Duchamp Festival Programme by Scott Turner

DUCHAMP IN HERNE BAY

1913 - 2013

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Festival Programme

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Contents

Introduction 4 Festival Diary 8 Pebble and Dash - the Festival Shop 11 Herne Bay Angling Club - the Festival Club 11

Exhibitions

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Introducing Mr D 13 Duchamp’s Window 15 Exhibitions Schedule 16 I am not dead, I am in Herne Bay 17 Defaceables 20 Cartoons inspired by Duchamp 22 Shop Windows and Beach Hut on the Pier 27 Beach Hut 136 29

Events EVENT SPONSORS:

Introduction and Blue plaque 31 Symposium 32 Chess 36 Human Tide 38 Philosophy in pubs 40 Public Private View 41 Herne Bay Carnival Procession 42 Beach Hut Day and Poetry in Pubs 43

Music Film and Theatre Sponsors of Internships: A special thank you to Gill Wilson for designing the Festival Guide and to Peter Gander for designing the Festival Map. A huge thank you also to our Supporters in Kind, Partners, Friends, Business Friends, Donors, Artists, Musicians, Poets, Volunteers, Interns, Supporters, and last but not least the Steering Group – there are too many to list, but hopefully we have you all listed on our website www.iamnotdead.co.uk

Wheely Groovy Film Screenings Marcel Duchamp Festival Music

Walks, Talks and Trails Art Bike Trail Kent Greeters Carnival Cut-outs

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Activities and Workshops

WEA Workshop and HBHR Herne Bay 1913 talk 57 Beach Creative Workshops 59 Thank You Marcel Duchamp 62 Map 63

Introduction I am not dead... I am in Herne Bay wrote Marcel Duchamp on a postcard to his friend Max Bergmann at the beginning of August 1913.

We think this is something to celebrate.

INFORMATION

Marcel Duchamp is now recognised as the most influential artist of the 20th century. But in August 1913, he came to the East Kent coast as a relatively unknown young man. Depressed by the reception his Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2 had received at the Armory Show in New York earlier that year, Duchamp was considering giving up art to become a librarian. Until he spent the summer in the beautiful, vibrant and dynamic town of Herne Bay. After this, Duchamp returned home full of fresh ideas that changed the direction of modern art irrevocably. Our ambitions for our festival are simple. We want to make everyone in Herne Bay aware of Marcel Duchamp and his work and proud of his connection with our town. And we want to show visitors that Herne Bay is as exciting today as it was when Duchamp arrived here as a young man of 26.

Duchampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s postcard to Max Bergmann

This is a community festival, made possible by a lot of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard work. All the events in this guide are free and, as we go to press, we are adding more. You can keep up to date with all the festival news on our website www.iamnotdead.co.uk

Duchamp in Herne Bay Duchamp came to Herne Bay as chaperone to his younger sister,Yvonne, who was 17 and here to study English. She attended classes at Lynton College, Downs Park, a private college for international students and the children of British ex-patriots. We know that Duchamp also stayed at Lynton College as he gave this as his address for the summer. During our festival we are unveiling a blue plaque on the building.

INFORMATION Lynton College courtesy Mike Bundock

When he returned to Paris, after his summer by the sea, he produced work of an entirely new kind. He published his ideas on objets trouvés or ‘readymades’ and produced 3 Standard Stoppages and Bicycle Wheel.

In Herne Bay, Duchamp was already making notes towards what would become his most important work, The Large Glass, also known as The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even.

Illuminated Pier Pavillion by Fred C Palmer

One of these refers directly to Herne Bay’s illuminated Pier Pavilion, photographed on its opening night in 1910 by Fred C. Palmer. The postcard was widely available in Herne Bay and Duchamp attached it to one of his most important notes, describing a possible background for the work with the following comment: ‘An electric fête recalling the decorative lighting of Magic city or Luna Park, or the Pier Pavilion at Herne Bay…..The picture will be executed on two large sheets of glass about 1m 30 x 1,40 / one above the other.’

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Whilst Yvonne was studying, Duchamp explored everything Herne Bay had to offer visitors. He also wrote postcards to his friends and played a lot of tennis. More importantly, he had time to stop and reflect. It may be too much to claim that this was the turning point, but it is certain that 1913 was a pivotal moment in Duchamp’s life as an artist.

A directory and guide to Herne Bay from this year makes it clear that the spectacle of the Pier Pavilion illuminated by both gas lighting and newly installed electric light was visible from the top of the downs, close to where Marcel and Yvonne were staying. Its reflection in the still water or at low tide, would have been an incredible and inspiring sight.

FESTIVAL DIARY

FESTIVAL DIARY 9 8

Festival Shop The festival shop is located at 49 Mortimer Street (a few hundred yards back from the seafront behind the Clocktower) and is hosted for us by Pebble and Dash.

The festival shop will be open every day throughout the festival from 11am to 4pm with extended opening on weekends and special event days.

Festival Club Our festival club is hosted by the Herne Bay Angling Club on Central Parade, close to Clocktower Plaza. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be an area set aside for chess, free nibbles, club price drinks, barbeques in the courtyard (weather permitting!) and a host of other stuff. For Club and Shop opening times and further details please see www.iamnotdead.co.uk

INFORMATION

We will be selling festival merchandising including bags, postcards, posters and more.You can also order or purchase limited edition signed copies of Ralph Steadmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique festival poster image.

Introducing Mr D July 11th - August 17th Herne Bay Museum & Gallery This exhibition is part of the series of celebratory events and exhibitions taking place throughout Herne Bay during July and August.

Many people had heard of the man who had once mischievously and outrageously exhibited a urinal in an art exhibition, but could not name him. So then, this exhibition is planned and presented in the same spirit as the rest of the celebration; to raise the profile of Marcel Duchamp and his brief but important association with the town. To introduce M Duchamp to the town and to expand awareness of who he was, and why the work that he began immediately after he left was so significant and had such an influence on the development of Modern Art.

An example of one of our Festival souvenirs. Image courtesy Paul Minott

EXHIBITIONS

In planning the centenary it became clear that although Duchamp is counted, in the art world, as one of the most (if not the most) significant artists of the 20th century, many people had never heard of him.

Sponsored by the Friends of Herne Bay Museum & Gallery, planned and executed by The Friends of Herne Bay Museum With the support of Canterbury City Council, Museums & Galleries.

Supporting the in Kent

Kent Arts and Culture Invicta House Maidstone ME14 1XQ 01622 696 466 arts@kent.gov.uk

www.kent.gov.uk/arts

July 11th - 30th Beach Creative An exhibition that continues the successful tradition of Beach House open submission shows. Anyone may submit and a small fee is charged for each piece. There is a size restriction and there may be some selection if the show is over-subscribed. This time the theme is in line with the yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s celebration of Marcel Duchamp: art inspired by his work, life and time in Herne Bay.

EXHIBITIONS

Image credit: BenedictJohnson.com for Kent Arts and Culture

Duchampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Window

Untitled Empty Plinth Glass and Wood and Metal byTony Tugnutt and Robert Senecal. This work recalls the occasion when the Royal Academy accepted and showed an empty plinth when the sculptural piece had been parted from it..

For further information call Gill on 07545 787955

Exhibitions Schedule

Duchamp’s Window Beach Creative, Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5PT July 11th to July 30th 2013 Open daily from 10am to 4pm An open submission exhibition of work inspired by Duchamp’s life, art and time in Herne Bay 1913.

I am not dead, I am in Herne Bay A series of exhibitions to mark the visit to Herne Bay, in 1913, of the radical artist and contrarian, Marcel Duchamp. It was a crucial year in his life, he had resolved to abandon painting in favour of forging a completely new path, a new way of making and thinking about art.

I am not dead…I am in Herne Bay A series of exhibitions with new work from invited artists made especially for Herne Bay’s Duchamp Centenary. Please check website or individual venues for opening times

EXHIBITIONS

Introducing Mr D Herne Bay Museum, William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ July 18th to August 18th 2013 Open daily from 10am to 4pm Marcel Duchamp and his Summer in Herne Bay. An exhibition that kicks off this year’s celebration of Marcel Duchamp’s visit in 1913.

King’s Hall Foyer Gallery, Kings Hall, Beacon Hill, Herne Bay CT6 6BA From July 23rd to August 14th Beach Creative Galleries Beach Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5PT From July 31st to August 13th Bay Art Gallery William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5NR From August 6th to August 19th Preliminary work for the show by Rutter and Bennett

EXHIBITIONS

When Duchamp kicked down the door of convention and overturned the hitherto prescriptive definitions of art, it made way for a multiplicity of ideas and a vast range of possible Work by artist Angela Rumble ways of expression and creation.

Maggie Williams work in progress

EXHIBITIONS

Work by artist Annie Halliday

The work he began, on leaving Herne Bay, would change art forever.

Nearly fifty artists with local connections were invited to submit pieces inspired by Duchampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, work or time in Herne Bay. The work shown in these exhibitions aims to demonstrate and pay court to Duchampâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement, as well as reflect the great breadth of creativity that exemplifies Art today and throughout the 20th century.

In 1919 Duchamp created what he called an ‘assisted readymade’. He acquired a cheap postcard reproduction of the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), an iconic work of art by Leonardo Da Vinci, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris, and embellished it by adding a beard and moustache, retitling it L.H.O.O.Q. LHOOQ - the inspiration for the ‘Defaceables’ project

Van Gogh’s Chambre-Arles, one of the postcard images

We have invited Herne Bay’s primary school children to do something similar. Six famous works of art have been selected and printed as postcards. Children from Herne Bay Junior, Herne Bay Infants, Hampton, Reculver, Herne, Briary and Saint Philip Howard are creating new works of art with these images.

EXHIBITIONS

Starts July 18th, Odyssey

Defaceables

Their postcards are on display at a Pop Up Gallery on the corner of Mortimer Street and William Street in the former shop Odyssey. The Gallery will be open throughout the festival and visitors are invited to come in and This event is generously make their own assisted readymades sponsored by: from the postcards. Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews, one of the postcard images

Amongst the childrens’ work there may be creations by celebrities and artists.

Cartoons inspired by Duchamp

On Saturday August 3rd, a host of cartoonists from the Guardian, the Independent, the Times, the Financial Times, Private Eye, the Spectator, the Beano, the Dandy and Viz are going to set up in the Bandstand on the seafront to demonstrate their craft in action, producing on-the-spot cartoons about Marcel Duchamp, Herne Bay and anything else that takes their fancy. Throughout the afternoon, the professional cartoonists will be accompanied by acoustic music in the Bandstand. This will be followed by the formal grand opening of Cartoons in Pubs sponsored by Shepherd Neame, providing a trail of original prints around the town, including exclusive Young British Artists strips by Andrew Birch which will be displayed next to readymade Marcel Duchamp style “Fountains” in up to 40 local lavatories.

Cartoons in Pubs is generously sponsored by:

Cartoon by Chris Madden

Cartoon by Ian Baker

EXHIBITIONS

Following Ralph Steadman’s lead, the cream of Britain’s cartoonists and illustrators are coming to Herne Bay to celebrate the Marcel Duchamp Centenary festival.

In addition, there will be a gallery exhibiting the cartoonists’ work for a fortnight; and originals and signed prints will be available for purchase at the festival shop in Mortimer Street.

Certainly, putting cartoons in pubs captures the spirit of the festival. It’s fun, inclusive and enabling, with something for everyone whatever your taste in art or jokes.

EXHIBITIONS

Organised by the UK ProCartoonists organisation, Chair, Nathan Ariss said: “British cartoon art has a great history, boasting an impressive pool of talent like Steve Bell, Martin Rowson, Kipper Williams and Matt. Many of our members were inspired by Marcel Duchamp, so the chance to take part in the festival seemed like too good an opportunity to miss.”

Festival Spokesperson, Steve Coombes added: “These cartoonists are truly amazing and their work combines exceptional drawing skills with absurd and unique views of the world. But just like Marcel Duchamp himself, these artists are funny - really funny. So their participation is like finding the missing piece of a jigsaw.”

Famously, Duchamp always preferred “lines” to “painting” which is why some cartoonists claim they are the “true heirs of the Duchamp” legacy and that more serious artists like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin have just seriously missed the point. But whatever your views on the controversy, come and decide for yourself and be treated to an incredible day of “live art” and a wonderful fortnight of viewing some of the best cartoons from some of the finest cartoonists in the world.

Luscinia Musical (Singing Windows) Robert Jarvis is a musician and sound artist who makes compositions from foundsounds. These become sonic interventions that have at their centre the process of creating the work. He engages with and involves local communities as a piece develops. Inspired by Duchamp’s Erratum Musical (1913) - a conceptual composition for piano, and also the 1920’s recordings of Beatrice Harrison, Robert has created a new work for the festival. The lyrical composed phrases of a male nightingale singing for a mate are answered by snippets of a piano derived from chance procedure, and a dialogue between these two audio worlds ensues.

Shop Window Quotes Duchamp was a very talkative and eloquent speaker. He was eminently quotable, a master of the sound bite (long before that phrase came into being) with opinions on everything. Look out for Duchamp quotes that will be appearing in shop windows throughout the town. Some shops have also expressed an intention to dress their windows in a way that reflects Duchamp’s radical aesthetic - we can’t wait!

Beach Hut on the Pier The Festival beach hut on the pier is a convenient information point and another place where Marcel Duchamp in Herne Bay Centenary merchandise will be available. And, along with the rest of the huts, it will feature “Banksy” style graffiti on its outside panels, as our professional cartoonists try to make their own “guerrilla art” mark on the pier.

EXHIBITIONS

by Robert Jarvis

Using a recent technology that converts shop windows into loudspeakers this juxtaposition of audio ready-mades will be heard at various locations around the town. Robert is collaborating with shopkeepers, curating the sounds with their input and timing the programme to fit the rhythms of the environment and the community.

Beach Hut 136 At Hut 136 we have created an inside-out installation challenging perceptions of what we expect to see and what happens when we are confronted with something out of the context of the environment in which it is presented.

Hut 136 is located on Herne Bay beach, close to the Hampton Angling Club at the bottom of the grassy slope on Western Esplanade. See festival map for details.

EXHIBITIONS

The project has been created by artist, Karen Simpson and is open from 1 August until 12 August.

Introduction to Events

Blue Plaque

August 1st, Downs Park

Herne Bay will unveil its second Blue Plaque on August 1st as part of the festival’s opening events. The plaque will be a permanent reminder of Marcel Duchamp’s time here and will be located on the building in Downs Park where he stayed in the summer of 1913. The Canterbury City Council Blue Plaque Scheme is based on the famous London scheme, launched by the Royal Society of Arts in 1867. Those already honoured in the district include sculptor Henry Moore, James Bond author Ian Fleming and actor Peter Cushing. Herne Bay has one other Blue Plaque at Marine Terrace, Central Parade, commemorating Ann Thwaytes who donated the money for the town’s Clocktower.

EVENTS

For two weeks from August 1st we are bringing a host of different events to Herne Bay which we hope will appeal to all tastes and ages. All the artists delivering these events have taken their inspiration from Marcel Duchamp and his work. Everything listed in this event guide is free but there are some activities and shows you may have to register for a ticket or book in advance as places may be limited. Please check individual event entries for details of this. As we go to press with this guide we are still adding and confirming new events so please keep checking the website and facebook page for updates. We hope you find something here for you, and urge you to come and experience as many of our events as you can.

Symposium

The Herne Bay Symposium is generously sponsored by Philip Gambrill and Company - Chartered Certified Accountants and Statutory Auditors - www.pgandco.uk

The Herne Bay Symposium takes place at the Kings Hall on Friday August 2nd.

EVENTS

Francis M. Naumann specialises in Marcel Duchamp and New York Dada. He runs a gallery in New York and is the author of numerous books and publications including: Marcel Duchamp:The Art of Chess; Marcel Duchamp:The Art of Making Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and has recently published The Recurrent Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp.

EVENTS

Presenting entirely new research, leading art historians will debate the influences Duchamp found in Herne Bay at this special conference, initiated and moderated by Francis M. Naumann.

Duchamp’s Franglais

Francis M. Naumann

Paul B. Franklin is the Editor of the annual journal Étant donné Marcel Duchamp and will speak on the subject of Duchamp and the English language, since Herne Bay is the place where Duchamp first encountered it

Figuratively a Fireworks: New Dimensions of Duchamp in August 1913

Painting Defrocked: Marcel Duchamp’s Decision to Stop Painting

Linda Dalrymple Henderson is Professor of Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of Duchamp in Context: Science and Technology in the Large Glass and Related Works. Her paper examines the scientific sources Duchamp might have encountered at Herne Bay, including the lights on the pier.

Cécile Debray is Curator at the Musée National d’Art Moderne / Centre Pompidou in Paris and currently working on an exhibition of Duchamp as a painter. She will speak about Duchamp’s decision to stop painting.

Michael R. Taylor is Director of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth and former curator of the Duchamp Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He will speak on the two drawings and two notes that Duchamp composed during his stay in Herne Bay.

Marcel Duchamp and the Amusements of Herne Bay Bradley Bailey is Associate Professor of Art History at Saint Louis University and has published several articles on Duchamp. He will discuss the subject of games, particularly those that Duchamp might have found on the Herne Bay pier.

The Pier, the Bandstand and the Electric Picture Palace: Marcel Duchamp in 1913 Kieran Lyons is an independent artist and researcher with a particular interest in Duchamp’s early career and military themes relating to Duchamp’s work.A contributing researcher at the University of Plymouth’s Transtechnology Research, he will discuss the popular culture Duchamp may have encountered in Herne Bay including film, theatre and music.

Jeremy Millar is an artist based in Whitstable and tutor in art criticism at the Royal College of Art, London. He presents his 2006 film which, with a complementary article in Tate Etc., explored Duchamp’s visit to Herne Bay and how it might have influenced the development of The Large Glass. The Symposium begins promptly at 10am and ends at approximately 7pm.

EVENTS

The Many Brides of Marcel Duchamp

Zugzwang (almost complete)

This is a free event but you must register for a ticket at eventbrite (www. eventbrite.co.uk Marcel Duchamp in Herne Bay Symposium) The Kings Hall Café and bar will be open selling refreshments throughout the day.

Chess

In the early 1920s a rumour circulated through the art worlds of Paris and New York that Marcel Duchamp had decided to stop making art in order to devote his life to playing chess. Although Duchamp made no effort to refute this claim, and had indeed entered into regular tournament play, he would never abandon his career as an artist. For the remaining years of his life, he sought opportunities to combine the two endeavours. Not only was the theme of chess an ever-present motif in his work—from his earliest paintings to works of his final decade—but on more than one occasion he buried coded messages in his art that could be fully comprehended only by proficient players of the game. He went so far as to suggest that the activity of playing chess be considered a component of his artistic expression. Throughout our festival chess will be part of our celebrations. There will be displays, analyses of Duchamp’s games on a giant chess board, chess classes and tournaments. Herne Bay Little Theatre will be the venue for some of these events. Please check our website for details.

The Chance Meeting on an Operating Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella: Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp - 1978 by Philip Core 1951 - 89 (Arts Council collection)

EVENTS

“I have come to the conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.” Marcel Duchamp

On display at The Beaney, House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury. In the Masters and Materials room, until 8 September 2013

Thanet Chess are delighted to be delivering our chess related activities. Updates are also available from Thanet Chess.org.uk We are also making chess sets available free throughout the festival in numerous places to enable anyone who wishes to play a game or two. Some of these locations are Herne Bay Angling Association,The Ship Inn, Mackaris, Firkin Frog Micro Pub, Berry’s Eatery, Mortimers Restaurant and The Divers Arms.

Human Tide Friday August 9th, at sunset!

Each walk will be shot with special cameras that will allow us to ‘draw’ in light on film, effectively capturing the chance of the water’s edge meeting the sand and preserving it forever.

EVENTS

Human Tide pays homage to Duchamp’s piece, 3 Standard Stoppages. At sunset on August 9th, we will be walking exactly 1000 meters from the Pier along the beach with powerful light sticks where the water meets the beach as the tide comes in. We will do the walk 3 times over the course of the turning tide.

Event Sponsors:

Philosophy in Pubs

implications of Marcel Duchamp’s original idea. Is the premise: anything can be art as revolutionary as it first appeared? Or is current conceptual art just a form of cheating and making obscene amounts of money?

Sunday August 4th & Sunday August 11th. “I’m not dead, I’m in Herne Bay” So let’s be philosophical about it:

Pubs have always been a place to meet and debate the philosophical merits of everything and anything over a good pint. But on the evening of Sunday August 4th, the discussion will focus on the influence of Marcel Duchamp on modern aesthetics. In other words, not just real ale, but surreal ale! Then, a week later, on Sunday 11th August, the pub will consider the ethical and political

“Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.” Marcel Duchamp The same could be said for philosophy and drinking. So come along and feel welcome to do both.

Public “private” view Wednesday August 7th - all over town!

EVENTS

As part of the town’s Marcel Duchamp celebrations, the festival is linking up with the Shepherd Neame Brewery and the Philosophy in Pubs movement.

These and any other topics raised from the floor will be discussed and argued about over a drink. You don’t need any prior knowledge at all to participate in Philosophy in Pubs. You only need to have a point of view or just an open mind.

The festival organisers invite the people of Herne Bay and our visitors to join us tonight for a Public View. Come out and stroll around the town - visit our galleries and installations, listen to live music and poetry, watch some short films and be a part in the festival celebrations. Our I am not dead exhibitions at Beach Creative, The Bay Gallery and Kings Hall Foyer will be opening late and there will be entertainment at the Central Bandstand, Wimereux Gardens, Herne Bay Little Theatre and other parts of town. Galleries will be offering free refreshments and our festival club at Herne Bay Angling Club will open for the evening. Live events will run between 6 – 8pm. More details and running times will be on our website.

Herne Bay Carnival Procession August 10th 2013, 6pm, the Seafront:

There is no recorded evidence that Marcel Duchamp witnessed the 1913 parade, but it would have been hard to miss. In this spirit, the Festival has commissioned a giant sculpture of Duchamp’s most famous work. Mounted on wheels and pulled by a bicycle, Herne Bay’s “Fountain” will be a recreation of the original – only 12 times bigger. It will also be accompanied by a cavalcade of “Art bikes” when it joins this year’s Carnival floats and tableaux. The sculpture is being created by Nagual Creations - an international arts co-operative who specialise in providing surreal and provocative large scale installations for Festivals and dance events all over the world. Commenting on the project, designer, Phillip Long said: “Of course, a giant urinal is fun. But it is more than a piece of seaside vulgarity. The original Fountain changed the world of art forever, telling a deep story of global significance. Hopefully, a 12 foot high version will remind people of its continuing cultural importance and impact.” The giant “Fountain” will also pop-up at surprising locations in the town throughout the festival fortnight. Now that’s what we call truly unmissable art!

Sunday August 11th Western Espanade Herne Bay’s annual celebration of its Beach Huts falls within our festival and we hope owners will be inspired to decorate some of their huts in the spirit of Duchamp. There is always fierce competition to create the most spectacularly decorated beach hut. This is a popular and colourful town event when residents and visitors are encouraged to take a walk past the huts at the bottom of Western Esplanade.

Poetry in Pubs Thursday August 15, venue to be confirmed

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The Herne Bay Carnival has a long history in the area and the first procession through town was held in 1880. But, by the Edwardian period, the event had added a Regatta, concert and fireworks to the pageant and was considered to be the best Carnival in the region.

Beach Hut Day

As part of the centenary celebrations of the visit to Herne Bay by Marcel Duchamp there is to be a poetry open mike event at 7.30pm on August 15. Poets and would be poets are invited to apply for a reading spot. You will have a strict maximum of 5 minutes and we would like at least one of your poems to be either: A surrealist poem, a poem about surrealism, a poem about a surrealist work of art, or a poem about a holiday in Herne Bay. We are considering a short anthology of all poems written especially for the event. To book an open mike spot please email john.grant@ tinyworld.co.uk There will be no fee for taking part.

Wheely Groovy Saturdays August 3rd and 10th, venue tbc Wheely Groovy brings its amazing pedal-powered cinema to Herne Bay for each Saturday afternoon of the festival.

The programme will include Duchamp’s 1926 experimental film Anemic Cinema. The film depicts whirling animated drawings – which Duchamp called Rotoreliefs – alternated with puns in French. Duchamp signed the film with his alter ego name of Rose Sélavy. We will also be screening short single reel films from the period Duchamp was in Herne Bay. Wheely Groovy are creating a new ‘readymade’ soundtrack to accompany the films, sourced from vinyl gathered from Herne Bay’s charity shops and representing a snap shot of the music the people of the town listen to in 2013. The soundtrack may also include found sound captured from the streets, parks and beaches as well as tunes provided by contemporary Herne Bay bands.

MUSIC, FILM and THEATRE

Electricity to power the projection of the film and sound will be generated by members of the audience taking turns to pedal three Wheely Groovy bicycle electricity generators.

Venue and times to be announced. Please check website for details.

Film Screenings Dreams That Money Can Buy Berlin-born Hans Richter - Dadaist, painter, film theorist and filmmaker - was for four decades one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde. Richter assembled some of the century’s liveliest artists as co-creators of Dreams That Money Can Buy, his most ambitious attempt to bring the work of the European avant-garde to a wider cinema audience.

Like Marcel Duchamp himself, the Festival takes a keen interest in sound – the more surprising and unexpected the better. So throughout the fortnight, there will be a wide range of music to accompany and complement our events and exhibitions. Apart from a 1913 DJ spinning shellac from the period and our Singing Windows, there will be a pedal piano circulating the town and Wheeley Groovy will be recording a readymade mash-up of the “discovered” sounds of Herne Bay.

Joe, a young man down on his luck, discovers he has the power to create dreams, and sets up a business selling them to others. The ‘dreams’ he gives to his clients are the creations of Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Fernand Léger, Man Ray, Alexander Calder and Richter himself, and the result is by turns playful, hypnotic, satirical, charming and nightmarish.

There will also be lots of fantastic bands providing live music during the festival. From the sublime to the ridiculous, from the laid back to raucous, from then and now, some of East Kent and the world’s finest musicians are coming to Herne Bay to join the celebrations and remember our Marcel Duchamp moment.

Herne Bay Little Theatre is at 44 Bullers Avenue, Herne Bay, CT6 8UH.The theatre seats 70 and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

So whether you like Acoustic music, Jazz, French Folk, Rock ‘n’ Roll, or Avant Garde, there is something for everyone to enjoy; all free, and all fun.

The Little Theatre upstairs bar will be open from 6.30pm.

On Saturday 3 August, two acoustic bands will be playing at the bandstand while the professional cartoonists demonstrate their own version of live art. Ain’t Misbehaving will kick off the afternoon with their mixture of swing,

Herne Bay Little Theatre will also screen a programme of short films inspired by Duchamp on 7 August during our Public View event. Herne Bay’s independent Kavanagh Cinema will host two further film screenings as part of the Duchamp Festival on Thursday 8 August at 11am, and Monday 12 August at 8.15pm. Titles will be announced on our website. Please check for details.

August 1st-17th,various venues (see page 50)

MUSIC, FILM and THEATRE

Tuesday 6 August, 7.30pm

Marcel Duchamp Festival Music