Esther McElwee: Audio-Visual Installation Residency
Monday 3 March - Monday 10th March 2025
Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH
Esther McElwee: Audio-Visual Installation Residency
The Lighthouse Project Space residency will provide Esther McElwee with the necessary space and materials to explore the presentation of audio-visual installation works. Esther’s work merges both digital and physical animation techniques to create visuals inspired by awe and wonder in the everyday. Having created a wide range of video art, the residency will give Esther the opportunity to work on the presentation of her work by experimenting with different materials and technical set ups.
As part of this exploration Esther will design the arrangement of her audio-reactive installation Parting Clouds. Parting clouds is an installation created in collaboration with harpist Eva Lunny and will be open for public viewing over the final days of the residency. This special residency has been programmed by Lighthouse Future Creative Leaders (FCL).
Residency Dates: Monday 3 March - Monday 10th March 2025.
Private View: Friday 7 March 2025, Time: 6.30 PM - 9 PM, Free, Book Your Free Ticket Here
Projection will be shown twice at the private view.
Exhibition: Saturday 8 March and Sunday 9 March 2025, Time: 12-5 PM, FREE! Just turn up!
Projection will be shown x4 times an hour on Saturday and Sunday.
This Installation isn’t appropriate for anyone sensitive to flashing lights.
Esther McElwee is a visual designer and animator originally from Birmingham. Since graduating from film school in Bristol, she has worked with a range of clients such as London Short Film Festival, We Out Here Festival and Jamz Supernova.
https://126studios.com | @126.studios
Eva Lunny is a harpist, composer and ambient music producer. Inspired by sonic pioneers such as Aphex Twin, Tim Hecker and Brian Eno, as well as harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Eva creates a mix of ambient soundscapes and neoclassical pieces for her live show, bringing audience members on a journey of sound and reflection.
ACCESSIBILITY
This Installation isn’t appropriate for anyone sensitive to flashing lights.
This event will be held on the ground floor, level access, of Lighthouse Project Space, Unit D North Level 1, New England House, Brighton, BN1 4GH (map)
We have step-free access just to the left of our space. The step-free ramp is 1 metre wide, after the ramp you reach a blue door please use the 'Lighthouse' doorbell, one of the team will come to let you in and you will then go through a door that is 34 in / 86.5cm wide and after that another door in to the space that is 33.5 in / 85cm wide. There is an accessible toilet in the space on the same floor. We have one accessible parking space that must be booked in advance. For further information email info@lighthouse.org.uk or call 01273 647197.
Watch our video on the step-free access at Lighthouse Project Space. We are fundraising to adapt our entrance, so that everyone enters our space through the same door.
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO DURING EVENT
Please note, that this event will be photographed/filmed. If you prefer not to be photographed please speak to a member of the Lighthouse team. The photographs and film we capture at our events are used for marketing and promotional purposes for our programme only and are stored securely.
Future Creative Leaders (FCL) is a 12-month paid programme offering young creatives from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Lighthouse's leadership team to explore various aspects of creative leadership. Funded and supported by Art Fund’s ‘Reimagine Grants’ and Chalk Cliff Trust, over the year, participants will co-curate programmes, select participants for mini-residencies, and recruit their successors, all while exploring alternative governance structures, accountability, and power-sharing.
