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NEWS We Want You! Newhaven Fort to Star as Wartime Movie Set Fri 23 - Sun 25 June
www.immersivecinematic.co.uk
The Great British public is being invited to immerse itself in an amazing wartime cinematic weekend at Newhaven Fort this summer, with 10% of all profits going to the Royal British Legion.
Photo by © Graham Brown 2016
Brighton Naked Bike Ride 2017 Sun 11 June
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Join us for a naked ‘protestival’ ride through our beautiful city — followed by a refreshing sea swim and beachfront afterparty at Volks on Brighton seafront! Every year since 2006, Brighton has joined World Naked Bike Rides around the globe to celebrate cycling and freedom of the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against car culture and the many dangers it poses to us every day. Brighton's 12th World Naked Bike Ride will take place on Sun 11 June 2017. Up to 1,000 riders have taken part in previous peak years, with more and more people taking part each year. Don’t forget: full nudity is absolutely permitted at the event. This is one of several UK and worldwide rides happening around the same time, including nearby Portsmouth, Southampton, London and Worthing. It’s scheduled to allow people to take part in other rides as well, if they like. The ride forms part of national Bike Week (10-18 June 2017).
Memoria
Sat 1 July - Sun 23 July www.memoria.show
Memoria is an exciting new exhibition by artist Alex Peckham reflecting upon life and death. The work premiers at Phoenix Brighton in July and combines large-scale sculpture with dynamic sound and light to produce a theatrical and yet strangely familiar artwork. A giant moth which lies upon a bed is one of the focal points of the show and the exhibition seeks to contrast furnishings commonly found in the home with surreal sculptural elements and artefacts of the natural world. The creature has been painstakingly constructed, with each wing of the giant insect being covered entirely by hand with tiny tufts of imitation fur. Moths have four wings in total and the photograph shows one of the smaller rear wings in progress. To accompany the exhibition, there will also be an evening talk entitled Mortality and Art. The event will take place on Weds 19 July and will feature presentations from artists Alex Peckham, Rachael Allen and Lorenza Ippolito. Each artist will explore their views surrounding mortality and the influence it has on their practice. Both the exhibition and talk are free, however places for the talk are limited – sign up using the Eventbrite link on the Memoria website.
As part of Armed Forces Day, the famous Fort will be transformed to its former 1940s glory with actors in period costume performing World War 2 film scenes, Pathé news reels being played and food from the era being served. Each evening as the sun sets the audience will be treated to a famous wartime movie on a huge HD quality screen with the Fort as the perfect backdrop. The audience will be surrounded by the visions, sounds and feelings of wartime. Creative director Bill Murray said: “Our armed forces have a very special place in the hearts of many British people, and we wanted to create something amazing to commemorate this year’s Armed Forces Day. Newhaven Fort is the perfect setting for our immersive cinema experience which we hope will give the public a total feeling and sense of be part of wartime Britain.” The event begins each evening at 5pm with live entertainment and tours around the site to soak up the fantastic history Newhaven Fort offers. The impressive fortifications, which have protected the Fort from attack through two World Wars, have also kept its rich heritage virtually untouched. The audience can journey deep into the network of tunnels, venture onto the ramparts and gun emplacements and unlock the secret stories of the people who lived and worked at the Fort. Then at 7.30pm there will be a screening of a military themed film: Saving Private Ryan, The Great Escape, and Warhorse. Book your tickets at: www.immersivecinematic.co.uk