Cat from the Inksquatch collective has some of her prints available for purchase in The Southsea Gallery on Albert Road. They should be in and ready for sale this weekend, 3rd July. Some nice little illustrations as always. Go and grab a local bargain.
The traveller returns and dishes us out an early week playlist, and hopefully another on Thursday. A 30 track selection from one of the most influential labels ever established. From original ska hits to high-end folk to new wave/post-punk via a reggae golden age with a couple of contemporary acts chucked in to balance it all out. It’s arguable whether Island still exist in the same great way that they did up to the late nineties but there’s no arguing with some of the amazing songs left behind. Enjoy.
Listen to this weeks Island Records playlist on Spotify and also check out all the past Pet Sounds Playlist HERE
01. Little Flo – Derek & Clive (Peter Cook & Dudley Moore)
02. Ska Wars – Rico Rodriguez
03. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us – Sparks
04. Virginia Plain – Roxy Music
05. Babies – Pulp
06. Poor Boy – Nick Drake
07. Keep On Running – The Spencer Davis Group
08. The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
09. Where Do The Children Play – Cat Stevens
10. May You Never – John Martyn
11. Late November – Sandy Denny
12. Pomp & Pride – Toots & The Maytals
13. The Stealer – Free
14. As You Lean Into The Light – Paul Weller
15. Windows – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
16. The Calvary Cross – Richard & Linda Thompson
17. Mother Goose – Jethro Tull
18. Hang Down Your Head – Tom Waits
19. Police & Thieves – Junior Murvin
20. Marcus Garvey – Burning Spear
21. King Tubby Meets The Rocker Uptown – Augustus Pablo
22. Glad – Traffic
23. Rainbow Chaser – Nirvana
24. Needles In The Camel’s Eye – Brian Eno
25. Rock Lobster – The B-52s
26. Warm Leatherette – Grace Jones
27. C’mon Billy – PJ Harvey
28. Hell Is Round The Corner – Tricky
29. Cokane In My Brain – Dillinger
30. Stir It Up – Bob Marley & The Wailers
The Joy Gallery in Chichester has been closed for several weeks but is set to reopen with a new exhibition entitled “TRIALOGUE” as part of the Chichester Fringe Festival which runs from 1st – 11th July.
“Art isn’t what you see but what you make others see.”
What happens if others change what you see?
In “Trialogue” Ben Heasman and Alec Moors investigate the moment of art making as a trial of collaboration. Can art be a joint act or merely a series of claims and counterclaims? A multi sensory exhibition including sound, sculpture, photography, painting and drawing explores the myriad possibilities of dialogue in art. The viewer is invited to add as much to this dialogue as they will take away with them.
Private View: 1st July 6-8pm
Opening Times:
Exhibition:
Tues-Sun 10am-5pm
For more information on the show and any others visit: www.thejoygallery.co.uk
The first Street Light Photography Course was a big success and the photos from the project have been exhibited in a few locations around the city. The second course is now booking attendees so if the following sounds up your street get in contact via the Facebook.
“If you’re aged 16-28 and you’re unemployed or about to leave education, then we’ve got the opportunity for you. Streetlight is a short course that uses exciting teaching methods to explore creativity and photography.
A team of tame experts will show you how to turn a couple of disposable cameras into a professional exhibition through talks, tutorials and seminars. You’ll be guided through every stage of producing, promoting and presenting your work, with no previous photography experience necessary. Along the way you’ll learn important new skills and develop valuable networks.
Our enjoyable, casual approach and tailor-made programme is designed to suit everyone – all you’ve got to do is want to take part and try something new. By the end of the course you’ll have made new friends, been introduced to useful organisations and have two professional exhibitions to add to your CV. As if that’s not enough, there’s one more thing. There’s no charge for this course, it’s free!”
Course starts July 6th at 6PM, Friendship House, Portsmouth.
Following on from Tristan’s post about pics from early Saturday morning during the power outage.
Very impressive series of photographs taken on Albert Road during the black-out by Portsmouth photographer Pete Thorne.
See more on his Flickr Stream.
Ever wondered how thrilling it would be to come face-to-face with a Martian? Or how about Darth Vader, or even The Predator?
Well, visitors will find out when they attend the remarkable one-off “Alien Invasion” exhibition, which brings together an army of famous – and infamous – aliens, monsters, props and costumes from some of Hollywood’s biggest sci-fi blockbusters.
26th June 2010 until mid-January 2011, at the City Museum and Records Office
Sifer Design have also been involved in creating some great vinyls in Guildhall Square to advertise the event.
There was a street party in Gains Road, Southsea on Saturday. So lovely to see the streets not dominated by speeding cars but deckchairs and sofas and bouncy castles. Also spotted some sweet person who has decided to plant some flowers by the side of the road. I don’t think this was done by COLAS.
I trust everyone got through the blackout okay? Although we didn’t get to see the second half of Steves (Soulwax) set in LJR we did get to experience the whole town in darkness. We quickly made an exit back to our house for a candle lit supper and to grab the bikes and go for a moonlight ride down to the seafront. The photos don’t really show a lot but it was so much fun riding round in total darkness. We had lights of course! Be safe, be seen!
If anyone has any cool photos from the blackout we’d love to see them and hear any stories. Drop us an email at contact@strong-island.co.uk/a>.
Louise sent over her 24 photos shot in 24 hours, you can also see higher resolution versions over on Louise’s Flickr. Get in contact if you want to submit yours. Check out all the other Your Twenty Four posts HERE.
(Remember to click ‘Continue reading’ under the photos to see the rest)
After a seven year absence Southsea is to see a return of the once annual carnival.
The carnival will take place from July 24 to 25 and will kick off with a huge parade, and about 20 colourful floats that will meet at the Royal Marines Museum and go along the seafront, finishing at Southsea common.
From 11am until 7pm on both days activities will be taking place on two stages run by Nick Courtney, as well as an arena and stalls on Southsea Common. The event is being run as a joint venture between Portsmouth Lions, Portsmouth’s Caribbean Association and Portsmouth City Council’s seafront management team.
To get involved call Mr Apps on (023) 9232 1847, or e-mail john.apps@ntlworld.com
This coming new year we will be proud to announce our latest exhibition PRIMARY, a Phoneography exhibition by Strong Island and we are even happier to announce that it’s open to you, the readers.
With the continuing increase in impressive camera technology in mobile phones and the ability to alter, tweak, post process and upload the photos to social media networks and websites like Instagram, the popularity of Phoneography has never been greater.
The ‘of the moment’ ability to take a photo at almost any time and any place by most people has really driven the fact that the camera does not make the photographer. By which I mean, you don’t need an expensive camera to take outstanding photos.
Agreed, the quality of the physical image may not stand up to the big guns, but new learnings in composition, style and aesthetic by a new generation of camera users via online media has really driven this popularity, and encourage people to go beyond a ‘quick shot’.
PRIMARY invites you to get out and about around Portsea with your mobile phone camera and take photos of anything and everything based around the three primary colours red, yellow and blue. What you photograph is entirely up to you, but submissions will only be accepted if they stick to the theme.
The call for entires has now begun and the deadline is the 31st of January 2012 with the exhibition being held in March of 2012. Photos can be taken on any mobile phone model and we ask that a maximum of 3 photos per applicant are sent in to primary@strong-island.co.uk.
Please submit along with your photographs your name, photo title, phone model, location of photo on the island and any post process apps you used, if any, to achieve the final shot.
We look forward to seeing all the entries, and the final installation will be something special using every photo submitted in a slightly different fashion from your average photographic exhibition. CLICK HERE TO PRINT YOUR OWN POSTER
Poster by Tristan Savage & Photo by Paul Gonella
Righto chaps, it’s time to clean shave your boat race and get that mighty moustache on the grow in support of Movember for The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. For 30 days of November you can help support and raise awareness through selflessly parading your top lip for charity.
You can sign up yourself, as I’m sure many of you already have, or you can join the Strong Island team and seek out sponsorship as a team. Through the Strong Island Movember page you can ask people to join the group, make donations, upload photos and post updates via the MoSpace page, Facebook and Twitter.
Head over to www.mobro.co/StrongIsland if you would like to get involved and grow a Strong Moustache to help raise awareness, or simply head over to www.uk.movember.com and sign up to personally raise money.
The funds raised in the UK support the number one and two male specific cancers – prostate and testicular cancer. The funds raised are directed to programmes run directly by Movember and our men’s health partners, The Prostate Cancer Charity and the Institute of Cancer Research. Together, these channels work together to ensure that Movember funds are supporting a broad range of innovative, world-class programmes in line with our strategic goals in the areas of awareness and education, survivorship and research.
Poster: Tristan Savage
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