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URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/by-way-of-beachy-head-re-telling-sussex
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SUMMARY:By way of Beachy Head: Re-telling Sussex sites in drawing\, poetry 
 and music
DESCRIPTION:Join us for original\, moving and multi-media retellings of the
  Seven Sisters\, South Downs and Beachy Head\, iconic sites in need of tho
 ught.Ed Hughes\, Hope Wolf and Andrea Haslanger will share their original 
 approaches to retelling the Seven Sisters\, South Downs and Beachy Head\, 
 iconic and beloved Sussex sites which are also the subject of fantasy\, de
 bate and difficulty. The South Downs Songbook - a music and composition pr
 oject in schools and colleges - with composers Ed Hughes\, Evelyn Ficarra\
 , Rowland Sutherland and Shirley J. Thompson – was recorded as Distant V
 oices\, New Worlds\, voted the Guardian’s ‘contemporary music album of
  the month’ in November 2024\, reviewed as ‘English to its core’ yet
  defying tradition. The Songbook was performed at Towner Gallery in July 2
 025 – a sold-out concert which celebrated the work of local teenage crea
 tives alongside nationally-renowned artists. Rifted Shores\, also hosted a
 t Towner Gallery\, was a drawing workshop led by Catherine Anyango Grünew
 ald\, an internationally exhibited artist who has created adaptions of lit
 erary texts\, translated into multiple languages. Directed by Dr Hope Wolf
  and Dr Andrea Haslanger\, this was woven through with expert insight into
  the remarkable 1807 poem about Beachy Head by Charlotte Smith and analysi
 s of the fluid arts of Sussex\, drawing on Wolf’s major exhibition and b
 ook Sussex Modernism and Haslanger’s work on the literary and philosophi
 cal debates around peace that flourished in Britain from 1700-1815.Reflect
 ing multiple heritages and inclusive approaches to local places\, the spea
 kers will show us different\, refreshing and fascinating ways to go ‘by 
 Beachy Head’. They will at the same time demonstrate inspiring examples 
 of practice-based research and partnership development\, useful for anyone
  seeking to develop publicly facing research.Refreshments provided!This ev
 ent is a Sussex Retold event organised in partnership with the University 
 of Sussex with funding from the Arts &amp\; Humanities Research Council (A
 HRC) Impact Acceleration Account (IAA). It is also supported by the Centre
  for Life History and Life Writing Research and the English Department.Pho
 tograph © Stuart Robinson\, University of Sussex
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