British artist Layla Curtis presents a solo exhibition of work at Spacex in central Exeter, including a new commission entitled Antipodes (working title), 2013 and Tong Tana, 2012. Curtis’s work has a focus on mapping and the ways we represent terrain and locate ourselves and our movements through space.
Layla Curtis received her BA Fine Art from Edinburgh College of Art (1998) and her MA Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (2000). Her work, featuring in collections including the Tate Collection, and the Government Art Collection, is exhibited widely.
With rising resource costs and waste disposal charges, the Exeter Sustainable Business Network’s first quarterly event will be focusing on how businesses can reduce their waste costs and take advantage of business opportunities. There will be a series of business presentations and a networking opportunity.
Event Programme:
8:45am: Registration and coffee
9.05am: Introductions
9.15am-10.30am: Mini Presentations:
Flybe - Find out how Europe's largest regional airline minimises the amount of waste they send to landfill and reduces their waste costs. www...
The Director's Breakfast Forum will be taking place on Tuesday 14 May.
The meeting is open to the directors of small companies, with 20 employees or less. The meeting provides a confidential forum that enables attendees to bring discussion points and speak candidly about issues they face and share experiences and best practice.
Examples of previous topics of discussion include: staffing, marketing and PR, investment and funding, skill development, genearl busiess concerns and issues. Due to the nature of this meeting, it is imperative that attendees are from different...
The next Chamber Networking Lunch will be taking place on 15 May 2013 at the Southgate Hotel.
The speaker at this event will be Paul Thomas, Head of Trading Standards.
Paul will give an update on trading standards delivery at a national, regional and local level with a particular focus on how regulation can support the local economy rather than prove to be a burden on business.
Noon-2pm
For more information and to book a place visit www.exeterchamber.co.uk
The Vincenzo Sodi 1782 harpsichord on display at RAMM is so delicate that it can no longer be played.
With the aid of the latest computer technology, Exeter’s Sound Gallery have re-created the entire keyboard as an interactive installation. Visitors are welcome to try out their keyboard skills and hear how a piece of music would sound if they were able to play it on the 231 year-old instrument.
Free drop-in: 10.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30 to 4.30pm.
The Analogue to Digital Music Show organised by Sound Gallery Studios, hits Exeter once again on Saturday 18 May, bringing with it hundreds of visitors and an impressive exhibitor and guest speaker line-up. A2D is a unique music industry event which showcases a diverse range of products by major music technology brands, not to mention an array of hands-on demos, masterclasses, workshops and music industry seminars delivered by high profile artists and producers across 4 Zones and 3 floors at Exeter Phoenix in Exeter, Devon.
Sound Gallery is proud to announce that soundscape...
Famous the world over for inventing Techno Ceilidh, Acid Croft and Hypnofolkadelia, Shooglenifty’s original and exciting sound has launched the band on an international career. A wild uptempo mix of trad talent and super funky phonics melding heritage and hedonism into one unbreakable whole.
Shooglenifty is one of Scotland’s most unique musical exports, credited with being the originators of ‘acid-croft,’ a fiery and infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves that band members describe as ‘hypno-folkadelic ambient trad.’
Indulge in a night of neo-victorian fantasy at the Stupendous Steampunk Showcase.
Featuring Professor Elemental, The Mysterious Freakshow, Miss Von Trapp’s Dark Cabaret, and DJ Maizybelle Swing (Electroswing set).
Professor Elemental - Hello there! Welcome to the world of Professor Elemental. Sit down and I’ll brew you a nice hip hop number, stir in some comedy, then serve it with scones and a nice warm cuddle.
The Mysterious Freakshow - A little bit punk and little bit steam! But mostly The Mysterious Freakshow give the listener a marvelous medley of musical mayhem...
