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Redeveloping the Fabrica website

Feb 2 2012
by Laurence

Or do I mean re-imagining, or revamping, or reworking? In any case we’d like some help from you and to that end we’ve created a very short survey and we’d appreciate if you’d take the time to complete it. There are only 10 questions (and you don’t even have to answer the last one). Seriously though, we have a small amount of hard won money to do this and we want to make sure we do it right and create something that has genuine value for our audience. Your help would be much appreciated.

Click here to take survey

Thanks in advance.

Power of the Crowd – the presentations

Dec 8 2011
by Tracey

‘Power of the Crowd’ was an event organised by Fabrica in November 2011. Five guest speakers gave short presentations about what they thought was ‘Power of the crowd’

The event was filmed, and presented here using the speakers presentations along with the audio from the evening.

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Collective Joy and the Power of the Crowd

Nov 21 2011
by Guest Contributor

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Fabrica recently commissioned John Drury and David Novelli from the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex to write a piece on the current thinking on crowd psychology and how it relates to the two film pieces in Gathering. You can download and read the piece here Collective joy and the power of the crowd Keep reading »

The Response Vol XI

Nov 10 2011
by Guest Contributor

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In response to each exhibition, Fabrica volunteers produce a magazine of writing, drawing, painting and photography. The Response, Vol XI is out now featuring some amazing work around the themes of Gathering. Keep reading »

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Nov 8 2011
by Freddie

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In preparation for the forthcoming The Power of the Crowd event, check out William H. Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces documentary. A fascinating documentary from the late 1980s, which looks at how people inhabit urban spaces. Keep reading »

Melanie Manchot – Artist Talk

Oct 31 2011
by Freddie

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On the 19 October Melanie Manchot came to Fabrica to talk about her work. In her illustrated presentation, Melanie elaborated on the ideas surrounding her current exhibition, Gathering. Keep reading »

One Minute Manifestos

Oct 26 2011
by Guest Contributor

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For this year’s White Night, we collecting One Minute Manifestos. Declare your intentions in under a minute for the chance for your manifesto to be broadcast outside of Fabrica this Saturday night. All manifestos will be collected at OneMinuteManifestos.wordpress.com.
Submit yours to fabricabrighton@gmail.com Keep reading »

9 days before the print

Oct 17 2011
by Guest Contributor

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Words and pictures by Rachel Henson. Our Artist-in-residence during the exhibition – Gathering updates us on the progress of the new flick book she is creating for White Night. Keep reading »

Rachel Henson
Night Walk

Oct 11 2011
by Laurence

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After some interesting feedback, we were asked to walk from that fancy hotel to the West Pier, via an ugly underground car park. We were to remain silent and attentive, and photo and video documented our journey. Keep reading »

Rachel Henson at Work (West Pier, Brighton; 30.09.11)

Oct 3 2011
by Laurence

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Throughout October and November we have a new Artist in Residence. Rachel Henson makes flick books that a layer of fiction to a real journey. Keep reading »


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