Saturday 15 Sept 2007
(+Rajni Shah, 23 Sept)
12.00-18.00

Coastal Currents, Hastings
Free!

Coastal Currents, Hastings City Centre, Sat 15 Sept, 12.00-18.00
Free
!

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caravan of desires Spiral Flight :: 3 & 5pm
[5 - Wellington Place]

Caravan of Desires
Caravan of Desires lifts the lid on the weird ritualised behaviour of caravan life. We liberate the reality of the clichéd caravan into a world of the subconscious, of dreams and of desires.
Jenny Edbrooke

Jenny Edbooke :: 1-6 (live at 1,2,3,4& 5)
[
1 - The Reading Rooms, Claremont]
The Hole Story (Part III of the Sexy Project)

In Part III, the audience is invited into an installation reflecting the artists'sperceptions of sexiness from the cusp of motherhood.

Panther Panther :: 12-6 (intervals at 2 & 4pm)
[Priory Meadows]

Exercises in Happiness
An enacted installation informed by Panther’s research into the obsessive pursuit of happiness. In increasingly uncertain times Panther provide a series of activities designed to focus our restless need for a good feeling.
Katie Etheridge Katie Etheridge :: 12-6 (intervals at 2 & 4pm)
[3 - sheds]

Shed Lives

As an ancient radio crackles out stories collected from Hastings residents, visitors are given a glimpse into the lives of discarded objects and the people who give them new homes.
John Dumett John Dummett:: 12-6 (30m, breaks at 1.45&4)
[Queens Square]

Public Good

Since 2001, John Dumett has been developing projects that question what is meant by "public" and "community". These works have been developed as both live site specific projects and gallery installations.
Rachel Gomme Rachel Gomme :: 3-4.30pm
[The Beach]

Second Skin

This durational promenade performance looks at how we store memory and experience in our bodies, carrying the past with us as we move through our lives, and finding home in our memories.
Clare Charnley Clare Charnley ::
12-6 (intervals at 1.30 & 3.30pm)
[various locations]

World Exchange

Through a process of talking about favourite words and
their specific pleasures, words will be exchanged with passers-by both within and between languages.

Katie Cuddon Katie Cuddon :: 1-2.30pm & 3.30-5pm
[various locations]

Utopian Covers
References the all too familiar image of new-build developments - the artist's impression of luxury seaside apartments - this performance turns these images into a deflated symbol of the home.
Guy Pickford Guy Pickford :: 12-6pm
[6 -Wellington Place]

Earth’ Sake

Guy Pickford's free-standing Yurt is a sight to behold even before you've stepped inside where you'll find an exhibition of art works in a show curated by Guy himself.
Chroma Caravan Chroma Caravan :: 12-6pm
[2 - outside the CMC building]

Experiece light as you've never experienced it before! The Chroma Caravan is a giant lightbox and will expand all that you thought you knew about light and colour...
Sharon Haward Sharon Haward :: 3-5pm
[10 - Bridge Community Centre]

Ghost Town

A site specific installation with sound sited in the grounds of venue. Ghost Town is a response to the displacement of local people and the ongoing redevelopment of Hastings.

Mario Rossi Mario Rossi :: 12-5pm (also 20 & 22 Sept)
[2 -new media centre]

Wonderland

Exhibition on the theme of displacement.
Rajni Shah Rajni Shah :: 12-3pm
[1 - The Pine Gallery, Claremont]

Dinner with America

Audiences will be free to come and go throughout the performance installation, which gently uncovers sub-themes of consumerism, rights, ownership, voices, hopes, harvest and division.
   
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Jenny Edbrook Sexy Part III and Rajni Shah Dinner with America, Claremont
Chroma Caravan (outside) and Mario Rossi Thief of Bahgdad (inside), Creative Media Centre, Roberston Street
Katie Etheridge Shed Lives and Clare Charnley Word Exchange, Sheds, Robertson Street
Information, Sheds, Robertson Street
Spiral Flight Caravan of Desires, Wellington Place
Guy Pickford, Earth’sake, Wellington Place
John Dummett, Public Good, Queens Square
Panther, Exercise in Happiness, Priory Meadows (outside Marks and Spencers)
Rachel Gomme, Second Skin, Beach
Sharon Haward, Ghost Town, The Bridge Community Centre, Priory Road