Past Events
Saturday Synth Session
Synth Session with The Twidler
Saturday 8 April, 2pm onwards
Experimental Synth Session in the bookshop.Dave 'The Twidler' is a drummer with an interest in synthesisers. 'I try to create atmospheric moods through experimentation. I pull out a bunch of machines connect them up and see what I can create.' Every session is a different synthesizer jam session.
Come along on Saturday afternoon, drink a coffee, read a book, and listen to the sound of synths.
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Artist Talk with Jane Stewart
Saturday 1 April, 4.30pmMarine CyanotypesJane Stewart is a visual and community artist and storyteller based on the Essex coast, her work is rooted in nature, especially the coast, oceans, bodies of water and our relationship to them. Where possible she restricts her practice to materials that cause no harm to the environment. Recycled or natural materials, fabric plundered from charity shops, artefacts found on beach cleaning and mudlarking expeditions. In 2021 she won first prize at a climate change and ocean awareness climate exhibition in Zurich. She will be talking about her process of making 'Marine Cyanotypes' and about Jeff the Whale;'He died for our sins,' and showing a short film on 'mapping the coast'.
Jane Stewart https://www.janestewartartist.com/Read moreMaya Deren & her&her
SEASIDE BLUES FILM CLUB
Saturday 25 March, 6pm and 7pm
At Land by Maya Deren, 1944 (15 min)
With improvised soundscape by her&her.At Land (1944) is a 15-minute silent experimental film written, directed by, and starring Maya Deren. It has a dream-like narrative in which a woman, played by Deren, is washed up on a beach and goes on a strange journey encountering other people and other versions of herself.
This screening will be accompanied by a live, improvised soundscape from holistic musicians Catherine Shrubshall & Cydnei B, aka: “her&her” with the underscoring soundtrack devised and engineered by Richard Kett.
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Saturday 11th March, 6pm
Wild Westville, Roll Spacer, Wave/evaW
3 short films by Sally Child and RFISaturday 18th March, 6pm
Joey, 2020 (14 min)
by William Ash and Andrew KnottSaturday 25 March, 6pm and 7pm
At Land, 1944 (15 min)
by Maya Deren, with live score by Her & HerFilm Club painting by Glenda Wakeman
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Saturday 21 January, 4pm
On Mending: stories of damage and repair
Talk and book presentation by Celia Pym
FreeCelia Pym will be talking about her new book On Mending, sharing intimate stories from people's lives, of loss and love, as a result of mending the holes in their clothes. On Mending is a collection of ten stories of damaged garments – plus a rug and two backpacks – Celia mended in the last fifteen years. The stories record who the item belonged to, how it was damaged, how it was mended and where it is now. Not a ‘how-to’ book, this is rather an in- depth look into the damage that we do, as manifested by our outer layers, our clothes.
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