Thursday 30th October
6:30 – 9pm
Lighthouse, 28 Kensington St
Brighton, BN1 4AJ
Join us for another Viral Open Session as part of our project that works with young creatives from diverse backgrounds to develop their careers in the digital and creative industries.
This time Author Emma Warren will be explaining how an old chocolate factory in London can help us understand the ways in which user-generated space can create culture – and can help us come alive, too. Emma will be joined in conversation by Matt Weston, director at utopian regeneration group Spacemakers, and Bobby Brown who is an artist manager in the music industry and heavily involved with Brighton’s community arts scene.
We look forward to seeing you.
Spaces are free but limited, so get your ticket below or contact:
info@lighthouse.org.uk
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/viral-open-session-creating-culture-tickets-77996661113
Emma Warren
Emma Warren will be explaining the DIY origins of her books ‘Make Some Space: Tuning into Total Refreshment Centre’ and ‘Steam Down: How Things Begin’, and of her practice in general, from her time as a founding contributor of fan-made dance music magazine Jockey Slut in the mid 1990s.
Emma Warren has been documenting culture for decades. Her work has appeared in national and international publications and her documentaries have been broadcast on BBC Radio. She worked as a mentor on youth-run publication LIVE Magazine for six years. She currently has a monthly show on Worldwide FM. Her book Make Some Space came out on her own Sweet Machine publishing imprint in April to critical acclaim. She published Steam Down: How Things Begin with Rough Trade Books as part of their pamphlet series.
Matt Weston
Matt is a director at Spacemakers, a utopian regeneration group based in Brighton, London and Stockholm. He has ten years’ experience working in the built environment, and his work has been exhibited at the V&A and the Barbican. He recently took on the job of strategy lead for the world’s largest council housing estate (the Becontree, in Dagenham), and is working with Turner Prize winners, Assemble, on a project to regenerate New England House, in Brighton.
Bobby Brown
Bobby started his career by creating Tésty, a streetwear brand that would soon bring him to work with music artists Rizzle Kicks and Hobbie Stuart. This became a pathway towards managing singer/songwriter Eli ingram who would later sign to Island Records and collaborate with Chase & Status and Jordan Rakei. Bobby continues to work in the music industry as an artist manager, managing Karl Benjamin (recently signed to Atlantic Records) and rap dup Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn. He is heavily involved in the local community arts scenes and is a trustee for local charity, Audio Active.
Tickets are free but space is limited. Please sign up in advance to guarantee your spot!