A trio of exciting events to share and discover The Boys on the Plaque, a project exploring the local experiences and wider effects of World War One on Brighton & Hove’s community.
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th September 2016, Fabrica gallery, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG
Heritage Open Day drop-in event ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’: Thursday 8th September, 1-4pm. Free.
Fabrica gallery, in collaboration with arts and heritage organisation Strike a Light, will be hosting a free, drop-in open day. Join us for this special event, to explore and contribute to our local heritage project, The Boys on the Plaque. Find out about remarkable young men who lived in our city and fought in the war 100 years ago, and the discoveries we’ve made about their experiences, families and legacies.
The event called Keep the Home Fires Burning brings together local research, creative workshops and exhibitions, heritage activities and screenings to explore personal memories of Brighton & Hove residents during WWI wartime and the stories that have been left behind for us to rediscover.
Fabrica is a contemporary art gallery housed in the former Holy Trinity Church in Brighton, which was built in 1817 and has a rich and fascinating history. To celebrate Heritage Open Days, Fabrica will open its’ doors to the public for an afternoon of stimulating and engaging activities and exhibits to discover more about our local community, inspiring new ways of considering the home front experience of the Great War.
Visitors are also invited to bring their own stories and keepsakes to share with volunteers and staff and contribute to our research project, which seeks to uncover the history of each of 95 local soldiers who are commemorated in the church.
Could you be a relative of one of the Boys? They mostly lived in the streets surrounding the church – you can find a list of the names here: boysontheplaque.wordpress.com/the-names-on-the-plaque/
Boys on the Plaque is an HLF funded project delivered by Fabrica, Strike a Light and Brighton and Hove Libraries Service.
Please book your free place here: http://keepthehomefiresburning.eventbrite.com
Film Screening: Thursday 8th September, Doors 8pm. £10/£8 conc.
Our Heritage Open Days event will be followed by an evening film screening of Begotten. Listed at number 23 in The 50 Most Disturbing Movies, this daring, intense and beguiling film tells the surreal tale of the death and rebirth of gods.
Filmmaker E. Elias Merhige’s 74-minute art film is an utterly surreal visual journey made up of thick, grainy black and white images of horror. Shown on 16mm film in the former Regency church at Fabrica, this screening will be an immersive and unforgettable experience.
“What we do successfully register throughout the duration of Begotten seems wholly concerned with suffering and brutality. The film thus resembles a subconscious nightmare made manifest; as though the Earth itself could “dream” and transmit that disturbing phantasm to us — its wards — a chronicle of its long, ever-changing violent seasons.” – John Kenneth Muir
This screening will be accompanied by the live score from The Begotten, whose bizarre bundle of electronics, guitars, eerie vocals and heavy chains will create a fitting backdrop to a ghostly 16mm projection. Free popcorn and a low cost bar make this a welcoming and relaxed event for all.
We recommend booking in advance as places are limited. Book online Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/begotten-with-live-score-tickets-26749704085
Walking Tour: Friday 9th September, 6-7.30pm. Free.
This walking tour around the Lanes and North Laine area of the city will connect people with local places associated with WWI, illuminating history from the Home Front in the First World War and share findings of the area with a new picture inspired by the lives and memories of the community.
This walking tour of the local area will start at Fabrica gallery and continue through The Lanes to local points of interest related to WWI. The tour will consider aspects of our local soldiers’ stories and explore connections between them, the church and the city. Led by Dr Geoffrey Mead, an eminent local historian based at University of Sussex
Contact
For more information or to book for any of the above events, please visit www.fabrica.org.uk or contact Fabrica on 01273 778646 / office@fabrica.org.uk
Clare Hankinson, Fabrica: clare.hankinson@fabrica.org.uk
Nicola Benge, Strike a Light: strikealight@rocketmail.com
Fabrica, 40 Duke Street, Brighton BN1 1AG
