Portsmouth Film Society is taking part in the BBC series of events celebrating local history through archive film, in partnership with the Wessex Film and Sound Archive. Join PFS for a look back at Portsmouth and Southsea history on the big screen, with a talk from local artist Jez Stevens who will discuss his project “No Diving” on the Hilsea Lido, which uses footage from local amateur filmmakers taken at the Lido, and Portsmouth historian Dr. Dave Allen.
Date – Wednesday, November 16 · 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the Omega Centre, Portsmouth.
Entry is £2 or free for full Portsmouth Film Society members.
No Diving film
For those of you that missed our post of Dave Allen’s lecture here it is below.
The competition to win the Kenneth Grange book ‘Making Britain Modern’ donated by Portsmouth company Anglepoise closes this Friday 11th November. To win a copy just send us a picture of your Anglepoise lamp. Email : claire.sambrook@gmail.com
I only recently discovered that Anglepoise have their office in Portsmouth and couldn’t wait to pay them a visit. I met with Simon Terry the innovation director whose family started the company back in 1855. Herbert Terry & Son Ltd started to sell their own products in the 1920′s, such as toast racks, bicycle saddles and spring clips. In the early 1930′s the Anglepoise lamp was developed by George Carwardine using Terry’s springs.
Anglepoise lamps are iconic and a design classic. They are also 100% British designed and manufactured which stands a true testament to the manufacturing industry in the UK. Simon informed me that one of the reasons they wanted to open their headquarters in Portsmouth was “because of the city’s enthusiasm for creating things, its industrial heritage and a sense of being involved in where you are”. There is also a strong connection to the location on the coast – water is in their blood with his family living in Cowes.
Watch this space for future collaborations with Strong Island – all very exciting especially since Anglepoise are very keen to establish links with the local creative community..
In the meantime we have a little competition to win the new Kenneth Grange book ‘Making Britain Modern’. Kenneth Grange designer of products like the iconic black cab, the first parking meter, Kodak cameras, Kenwood kitchen products, Wilkinson razors, Platinum pens and the Anglepoise lamp, he was also a founding member of the Pentagram collective. To enter just email us a photograph of your Anglepoise lamp and show us the environment in which you use it – studio/office. We will then choose a winner and post it up along with all the entries. The closing date for entries is Friday Nov 11th. The Design Museum, London is showing Kenneth’s work until Oct 30th.
Below is a picture of the Giant Chandelier which has been designed for a next generation trade show called Qubique in Berlin. The prototype chandelier is an evolution of the Giant 1227 floor standing lamp. This was originally commissioned for the Roald Dahl Museum in the UK and is now shipped all over the world.
Images taken during the visit to their office base in Portsmouth. See more.
The Art Space Portsmouth New Fine Art Graduate Award supports a promising student from the University of Portsmouth to exhibit at GASP – Gallery Art Space Portsmouth. This year’s award winner is Steve Chivalry and details for his exhibition are below along with some samples of his work. Some of you might remember Steve’s work in Garbo’s Salon on Albert Road last year. Well done Steve.
Exhibition: 18th- 29th October 2011 Private View: Friday 21st of October, 6.00pm-8.00pm. Also open: Saturday 22nd October, 12-4pm.
“Look but don’t touch… touch but don’t taste…taste but don’t swallow ” -Devils Advocate
Steve’s work walks hand in hand with raw human emotion, nurturing human emotions and guiding people to think about their own life situations. A lot of steve’s paintings are confrontational and designed to be so. His sculptures are designed to make you think of your current position in the reality of the present moment. The quote above taken from the film / novel Devils Advocate, highlights the inquisitive naivety of the human nature, a theme that runs visibly throughout Steve’s work.
The work within the exhibition is a collective of Steve’s most popular pieces from 2010-2011.
The latest exhibition from New Walls is all about the’best representations of Southsea’. The exhibition opens tonight – Thursday 6th October 2011 from 6pm at the One Eyed Dog. If you made it down to the last opening night, you’ll know how packed out it was so get there early to see local art and design showcased.
The original artwork for their new flyer is an A3 hand-drawn image, completed with a classic bic (a whole one!) by local Illustrator Ashley John.
It will be available as a limited run print after the opening night of New Walls. If you are interested in purchasing “Biro’s Are Shit Hot, But Southsea’s Better” as a print check out his blog or drop him an email – ashjohn99@hotmail.com
Local production company Wide Aperture Media have just finished episode 2 of their Southsea Series. This time they feature the talented blacksmith Peter Clutterbuck. “Peter has plied his trade in Portsmouth for over 40 years, creating bespoke metalwork, including the iconic bandstand in Southsea.”
Totally loving their use of camera/software effects in the opening and closing scene.
A little shout out to fans of Figi and Teresa formally of ‘Le Cafe Parisien’ and ‘The Best Kept Secret’. They have recently opened at the New Theatre Royal in Guildhall Walk – called ‘The Conservatory Cafe’. They have been at their new premises for over 6 weeks and offer light lunches, beverages and cakes. This is a unique and quirky venue in the city and has such a wonderful atmosphere. Figi and Teresa always bring quality to their food and service comes with a smile. Their menu also features the history of the building and a selection of old posters. They also serve excellent coffee.
They are open from 8am – 3pm Monday to Friday and also open at some theatre showings from 6pm.
Portsmouth Climate Action Network (PCAN) brings you the Portsmouth Summer Fair and Picnic – Saturday 25th June 11- 4 Victoria Park. This is the fifth fair PCAN has organised and it’s in partnership with Portsmouth City Council.
You can see loads of pictures from last year here.
Pedal-powered and solar stage provided by Veggiepower with live entertainment throughout the day with local bands and DJs. Around 100 stalls: crafts and eco-gifts, plants, money saving tips, green fashion, wildlife conservation, campaigns and energy saving tips. Also street entertainers, a Green Motor show, a therapy area, poets, swing dancers, get fit, art displays and demonstrations of green crafts and technology like bushcraft skills and building a cob oven.
For children: games, rides, art and crafts, face painting, circus skills, hula hoops, story-tellers, bouncy castle, solar challenge, parade and competitions.
Lots of food and drink stalls selling local, organic & homegrown food. Café-bar and gallery.
Free fun for all the family.
Further details on their website – http://www.portsmouthcan.co.uk/portsmouth-summer-fair.html
Summertime brings a monthly Roller Disco at Southsea Skatepark. Get your kit out and head on down to the skatepark tonight 24th June from 7pm. Poster designed by skateboarding legend Barry Abrook. DJ’s playing 70′s tunes til 10pm. You can also hire roller skates from the skatepark.
Date for diary = next month on 29th July BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Spoon will be providing the sounds.
Local Portsmouth tea merchants All About Tea have won another award. This time it is the Gold at the Cannes Lion’s Awards for their branding by Moving Brands. Well done to Andrew and all the team at All About Tea and Ben and the team at Moving Brands.
“Since implementing the new identity we have not been able to keep up with the increased interest from new customers. It seems to have caught the imagination of a market tired of the same old design cliches in the tea sector. The rebrand was a total redefinition of what the company is and what we do. The branding feels so solid and correct. I am passionate about telling this story. It has been an incredible experience and it’s an extraordinary story of business transformation as well as of design and creativity.” Andrew Gadsden, CEO of All About Tea.
Expect to see more of All About Tea around the city in the next few weeks. The Strong Island Tea blend went down rather well at The Strong Island Exhibition at The Round Tower back in April. More details due soon about their new ventures.
We have some great news about our PRIMARY phonography exhibition (find out all the details here) that we can now announce:
- The deadline for submissions has now been extended to Sunday 4th March. We have had some incredible submissions but want to set aside more time to make the exhibition something really special.
- The competition is now open to up to 10 submissions from each individual. With the ability to capture many photos on your phone over the next two months we we want you to not feel restricted to just three. The same rules apply about the photos conforming to compositions using the primary colours though. If you have already submitted feel free to send more photos over as and when you please.
- The exhibition will be hosted by Albert Road’s own Bonzo Studio who are also partnering up with us in the creation of the exhibition space. More news on this soon!
- Finally, we will be running a competition as part of the exhibition where the best three photos submitted will win some incredible prizes. We will be announcing the prizes available very soon but got to say, these will be the best prize haul we have ever offered.
- We will be putting together a poster for the exhibition that will be on sale on the opening night. The poster will feature some of the best submissions and all profits from the sales will go to a local charity (details to follow soon). Due to this we need to say that any photos submitted to PRIMARY will involve you giving us permission to use them for commercial purposes, if you do not want your photo used in this way simply let us know via email.
Well, that is it for now! We really hope to drum up as much coverage locally for PRIMARY in the next couple of months so if you could Facebook/Tweet/+1 about the exhibition we would really appreciate it. We would love this exhibition to be a real reflection of the whole population of Portsmouth with everyone taking part and feeling involved.
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.
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