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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.
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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.
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Light+ Podcasts

Light+ Podcasts

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

Lighthouse Young Creatives

Our acclaimed creative development scheme for young people.
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BFI Shorts (2012)

BFI Shorts (2012)

Supporting British filmmaking talent, enabling emerging filmmakers to demonstrate their potential to make features.
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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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GUTS (The Enchanted Forest) 2022
2-4 September 2022, 12-5pm
Exhibition

GUTS (The Enchanted Forest) 2022
MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION
Enter an immersive landscape where the internal meets the external creating a liminal space between our bodies and the world outside
Eva Quantica
21 - 22 May 2022
Exhibition

Eva Quantica
by Maf’j Alvarez.
Adjust your VR headset and step inside a surrealist painting.
Structures of Community
Saturday 21 May 2022
Event

Structures of Community
Society in Art, Architecture and Communal Space
Day 3 of a public art symposium and associated programme traces the relationships between architecture, community and socially engaged art practice in the public realm.
ASA: 2021/22 Programme
December 2021 - April 2022
Talent Development

ASA: 2021/22 Programme
Supporting women working in music and sound in Brazil.
After a year out due to the pandemic, ASA has returned for a third edition, providing development support to a new cohort of women working in music and sound.
Paso
21-30 January 2022
Exhibition

Paso
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
Exhibition

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.
If I Could Get To You
29 October - 7 November 2021
Exhibition

Commissions

If I Could Get To You
Audio-visual work by Amaal Said
An audio-visual work that uses interviews, film and photography to explore the process of knowing our personal histories and documenting our experience of them.
Ancestral Wisdom
1 - 7 November 2021
Exhibition

Commissions

Ancestral Wisdom
Interactive Installation by Ifeatu Nnaobi
Ifeatu Nnaobi's interactive installation invokes deeper questions of heritage and connection for Black and People of Colour living in the diaspora.
Brighton Digital Festival 2021
29 October - 7 November 2021
Event

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
Commissions

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
Commissions

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
2020-2022
Exhibition

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
Event

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
Education

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
Event

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
Exhibition

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
1-31 May 2021
Exhibition

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
Exhibition

5,000 Miles
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)
Education

HALO
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
Commissions

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
Podcasts

Light+ Collective Imaginings
with Jamila Prowse
Let's Talk Public Art
February 2021
Commissions

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
Education

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
Podcasts

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
Exhibition

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
Residency

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
Education

The Space in Sound
Symposium
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
Education

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
Exhibition

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
Exhibition

Hexagonally
MA Digital Media Arts 2020 Degree Show.
Cutting-edge online exhibition brings artists together in the time of COVID-19 pandemic.
Selected 10
6-12 July 2020
Exhibition

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Exhibition

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
November 2019
Residency

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
Event

Education

Open Session #9: Creating Culture
Monthly talks from creatives: How is culture curated and how do we document it?
Light+ Alternate Realities 2
Autumn 2019
Podcasts

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
Event

Exhibition

Alternate Realities 2 (2019)
Brighton Digital Festival 2019
Three immersive artworks from the internationally acclaimed Sheffield Doc/Fest programme.
ASA: 2019/2020 Programme
September 2019 - March 2020
Talent Development

ASA: 2019/2020 Programme
Supporting women working in music and sound in Brazil
ASA becomes a seven-month talent development programme supporting women in Brazil to develop sound- and music-based creative work.
Light+ Who’s Doing The Washing Up?
Summer 2019
Podcasts

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
Event

Exhibition

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
Event

Education

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
Residency

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
Event

Education

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.
ASA: 2018/2019 Programme
October 2018 - March 2019
Talent Development

ASA: 2018/2019 Programme
Supporting women working in music and sound in Brazil.
First year of supporting women in Brazil to develop sound- and music-based creative work.
Last Dance I & II
30 November 2018
Commissions

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
Autumn 2018
Podcasts

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
Event

Exhibition

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

Open Session #7: Artwork & Design For Music
Monthly talks from creatives: Exploring the creative world of design & artwork for music.
Light+ Last Dance
Summer 2018
Podcasts

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
Event

Commissions

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
8-30 May 2018
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Exhibition

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
6-28 May 2017
Event

Exhibition

Collisions (2017) - Lynette Wallworth
Brighton Festival 2017
An intimate, immersive screening of Collisions, by acclaimed Australian artist and director.
Last Dance
2017-2018
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

The Long Progress Bar (2016)
Brighton Digital Festival 2016
A one-day festival of radical imagination: talks, screenings and music.
The Sprawl (2016) - Metahaven
7-29 May 2016
Exhibition

Commissions

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Education

Sprungdigi (2015)
Brighton Digital Festival 2015
A day of digital technology workshops for people with learning disabilities.
The Same Face (2015) - Joseph Popper
2-24 May 2015
Exhibition

Commissions

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
Exhibition

Commissions

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
Event

Education

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
Event

Exhibition

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
Commissions

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
Event

Exhibition

Education

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
3-25 May 2014
Event

Exhibition

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
Event

Exhibition

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
Event

Exhibition

Education

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
4-27 May 2013
Exhibition

Commissions

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
Exhibition

Commissions

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
Event

Exhibition

Education

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
Event

Exhibition

Education

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
Exhibition

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
October 2011
Commissions

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
Event

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.
Re-Imagined Residency: Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kühne
March 2019
Residency

Re-Imagined Residency: Polina Medvedeva and Andreas Kühne
The first instalment of Re-Imagined Residencies
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