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Banging the Oil Drum for Fossil Fuel Divestment

This Tuesday, 12 July, climate campaigners from across East Sussex, Brighton and Hove joined forces for a ‘big noise demo’ outside County Hall. Their purpose was to demand that East Sussex County Council (ESCC) stop investing in fossil fuels. The protest included a samba band and Extinction Rebellion Brighton’s 20-foot model boat ‘Lightship Greta’ which was pushed up the hill to County Hall from the centre of Lewes. Photographs provided by JJ Waller.

Posted 22:21 Thursday, Jul 14, 2022 In: Campaigns Tags: Divest East Sussex, divestment, East Sussex County Council, ESCC, Just Stop Oil, XR

‘XR22’ : The Hastings Snapshot Project

‘XR22’ is a unique project creating a digital repository of the town and its community in 2022. The ‘XR22’ Project is a digital, 3D mass-portrait of Hastings: its town, its culture and its people, using the latest emerging XR technologies – Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, 3D scanning and WebAR. Collaborative venture Digital Arts Hub reports.

Posted 13:52 In: Arts News Tags: Daniel Hardiker, Digital Arts Hub, Hastings Commons, Neil Hetherington, The Hastings Snapshot Project, Volumetric capture, XR22, Zeroh

Poetry from the heart of the revolution

This Thursday 21 July, award-winning partisan poet Matt Broomfield will visit Hastings’ St Mary’s in the Castle Cafe to perform work from his debut poetry collection. Brave Little Sternums: poems from Rojava was written in and about the remarkable women-led, direct-democratic revolution which is flourishing in Syrian Kurdistan. Lee Humphries writes.

Posted 13:27 In: Poetry Tags: Brave Little Sternums, Lee Humphries, Matt Broomfield, Rojava, Syrian Kurdistan

The Embarkation Exhibition, Zuzushii Art Laboratory

Roll up. Roll up. Everything must go! Fumico Azuma and Tim Can, art experimentalists extraordinaire, are changing tack, and they’ve got a ship load of art to clear and a ton of surreal ideas to share. Judy Parkinson was intrigued to find out.

Posted 11:52 In: Visual Arts Tags: art exhibition, box art, Crowdfunding, Dada, Fumico Azuma, Judy Parkinson, surrealism, Tim Can, zuzushii art barge

HBC endorses call for Fossil Fuel Treaty

On Wednesday 13 July, at Muriel Matters House in Hastings, Hastings Borough Council voted to support the call for an international treaty to phase out fossil fuels (a ‘Fossil Fuel Treaty’) at its Full Council meeting. The vote was passed with two abstentions (Councillors Pragnell and Edwards) and two votes against (Councillors Marlow-Eastwood and Beaney).   Divest East Sussex reports.

Posted 11:16 In: Campaigns Tags: fossil fuels, Fossil Fuels Treaty, Sabina Arthur

HBC postpones levelling-up bid to round 3 — if there is one

Although round 2 of applications to the government’s Levelling Up Fund is under way, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has decided to hold back its bid until round 3 — assuming there is one. In the meantime it is seeking a change in the assessment criteria. Report by Nick Terdre, research and graphics by Russell Hall.

Posted 19:51 Tuesday, Jul 12, 2022 In: Local Economy Tags: Hastings Borough Council, Levelling up, Nick Terdre, Paul Barnett, Russell Hall, Towns Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund

JJ Waller’s St Leonards Festival 2022

Photographer JJ Waller shares his photographs of and his thoughts about this year’s St Leonards Festival.

Posted 21:38 Sunday, Jul 10, 2022 In: One Long Party Tags: JJ Waller

O’Brien and Cox put on art show at His Place church

Seeking new outlets for their creative energies, writer Tom O’Brien and ex-councillor Ruby Cox have come together to mount an art exhibition at His Place community church. Nick Terdre gets a preview.

Posted 10:32 Saturday, Jul 9, 2022 In: Visual Arts Tags: His Place, Ruby Cox, Tom O'Brien