10- 6 pm

26, 27th November, 3, 4, 10, 11th December

More information will be appearing nearer the time on Embassy Court’s website 

Featuring all the usual suspects and a wide selection of pieces to view and buy. From silver Jewelry to life sized african cranes and all manner of Kinetica Contrivances to delight and impress.

27/28 November

4/5 & 11/12 December

12 – 6 pm.

Visit the artists living and working at Embassy Court and follow our trail from the main entrance through the foyer. Your visit will include:-

• A site-specific piece in the foyer by Sue Milnthorpe and Paul Roberts (an artist collaborating with an historian);
• Flat 63, a magnificent corner flat, with photography by Sunny and Alan Pitcher;
• Circus Kinetica’s Boiler Room Studio, in the Basement, where you will find their famous wind-powered sculptures; Piers Mason’s animal sculptures from recycled metal; jewellery by Rebecca Jones and Tom Tomas; performance jewellery and props by Jemima Taylor; plus more.

This year, Embassy Court artists have joined the Central Brighton Artists’ Trail. The Open House Brochure and a Central Brighton Trail are now available throughout Brighton and Hove.

The Embassy Court Art Trail is sponsored by Bluestorm Ltd.

Embassy Court - Norman Howard (1935) visited by Circus Kinetica

Embassy Court artists will be showing their work during this year’s Open House Festival in May. This is a preview of one of the images you will see in the Open House Brochure.

12 – 5.30 p.m.

Saturdays & Sundays until 13th December.

The exhibition also features work by other Embassy Court Artists:-

Sue Milnthorpe

Sujo Remi

Alan Pitcher

Mike Blow

and visiting artists:

Fred Pipes

Roger Cooper

Jemima Taylor

Mark Bennett

and more.

Come and buy wind machines, prints, jewellery, hats, paintings, sculpture at very reasonable prices.

We’ll be putting some photos on this site during the week.

In this special open air screening, a short programme of artists’ film and video gives an insight into the work of kinetic sculptors from the past, as well as several working locally today.
Circus Kinetica`s studio in the basement of Embassy Court, will be open to the public before and during the event, to give a close-up view of their sculptural approach.
Upcoming artist Stephen Cornford, who recently exhibited at Brighton`s Permanent Gallery, will show a film based on his record player turntable pieces, and audio-visual artist Ian Helliwell screens a video featuring his light and sound machine, The Megatherm, along with the premiere of a new super 8 short based on the wind and solar powered sculptures of Circus Kinetica, shot on Hove seafront in the summer.

With large scale retrospectives of kinetic sculpture at London`s Hayward Gallery in 1970 and 2000, this area of visual art continues to capture the imagination, without obviously coming into or out of vogue. Kinetic sculpture has wide appeal, connecting with different senses simultaneously, and is more often than not an audio-visual medium that incorporates motion along with acoustic or electronic sound.

Lutz Becker: Kinetics, The Record of an Exhibition (1970, 14`)
Dirk Wales: The Kinetic Sculpture of Gordon Barlow (1972, 7`)
Stephen Cornford: Works for Turntable (2009, 4`)
Ian Helliwell: Music, Movies & Machines (2008, 6`)
The Motion Controllers (2009, 5.5`)

Entrance will be via the ramp at the rear of the building on Western Street.

Watch this space for information on participating artists, workshops and performances.

Open times: 12 – 5.30 p.m.

Sun 22/11, Sat 28/11, Sun 29/11, Sat 5/12, Sun 6/12, Sat 12/12, Sun 13/12

On Sunday 22 November, Ian Helliwell  is showing a video projection in the basement car park as part of the Cinecity Festival 2009 (7.15 & 8.15 pm.).