Fabrica

Fabrica offer a programme of events, workshops and activities devised to maximise accessability and inclusion for individuals regardless of their abilities or any other aspects of their lives which may prevent them from engaging with visual arts.

Entitled Working With Diverse Audiences there are a few activities scheduled during the forthcoming exhibition (Otilith Group – opening April 13th).

Throughout The Forty Part Motet Jessica Curry has been artist-in-residence at Fabrica. Last Friday 20 May, she conducted a listening walk around the centre of Brighton. Participants were asked to follow Jessica without talking, and to pay attention to the cacophony of sounds in the street. Here are Jessica’s reflections on the walks taken from [...]

I’ve spent the last year continuing to be preoccupied with social media and the role it can play in contemporary visual art. As promised in a previous post, I’ve been working on a list of 10 things that have made me think this year and about which I continue to ponder.

It was exciting to have had the opportunity to take a glimpse during the installation process of the House of Vernacular at the Fabrica Gallery, Brighton. The exhibition consists of a series of amateur and commercial photographic images selected by artist Martin Parr, and is part of the Brighton Photo Biennial.

This is how it started. Back in February ‘09, I was at work for a weekend during a hire of the gallery for a fashion market. I’d been vaguely thinking that I should set up a Facebook group for Fabrica with an equally vague idea of why, just that it might be a good idea [...]

Wonderful space. Cool gallery with cool staff. Unafraid of democratic photography unlike many establishments up themselves. – Stuart S This quote from the Fabrica comments book back in April during the Anish Kapoor show really struck me. I love reading the comments book, I love that direct and generally unframed feedback. It’s been knocking around [...]

Welcome to ‘The Tangled Hedgerow’. I’ll explain the name in a minute, but first, a kind of mission statement: the purpose of this blog is to document the work that I’m doing (and the fun that I’m having) as Fabrica’s development manager in developing the gallery’s digital footprint. I’m hoping that eventually, as it grows, [...]