museums have introduced. In collaboration with volunteers, Brighton & Hove Museums developed this spoken WebApp tour with transcribed text and images. It is accessed through the browser on your mobile device as you walk around the building, or it can be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home.

Tickets for this are free but limited so please book in advance here

Digital Dance Café

harley — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The event is an opportunity to grow your community and meet other like-minded artists in the city. Hosted by South East Dance but led by you, Dance Cafés are a space to share experiences, exchange ideas, collaborate and feel supported by others. They are also an opportunity to meet the team at South East Dance who will be available as soundboards or just for a natter!

The Dance Cafés will be held in the Village Green at The Dance Space. Reserve your place for free now. Did we mention there will be tea and biscuits?

Book your free ticket here

CHARCO

harley — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Dive into the captivating world of CHARCO – a unique performance installation set in a dystopian future in which all plant and animal life on earth has died away. In this speculative scenario, CHARCO (meaning ‘puddle’ in Spanish) invites us to imagine ‘cyborg landscapes’, expansive spaces in which the moving body seeks out new relationships between infrastructure, nature, and society. Audiences will encounter a group of humans exploring ways of being alive together in a piece that interrogates our connection to the non-human world.

The performance installation combines choreographic scores performed by a group of dancers, interactive technology, and a sonic landscape that includes text and poems.

CHARCO, a world premiere for The Dance Space, is an episode of a larger research and multidisciplinary artistic project, The Machine of Horizontal Dreams (2023-25) by Pepa Ubera, that examines, questions and re-imagines ideas of progress.

The development of the project is supported by Arts Council England.

About Pepa Ubera

Ubera is an artist and a dancer based in London. Her choreographic work challenges social structures, questioning how the body behaves in the current context. In her interdisciplinary practice she has been exploring other medias working with video, light, text, creating site specific and curating performance events.

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