Working in partnership with Portsmouth author Matt Wingett and blacksmith Lucille Scott, owner of Little Duck Forge. We worked up an Arts Council funding application and were successful in raising enough money to stage the exhibition in October/November 2019.
Darkside Portside is a self-guided poetry film trail through an imagined 18th century Portsea, Portsmouth, UK.
A night of ghastly short films, live cinema performance, spoken word and music – telling tales of gothic horror and supernatural terror.
This November Dr Lighthouse had the opportunity to again collaborate with the good people at The Front Room on an opening event for the 2017 Darkfest called Cure or be Cured.
Staged as part of Portsmouth Darkfest 2018, ‘Cure or be Cured’ was an evening of spoken word, film projections and immersive theatre all inspired by the iconic Plague Doctors who tried to cure sufferers of the Black Death in the 14th Century.
On the Saturday 26th November 2016 the crew at 1000 Plateaus pulled off another remarkable event with no funding and a huge amount of good will from the artists involved.
Thanks to Tom Dyer for taking on the roll of official photographer for DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT at The Coastguard Studio for our 26th November 2016 event as part of Portsmouth Darkfest. There are some excellent photos that really capture the spirit and diversity of the event. You can download hi-res copies from the Flickr page.
A night of audiovisual performance, live electronica, spoken word, installations, interstitial architects, psycho-geographers, kinetic sculptors, live artists and theatre-makers.
After our successful Artists & Writers Speed Networking event at Aurora Cafe on the 7th September we are keen to start gathering ideas and proposals from artists and performers who want to contribute to DARK OR DARKER SHIVERING OR NOT at Coastguard Studio on Saturday 26th November.
Interstitial architects 1000 Plateaus have teamed up with Portsmouth Writers Hub and with the Supernatural Cities project based in University of Portsmouth to bring you a new celebration of the dark side of DADA.
