Fabrica: The Forked Forest Park. Pic by Tom Thistlethwaite
The work will take over the former church in the form of a forest they have grown sustainably.
Produced in collaboration with Brighton Festival, the exhibition will run from May 18 to June 20 and will invite visitors to immerse themselves in a space filled with branches, saplings and thinnings.
Dive in and you will soon give yourself up to the illusion of being lost in a dense wooded environment. With branches and material locally and sustainably sourced, The Forked Forest Path evokes a strong sense of ‘the woods’ and of our relationship to this particular aspect of nature and its place in our human folklore.
Rider Spoke Brighton Festival 2021 credit Blast Theory
As you ride on, the voices of strangers will draw you to new and unknown places…
Going under the title Rider Spoke, the event runs from May 1-3, May 5-9, May 11-16 and May 18-23.
And as Nick Tandavanitj, one of the three Blast Theory artists and the lead on Rider Spoke, says, it should prove a Covid-proof experience: “You are going to be outdoors and you are going to be on your own.”
The idea is that Rider Spoke invites you on a ride guided by a smartphone app with a narrator and a delicate score by Blanket. You will be prompted to think about the people in your life while you search for hiding places. You will be urged to record messages and share them with strangers you will never meet. As Nick says, “To cycle alone, in the evening, with no particular destination offers a rare freedom.”