Experience two works which are pioneering an exploration of the natural world in the digital creative environment, at The Battery of Ideas in Lowestoft. Water Portals by Henry Driver and Arboreal by Emily Richardson, 27th Nov – 19th Dec 2024.
Launch event: Fri 6th Dec, 5pm – 8pm
The Battery of Ideas, 125 London Rd N, Lowestoft NR32 1LZ.
November opening times:
Weds 27th, Thurs 28th, Fri 29th: 4 – 6pm
Sat 30th: 2 – 5pm
December opening times:
Weds 4th, Thurs 5th: 4 – 6pm
Fri 6th launch event: 5pm – 8pm
Sat 7th: 2-5pm
Weds 11th, Thurs 12th: 4 – 6pm
Sat 14th: 2 – 5pm
Weds 18th, Thurs 19th, 4 – 6pm.
A Battery of Ideas project presented by First Light Festival CIC in partnership with the Art Station.
Water Portals by Henry Driver: An immersive & interactive nature installation.
Henry Driver is a digital artist and game developer. He creates projects that connect us to our environment and presents achievable responses to climate change.
Water Portals is an interactive digital journey exploring the microscopic world of water. Discover the beautiful microbes that live in our rivers, lakes and seas, and understand the crucial roles they play in creating a healthy world. Explore how these important microbes are at risk from climate change, and what simple things we can do to make a difference.
Created in collaboration with leading scientists from the Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, & University of East Anglia. Commissioned by Level Centre and supported by Arts Council England funding.
Driver, has shown across the world from Japan to Canada, and in galleries such as Tate Liverpool, Tate Britain, Barbican, Sainsbury Centre, as well as had commissions from BBC Arts & Red Bull.
Henry DriverArboreal by Emily Richardson: A three-screen film installation capturing an historic oak woodland in Suffolk.
Emily Richardson is a filmmaker whose work addresses ideas about our relationship to and impact on natural and constructed landscapes and environments.
Arboreal, 2023, captures aspects of the sculptural forms left by ancient oaks in a Suffolk woodland. Experience the forest in this immersive, three screen installation, through organic sounds and the captivating presence of this historic woodland.
Originally conceived as a piece for Orchestra of the Earth’s performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto at the Milton Keynes International Festival MKIF in 2022, Arboreal was reimagined as an installation piece and setting for a dance choreographed and performed by Edgefield Dance Company for The Art Station’s Winter Celebration in December, 2023.
Richardson’s films have been shown in galleries, museums and festivals internationally including Tate Modern and Tate Britain, London, Pompidou Centre, Paris, Barbican Cinema, London; Anthology Film Archives, New York and Venice, Edinburgh, BFI London, Rotterdam and New York Film Festivals.
Emily RichardsonLed by First Light Festival CIC, the Battery of Ideas Place Partnership is an exciting new project designed to fire up ideas, enthusiasm and involvement in the new Cultural Quarter development in Lowestoft town centre, to grow public awareness and engagement in the Quarter and create a step change in creative production and cultural participation in the town
The Battery of Ideas