Viva Brighton Issue #77 July 2019

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