Viva Lewes Issue #143 August 2018

ART
Out of town (cont)
Morag Myerscough, We Make Belonging
Newhaven is really
entering in to the
spirit of things, with
the first Newhaven
Festival, featuring a
wide variety of events.
There’s Bird Bath, a
sound installation in
St Michael’s Church;
Waterborne, the first
regatta of the Newhaven
Gig Club; Salon 69,
a supper club with six
speakers each giving
a nine-minute mini
talk; Open Call, an art
exhibition about the
community, by the community; an exploration of the town’s
secret ‘edgelands’, and much more besides [newhavenfestival.
co.uk]. Morag Myerscough’s Belonging Bandstand arrives
at Newhaven Fort on the 22nd and stays until the 27th.
Admission fees to the Fort apply but it’s free on the 27th
for the Festival of Belonging: a day of live music, DJs,
local food, films, dance, local creativity, craft workshops and
storytelling. Free fun for all the family from 12-6pm (venue
87) [festivalofbelonging.co.uk].
Andy Smith
A Sense of Place, at the Hillcrest
Community Centre, is an
exhibition of works by 17 Sussex
designers in response to the
rising political tide of restricted
movement and border closures.
All profits from the sale of
prints will go to local charities,
Refugee Action and The Clock
Tower Sanctuary (venue 82).
Further afield
If you’re in the
mood to venture
further east, there’s
lots to see at
Towner Gallery,
where the Sussex
Open, Edward Stott:
A Master of Colour
and Atmosphere
and At Altitude all
continue. And Right Here and Out There, a major
exhibition of work by British sculptor Alison
Wilding, continues at the De La Warr Pavilion
(see pg 44).
Edward Stott, the Fold, c. 1895, oil on canvas. ©Touchstones Rochdale,
Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Jerwood Gallery
exhibit a series of
playful, thoughtprovoking
and
previously unseen
works by Turner
Prize-winning
artist Mark
Wallinger. The Human Figure in Space draws
inspiration from sources as diverse as Wallinger’s
childhood visits to see his Auntie Marjory in
Hastings during the Sixties, to the pioneering
work of 19th century photographer Eadweard
Muybridge. (Until the 7th of October.)
Birdman (detail), 2018. Archival Digital Prints on Dibond. Dimensions
variable. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Mark Wallinger
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