Viva Brighton Issue #77 July 2019
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ART & ABOUT<br />
In town this month...<br />
Let’s talk about the Anthropocene is a project that<br />
uses art to engage people in conversations<br />
about what it means to be living in a new<br />
geological epoch: a time where human impact<br />
and the industrialised world has brought<br />
about such changes as to affect all the earth’s<br />
systems. “The concept of the Anthropocene<br />
is useful in that it goes beyond climate and<br />
embraces other changes like waste, the oceans<br />
and the biosphere,” explains project organiser<br />
Adele Gibson. “I believe that bringing the<br />
word into more popular usage is important in<br />
highlighting the scale of the changes that are<br />
now happening.” The project has been four years in the making, and this month there’s the chance<br />
to meet the eight resident artists who’ve been researching and developing new work; visit an opencall<br />
exhibition on the theme; see a site-specific installation at ONCA barge in <strong>Brighton</strong> Marina;<br />
hear gallery talks; see a one-man show by Chris Dobrowlski; and take part in a family-friendly art<br />
workshop with artist and explorer Beatrice von Pressen. University of <strong>Brighton</strong>, Grand Parade 27<br />
<strong>July</strong>-2 Aug, 10am-5pm (not open Sunday). See pg 60 or visit anthrotalk.com for details.<br />
On a similar environmental theme, Metamorphosis, Landscapes of Change is at 35 North gallery in North<br />
Road. Documentary photographer<br />
John Brockliss has spent the past five<br />
years exploring our changing planet,<br />
photographing in dramatic locations<br />
across seven countries. This collection<br />
of powerful monochrome images, shot<br />
in high definition, explores in detail the<br />
impact on our landscape of fire and ice,<br />
erosion and tidal changes, rapacious<br />
mining and commercial exploitation,<br />
and social and economic upheaval. 6-27<br />
<strong>July</strong> (open 11am-5.30pm Weds-Sat.<br />
35northgallery.com)<br />
Bodie Ghost Town by John Brockliss<br />
<strong>Brighton</strong> Rocks International Film Festival is a young festival with a<br />
big ambition: to become the UK’s main forum for indie and underground<br />
cinema. Join them at the Rialto Theatre as they screen this year’s selection of<br />
more than 50 short and feature films on 12 & 13 <strong>July</strong>. [brightonrocks.org]<br />
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