Programme

Lighthouse is a Brighton-based arts charity specialising in connecting new developments in art, technology, science and society. Browse our highlighted programme here or scroll down to see upcoming events and the growing archive of past projects.

Brighton Digital Festival

Brighton Digital Festival

Once an independent company, Brighton Digital Festival now lives on as a seasonal programme hosted by Lighthouse.

Re-Imagine Europe (2017-2021)

Re-Imagine Europe (2017-2021)

Re-Imagine Europe is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Light+ Podcasts

Light+ Podcasts

Dive deeper into ideas, influences and networks behind Lighthouse programme with this podcast.

Lighthouse Young Creatives (2017-2020)

Lighthouse Young Creatives (2017-2020)

Formerly 'Viral'. Acclaimed mentoring scheme assisting young people to pursue careers in the creative industries.

BFI Shorts (2012)

BFI Shorts (2012)

Supporting British filmmaking talent, enabling emerging filmmakers to demonstrate their potential to make features.

Guiding Lights (2006-2018)

Guiding Lights (2006-2018)

Highly acclaimed mentoring programme for writers, directors and producers making their first feature film.

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Paso

21-30 January 2022

Exhibition by Alberto Ruiz Soler and William Fairbrother at Fabrica

An immersive, sensory installation, 'Paso' is a memorial to an extinct migration route: the chalk land bridge that once connected Britain to Europe.

Bring Me To Heal

17-27 November 2021

Bring Me To Heal

Touring exhibition by Amartey Golding comes to ACCA

Amartey Golding's largest work to date, it encompasses an ornate handcrafted garment, two films and a photographic series that applies rituals of healing to the concept of White British Trauma.

Brighton Digital Festival 2021

29 October - 7 November 2021

Brighton Digital Festival 2021

Exploring digital culture and celebrating Brighton’s creativity

The festival celebrates the richness of the creative and cultural industries in our city and explores the ways in which digital technology continues to shape our lives and our thinking.

Digital Democracies 2021

29 October - 7 November 2021

Digital Democracies 2021

Part of Brighton Digital Festival.

Digital Democracies is a national project exploring the intersection of technology, art and public space. During Brighton Digital Festival 2021 you can catch 2 exhibitions, 2 workshops, a panel discussion, and a VR experience.

An Echo For My Father

4-17 October 2021

An Echo For My Father

Short film by Jamila Prowse (2021)

In this moving image work, the artist traces relationship with her late father Russell Herman, a South African jazz musician, while sewing wall hangings in real time.

Digital Democracies

Digital Democracies

Co-produced by Lighthouse.

Leading UK Art Festivals connect to create innovative digital work for public spaces across the country.

Submissions for Brighton Digital Festival 2021

Deadline: Sunday 5 September 2021

Submissions for Brighton Digital Festival 2021

Submit your event to be part of BDF this October-November 2021

Any event that offers a meaningful connection to digital culture can become an official part of our festival. Read about the submission process here.

Town Hall Meeting

Wednesday 28 July 2021, 6.30-8.00pm

Town Hall Meeting

Brighton Digital Festival 2021

Join us for a virtual Town Hall meeting to learn more about Brighton Digital Festival, what we have in store for its 10th Anniversary, and how to get involved – open to everyone.

Introduction to Modular Synthesis using VCV Rack

Saturday 31 July 2021, 10.30am-1.30pm

Introduction to Modular Synthesis using VCV Rack

Online Masterclass with K Man

Would you like to expand your music-making skills? Electronic music producer K Man (The Phantom) will introduce you to Modular Synthesis and its techniques using free software VCV Rack.

The Informals II - Live Performance

15 July 2021, 8.50-10pm

The Informals II - Live Performance

One-off live performance and cinematic experience by Russian-Dutch artist duo Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kühne, featuring performances by four outstanding Brighton musicians: Phonetic, Bobbie Johnson, Ollie Hutch and Marshall Mandiangu.

The Informals II - Installation

22 May - 13 June 2021

The Informals II - Installation

Brighton Festival 2021

The Informals II is an improvised documentary experience: an exhibition and performance by artists Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kuhne, in collaboration with emerging talent from Brighton's music subcultures

HERstory

Brighton Festival 2021

HERstory is a city-wide audio storytelling experience that uncovers the stories of women usually hidden from history.

5,000 Miles

25-26 May, 6am-10pm

Brighton Festival 2021

Through spatial audio technology and ambisonic 3D recording, 5,000 miles is an immersive 360-degree audio experience that transports you to another place.

HALO

8-22 May 2021 (multiple occurrences)

Family Drop-In (ages 5+) & Young People’s Workshops (ages 11-16)

Participatory online workshops inspired by a multi-sensory, immersive installation HALO. Artist duo Semiconductor created HALO using data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Carrying Us (2021) - Elsa Monteith, Hazel Davis, Adam Laurence

Film premiere & release: March 2021

Carrying Us (2021) - Elsa Monteith, Hazel Davis, Adam Laurence

Part of Future of the High Street by Historic England

Carrying Us is an audio-visual patchwork that explores the past, present and personal of Brighton’s high street through spoken word and video collage. Produced by Lighthouse.

Light+ Collective Imaginings

Episode 1: 27 Jan 2021 Episode 2: 10 Feb 2021 Episode 3: 24 Feb 2021

Light+ Collective Imaginings

with Jamila Prowse

Let's Talk Public Art

Let's Talk Public Art

Share your views on Public Art for the Brighton & Hove community

YOU are the public in Public Art! We invite you to join us to share thoughts and responses to what Public Art could and should be for Brighton & Hove over the next 10 years.

An Introduction to Modular Synthesis Using VCV Rack

10.30am-1.30pm on 12 December 2020

An Introduction to Modular Synthesis Using VCV Rack

Online Workshop

A workshop for Black music producers that will introduce modular synthesis using free software VCV Rack. Lead by K Man (The Phantom).

Meet the artists: Ji Youn Kang and Hugo Esquinca

November-December 2020

Meet the artists: Ji Youn Kang and Hugo Esquinca

In-depth interviews with sonic artists from the space in sound programme

In-depth artist interviews on Radio Web MACBA (RWM). In episode #320, Ji Youn Kang talks about Korean ritual music, perfect 5ths and nature. While in episode #322, Hugo Esquinca reflects on superchaos of Mexican city and overabundance.

Protean Sap (2020) - Tuomas A. Laitinen

September-October 2020

Protean Sap (2020) - Tuomas A. Laitinen

Presented by Lighthouse.

Augmented reality Instagram filters and single-channel video work inspired by protein structures of viruses, bacteria, and other microbial life.

Pier - Artists in Residence (2020)

25 August - 15 September 2020

Pier - Artists in Residence (2020)

Three-week residency programme hosted by Lighthouse.

Three artists are participating in Lighthouse's remote "stay-at-home" artist residency to research, experiment, and develop new project ideas, methods, and ways of working.

The Space in Sound

Thursday 17 September, 6.00pm-7.30pm & Friday 18 September 2020, 5.00pm-7.45pm

The Space in Sound

A symposium exploring the ways sound can occupy space consisting of virtual talks (September 17, 18, 2020), and a performance (March 2021)

Paul Davies Masterclass

Thursday 17 September 2020, 10.30am-1.30pm

Paul Davies Masterclass

A unique chance to learn from the acclaimed sound designer.

In this workshop Paul Davies will explore the idea of using sound to create space: not only the space in the frame of the picture, but the world outside.

Lighthouse Young Creatives Showcase 2020

June 2020 - present

Lighthouse Young Creatives Showcase 2020

Meet Brighton's future creatives.

Digital Showcase of fresh talent straight from our mentoring scheme online on our website.

Hexagonally

17-26 July 2020

MA Digital Media Arts 2020 Degree Show.

Cutting-edge online exhibition brings artists together in the time of COVID-19 pandemic.

Selected 10

Produced by videoclub and Film London Artists' Moving Image Network.

Online screening of up-and-coming video artists, selected by Film London Jarman Award nominees.

Open Session #12: DIY Publishing

Thursday 27 February 2020, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #12: DIY Publishing

Monthly talks from creatives: ins and outs of DIY publishing with Offie Mag and Polyester Zine.

Open Session #11: Event Production

Thursday 30 January 2020, 6.30-9.30pm

Open Session #11: Event Production

Monthly talks from creatives: How to make things happen?

Open Session #10: The Informals

Wednesday 27 November 2019, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #10: The Informals

Monthly talks from creatives: artist duo Polina Medvedeva & Andreas Kühne present their multimedia exploration of new digital subcultures.

Genetic Automata (2019) - Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Friday 22 November 2019

Genetic Automata (2019) - Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Exhibition of film-based works exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, video games and DNA ancestry testing.

Re-Imagined Residency: William Fairbrother & Alberto Ruiz Soler

Re-Imagined Residency: William Fairbrother & Alberto Ruiz Soler

The third and final installment of Re-Imagined Residencies.

Open Session #9: Creating Culture

Wednseday 30 October 2019, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #9: Creating Culture

Monthly talks from creatives: How is culture curated and how do we document it?

Light+ Alternate Realities 2

Light+ Alternate Realities 2

Season 4 of Light+ Podcast

Featuring artists and curators who use interactive technologies to reflect on empathy and intimate encounters with people and places.

Alternate Realities 2 (2019)

12-20 October 2019, 12noon-6pm

Alternate Realities 2 (2019)

Brighton Digital Festival 2019

Three immersive artworks from the internationally acclaimed Sheffield Doc/Fest programme.

ASA – Arte Sonica Amplificada

August 2019 - March 2020

ASA – Arte Sonica Amplificada

Mentorship programme in Brazil designed by Lighthouse.

Supporting women in Brazil to develop sound- and music-based creative work.

Light+ Who’s Doing The Washing Up?

Light+ Who’s Doing The Washing Up?

Season 3 of Light+ Podcast

Interviews, further discussions, reflections on the programme.

Distorted Constellations (2019) - Nwando Ebizie

4-19 May 2019, 12noon-7pm

Distorted Constellations (2019) - Nwando Ebizie

Brighton Festival 2019

Enter an alternate Afrofuturist reality, inspired by research into the neuroscience of perception and drawing on rituals of African origin.

Potential Wor(l)ds (2019)

Thursday 25 April 2019, 7-9pm

Potential Wor(l)ds (2019)

Making spaces on our own terms.

Join us for a discussion about how to navigate and push against predefined words and worlds.

Who’s Doing The Washing Up? (2019)

February-July 2019

Who’s Doing The Washing Up? (2019)

– and where's the sink?

Curator in Residence Eva Rowson's radical six-month programme.

Power Up (2019)

20-22 February 2019

Power Up (2019)

A series of workshops for children aged 7-12.

Power Up aims to show children how their imagination and creative thinking can make a real difference to the future of our planet.

Last Dance I & II

30 November 2018

Last Dance I & II

Last Dance short films.

Two shorts from Lighthouse & Boiler Room 4:3 looking into the rapid changes affecting UK club culture.

Light+ Alternate Realities

Light+ Alternate Realities

Season 2 of Light+ Podcast

Featuring artists and curators who work with immersive technologies to reflect on the themes of borders, identity, and loss.

Alternate Realities (2018)

22-30 September, 11am-6pm

Alternate Realities (2018)

Brighton Digital Festival 2018

Exploring the themes of borders, identity, and loss through different technological platforms – gaming, AR, social media and interactive installation.

Open Session #8: Women in Music Today

Thursday 26 July 2018, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #8: Women in Music Today

Monthly talks from creatives: What's it like for women in the music industry today?

Open Session #7: Artwork & Design For Music

Thursday 28 June 2018, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #7: Artwork & Design For Music

Monthly talks from creatives: Exploring the creative world of design & artwork for music.

Light+ Last Dance

Light+ Last Dance

Season 1 of Light+ Podcast

Conversations about the UK club culture: discussed, explored, honoured.

Last Dance: The Wave Epoch (2018) - Haroon Mirza

Thursday 24 May 2018, 2pm and 7pm

Last Dance: The Wave Epoch (2018) - Haroon Mirza

Brighton Festival 2018

The immersive performance imagines a scenario where the Collider has been rediscovered by a future civilisation and turned into a ceremonial site.

Last Dance: Re-Imagined Futures

Last Dance: Re-Imagined Futures

Brighton Festival 2018

What culture will be like in 2000 years? A programme of free talks, workshops and events exploring ritual, ceremony and the future of culture by pivotal independent figures.

Open Session #6: How To Be Everything

Tuesday 17 April 2018, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #6: How To Be Everything

Monthly talks from creatives: How to be everything at once – artist, label, venue, and more...

Open Session #5: Making Your Way in Music as a Video Director

Tuesday 10 April 2018, 6.30-9pm

Open Session #5: Making Your Way in Music as a Video Director

Monthly talks from creatives: All about music videos – image, style, content, working with artists, having your own vibe and pathways into the music industry.

Open Session #4: Documenting Music Culture

Wednesday 28 March 2018

Open Session #4: Documenting Music Culture

Part of Last Dance

Monthly talks from creatives: Elijah, Vicky Grout, and Nathan Miller discuss documenting music culture.

Open Session #3: Creating Audiovisual Club Experiences

Thursday 25 January 2018

Open Session #3: Creating Audiovisual Club Experiences

Part of Last Dance

Monthly talks from creatives: Elijah, Off-Peak Collective and Murlo AV talk about their work that brings visuals to the dance floor and what that means for the DJs of the future.

Open Session #2: Setting Up a Record Label

Thursday 7 December 2017

Open Session #2: Setting Up a Record Label

Part of Last Dance

Monthly talks from creatives: the minds behind QM Records and Yogocop Records talk about their experiences of setting up and running a record label.

Open Session #1: Debris Stevenson and Hugh Garry

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Open Session #1: Debris Stevenson and Hugh Garry

Part of Last Dance

Monthly talks from creatives: in this inaugural Open Session, Grime poet Debris Stevenson and director of Storythings Hugh Garry talk about their creative and professional paths.

Finding Fanon (2017) - Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Thursday 29 June 2017

Finding Fanon (2017) - Larry Achiampong and David Blandy

Films, talks & vinyl presentation.

Achiampong and Blandy present an exploration of race, identity and globalisation.

Collisions (2017) - Lynette Wallworth

Collisions (2017) - Lynette Wallworth

Brighton Festival 2017

An intimate, immersive screening of Collisions, by acclaimed Australian artist and director.

Last Dance

Exploring the changing space of UK club culture.

A multifaceted two-year project exploring the changing space of UK club culture, run by Grime producer and promoter Elijah, who joined Lighthouse as Associate Artistic Director.

The Sound of Story (2016)

17-19 November 2016

The Sound of Story (2016)

Cinecity Film Festival 2016

Lighthouse presents a series of talks, masterclasses, screenings and workshops featuring a stellar line-up of world-class sound professionals.

The Sound of Story: Women In Sound (2016)

17 November 2016

The Sound of Story: Women In Sound (2016)

Cinecity Film Festival 2016

Aimed at women in their early to mid-career, the forum will create an opportunity for women sound professionals to meet, exchange ideas and build new connections.

The Long Progress Bar (2016)

8 September 2016

The Long Progress Bar (2016)

Brighton Digital Festival 2016

A one-day festival of radical imagination: talks, screenings and music.

The Sprawl (2016) - Metahaven

The Sprawl (2016) - Metahaven

Brighton Festival 2016

Immersive video installation, where award-winning artists and filmmakers Metahaven argue that the internet has become a disruptive geopolitical super weapon.

The Sound of Story (2015)

17-18 November 2015

The Sound of Story (2015)

Cinecity Film Festival 2015

Two stimulating days of talks, masterclasses and workshops featuring a stellar line-up of world-class sound professionals.

The Long Progress Bar (2015)

3-4 September 2015

The Long Progress Bar (2015)

Brighton Digital Festival 2015

Playful, inspiring and timely two-day festival of radical imagination that explores new methods of empowerment through collective action, art, culture and technology.

Sprungdigi (2015)

Thursday 30 July 2015, 9am-5pm

Sprungdigi (2015)

Brighton Digital Festival 2015

A day of digital technology workshops for people with learning disabilities.

The Same Face (2015) - Joseph Popper

The Same Face (2015) - Joseph Popper

HOUSE 2015, Brighton Festival

Drones, flight simulators and a model landscape.

A screaming comes across the sky (2014-2015)

October 2014 - April 2015

A screaming comes across the sky (2014-2015)

An international exhibition curated by Lighthouse.

This new group exhibition, presented at LABoral in Spain, focuses on mass surveillance, invisible wars, and the shock and awe of drone warfare.

The Sound of Story (2014)

5-6 December 2014

The Sound of Story (2014)

Cinecity Film Festival 2014

Two days of talks, screenings and workshops that explore the creative potential of sound in the storytelling process with a stellar line-up of world-class sound professionals.

Communities, Collectives and Collaborations (2014)

4 October - 2 November 2014

Communities, Collectives and Collaborations (2014)

Brighton Photo Biennial 2014

Brighton Photo Biennial is back for a sixth year with an inspiring programme –Lighthouse is pleased to be hosting three of its important events.

Home (2014) - Holly Herndon

17 September 2014

Home (2014) - Holly Herndon

Lighthouse co-production.

Groundbreaking musician and artist Holly Herndon kisses goodbye to the NSA with new song HOME, released with an accompanying video directed by Dutch design studio Metahaven.

Brighton Digital Festival 2014

1-28 September 2014

Brighton Digital Festival 2014

Lighthouse-curated programme for BDF'14.

Lighthouse has devised a programme centred around two major events: Newstweek – Fact Fixing Bureau (a new exhibition by Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev) and Improving Reality (our one-day conference).

The Monopoly of Legitimate Use (2014) - Tobias Revell

The Monopoly of Legitimate Use (2014) - Tobias Revell

HOUSE 2014, Brighton Festival

Technology as territory: new work examining ideological conflicts between network and state.

Immaterials (2013)

September-November 2013

Immaterials (2013)

Brighton Digital Festival 2013

Immaterials is a research project and an exhibition comprised of films, texts and objects which make networked technological systems visible.

Brighton Digital Festival 2013

1-30 September 2013

Brighton Digital Festival 2013

Lighthouse-curated programme for BDF'13.

Lighthouse’s programme included major international artists, experimental artists, writers and technologists, critics and thinkers, and a film programme, which showed how technology is transforming cinema.

Under the Shadow of the Drone (2013) - James Bridle

Under the Shadow of the Drone (2013) - James Bridle

Brighton Festival 2013

In this project, a military drone aircraft makes an eerie incursion into the daily lives of Brighton residents.

I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another (2012) - The Otolith Group

14 April – 27 May 2012

I See Infinite Distance Between Any Point and Another (2012) - The Otolith Group

Brighton Festival 2012

Turner Prize nominated artists, The Otolith Group, poetically explore the sea as a site of myth, history and socio-political power in a new immersive exhibition.

The Politics of Space (2012)

6 October – 4 November 2012

The Politics of Space (2012)

Brighton Photo Biennial 2012

As well as presenting the exhibition by Trevor Paglen Lighthouse also staged a number of other events and education activities.

Brighton Digital Festival 2012

1-30 September 2012

Brighton Digital Festival 2012

Lighthouse-curated programme for BDF'12.

Being at the heart of BDF, Lighthouse curates Odysseys, an exhibition by David Blandy, presents Improving Reality 2012 conference, and more.

Invisible Fields (2011-2012) - Arts Santa Monica

14 October 2011 - 4 March 2012

Invisible Fields (2011-2012) - Arts Santa Monica

Curated by Lighthouse.

A dynamic major international exhibition that brings the radio spectrum vividly to life.

20 Hz (2011) - Semiconductor

20 Hz (2011) - Semiconductor

Co-commissioned by Lighthouse and Arts Santa Monica.

20Hz shows us the relationship between radio waves and sound. The film was awarded the inaugural Samsung Art+ Prize in 2012 and went viral as Vimeo Staff pick.

A Machine To See With (2011) - Blast Theory

1-24 September 2011

A Machine To See With (2011) - Blast Theory

Brighton Digital Festival 2011

Blast Theory's major hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival is brought to Brighton by Lighthouse.

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