EXHIBITION TALKS
All talks are at Fabrica (unless stated)
Places are limited and booking is advisable.

Architecture Week 2006
Traverser La Ville - Book Launch
Saturday 24 June 6-8pm
Refreshments provided
Booking essential
Traverser La Ville documents three artists' photographs of four towns which are designated 'villes d'art et d'histoire' in the Nord Pas de Calais. Launch includes an illustrated talk by the Directors of Espace CroisŽ, a contemporary art centre in Roubaix, with whom Fabrica have been working for the past three years.

Pecha Cucha
Thursday 6 July 5.30-8pm
Pay bar and supper
The second Fabrica Pecha Cucha (Japanese for 'chit chat') is an informal forum for interaction and exchange. Using drawing from nature as a starting point, six seven-minute slide shows by invited speakers provide the initial stimulus for the evening followed by food, drink and chat.

King's Wood: A Context
Thursday 13 July 6-7pm
Sandra Drew, Director of Stour Valley Arts, will give a short presentation about the organisation and its extensive commissioning, education and residency programme, aimed at increasing awareness and enjoyment of art in the landscape.

Eco-Brighton Seminar: Artists and the Environment
19 July 7-9.30pm
Free event with pay bar.
Presentations by artists and environmentalists provide the catalyst for an evening discussion which explores the role of artists in the contemporary environmental agenda. Email: ar@fabrica.org.uk for more information.

Eco-Brighton is an arts programme which aims to raise awareness of environmental issues and provide opportunities for artists to engage in ecological debate.
Eco-Brighton is part of the making a difference cultural programme.
www.brightonandhoveartscommission.org.uk

Second Sight
Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July 2.30-3.30pm
Audio described tour and workshop with artist Naomi Kendrick.
Booking essential.

Artist Story - Jacques Nimki
Thursday 27 July 6.00-7.00pm
Jacques Nimki adapts archaic processes more commonly associated with the Victorian era of exploration and collecting, to document and analyse urban plant life (or 'weeds') as a botanist would, but in a deliberately unscientific way, more like a hobbyist.
Using the current exhibition, his experiences of the residency, and examples of past work, he will illustrate the key developments in his artistic practice and his role as an artist educator.
For other examples of his work see www.untolddesign.co.uk/ikon/ and www.theapproach.co.uk/jnimki.html

Armchair Critics
Thursday 10 August 7-8pm
Refreshments provided
Fabrica's regular forum for discussion and debate with Polly Carter.
Woodlock casts doubt on the wisdom of humans controlling the environment and celebrates the anarchic unpredictability of nature.
Is it possible to legislate for climate control? Is Bio-Diversity really an option? Have we lost touch with The Natural?

Weed Walk
Sunday 13 August 4-5.30pm
Not protected by any laws, weeds find their own ways of surviving.
Extremely hardy and almost impossible to eradicate, they can regenerate themselves from tiny pieces of roots or stem, and some can produce thousands of seeds that can germinate, grow and set seed again in only a few weeks.
Jacques Nimki leads a guided meander around the backstreets and waste areas of Brighton looking at these neglected species.

Find out about more activities for adults and children during the show.