2017 Festival Map and Events
Hastings Rail Station
Stillness in Motion
22 – 29 November 2017
Private View: Friday 22 September 7:00-8:30pm
A journey of captured moments in the landscapes of changing seasons, an exhibition by Marybeth Haas
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Electro Studios Project Space
Sea Road
Saturday 23 September to Sunday 1 October
Open Saturday & Sunday 1-5pm
Exhibiting Artists : Andrea G Artz, Colin Booth, Alexander Brattell, Karin-Marie Wach
Four artists using water as their unifying concept
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SOLARIS
Saccades : Alexander Brattell
3-28 October 2017
Open Tuesday to Saturday 1-6pm
Saccades, rapid movements of the eye between fixation points, are the fastest movement the body can make
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Hastings Arts Forum
End of the Beginning
3 – 15 October 2017
Open: Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 5pm
This exhibition showcases new work from Light into Matter, a collective formed from graduates of the University of Westminster’s MA Photography Arts degree
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Borough Wines & Beers
Light And Dark
12-25 October 2017
Open 12-7pm
Light and Dark, features the work of three photographic practitioners; Teresa Neal, Sharon Haward and Robin Hutt
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BlackShed Gallery
Fearful Symmetry: Ben Cowan-Gibson
30 September – 11 November 2017
Tuesday – Saturday, 10am – 4pm (or by appointment)
A body of work that sets out to question the nature of space and time as captured through the photographic process
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The Palace
Photology Talk: Alice Maude-Roxby
30 October 2017
Monday 8-10pm £3
Photographer, writer and academic
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Photology Talk: David Campany
23 October 2017
Monday 8-10pm £3
David Campany is a writer, curator and artist, working mainly with photography
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Photology talk: Simon Baker
16 October 2017
Monday 8-10pm £3
Simon Baker is Tate’s first Curator of Photography.
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Photology talk: Brian Griffin
9 October 2017
Monday 8-10pm £3
Photographer and film maker based in London UK
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Photology talk: Barry W Hughes
2 October 2017
Monday 8-10pm £3
Photographer, writer and publisher
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Trinity 7 Art Space
Broken in Half and Beautiful – Alma Haser
19 – 29 October 2017
Wednesday to Sunday 12-6pm
PV Date and Time: Evening of the 19th October 6.30 – 8pm
Alma photographed sets of identical twins and made them into identical jigsaw puzzles. She then swapped alternate puzzle pieces, no longer seen as identical. She has also created modular origami balls.
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Cafe W at Waterstone's
A Nation of Shopkeepers?
6 October – 30 November
Chris Coombes questions a title supposedly bequeathed upon us by the likes of Napoleon and Adam Smith? Are Hastings and St. Leonards any different from the rest of the country?
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Sussex Coast College Hastings
Light And Dark
12-25 October 2017, Open 10-4pm
Preview Event: 13 October 5-7pm
Using projections of black and white photographs and video presentations, re-imagining familiar environments through subtle suggestion and ambiguous imagery.
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A Nation of Shopkeepers?
6 October - 30 November Café W Waterstones, 15 -16 Kings Walk, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1PH Chris Coombes says of his exhibition: Are we a nation of shopkeepers, a title supposedly bequeathed upon us by the likes of Napoleon and Adam Smith? Are Hastings and St....
Broken in Half and Beautiful
19 - 29 October Wednesday to Sunday 12-6pm Trinity 7 gallery, 7 Trinity Street, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1HG PV Date and Time: Evening of the 19th October 6.30 - 8pm Alma Haser has always found identical twins fascinating, as do most people. It is the incredible...
Stillness in Motion
22 September - 29 November 2017 Private View: Friday 22 September 7:00-8:30pm Hastings Railway Station, Station Approach, Hastings TN34 1BA Stillness in Motion: a journey of captured moments in the landscapes of changing seasons An exhibition by Marybeth Haas These...
Sea Road
23 September - 1 October Open Saturday & Sunday 1-5pm Electro Studios Project Space, Seaside Rd, St Leonards On Sea TN38 0AL Exhibiting Artists : Andrea G Artz, Colin Booth, Alexander Brattell, Karin-Marie Wach Four artists work with the medium of photography in a...
Saccades
3-28 October 2017 Open Tuesday to Saturday 1-6pm SOLARIS, 76 Norman Rd, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 0EJ Saccades, rapid movements of the eye between fixation points, are the fastest movement the body can make. The rapid eye movements that occur during an important phase...
End of the Beginning
3 - 15 October 2017 Open: Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 5pm Hastings Arts Forum, 36 Marina, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN38 0BU Preview Event: 6 October 6.30 – 8.30pm This exhibition showcases new work from Light into Matter, a collective formed from graduates of the University...
Light And Dark
12-25 October 2017 Room 4.116 level 4, Sussex Coast College Station Approach, Hastings TN34 1BA Open 10-4pm, Monday to Saturday Preview Event: 13 October 5-7pm Light and Dark, features the work of two experienced photographic practitioners; Teresa Neal and Sharon...
Fearful Symmetry
30 September - 11 November 2017 Tuesday – Saturday, 10am - 4pm (or by appointment) BlackShed Gallery, Russet Farm, Redlands Lane, Robertsbridge TN32 5NG Cowan-Gibson (working under the name of Ben Gibson) was formerly one of Britain's leading photojournalists. In 2003...
Photology: Alice Maude-Roxby photographer, writer, academic
30 October 2017 Monday 8-10pm £3 The Palace, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JL Capacity 70, please arrive early for a good seat. Alice studied Fine Art at Newcastle, and Photography in the class of Dieter Appelt at the Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin. National and...
Photology: David Campany writer, curator
23 October 2017 Monday 8-10pm £3 The Palace, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JL Capacity 70, please arrive early for a good seat. David Campany is a writer, curator and artist, working mainly with photography. David’s books include A Handful of Dust (2015), The Open...
Photology: Simon Baker curator of photography, Tate Modern
16 October 2017 Monday 8-10pm £3 The Palace, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JL Capacity 70, please arrive early for a good seat. Simon Baker is Tate’s first Curator of Photography. Since his appointment in 2009 he has worked on acquisitions, displays of the permanent...
Photology: Brian Griffin Photographer
9 October 2017 Monday 8-10pm £3 The Palace, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JL Capacity 70, please arrive early for a good seat. Born in Birmingham in 1948 he has lived and worked as a photographer in London since 1972. Having, amongst others, enjoyed a solo show at the...
Photology: Barry W Hughes Photographer
2 October 2017 Monday 8-10pm £3 The Palace, 37 White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JL Capacity 70, please arrive early for a good seat. Photographer, writer and publisher Barry W Hughes' works have been published and exhibited internationally, including solo shows in Ireland,...