Uddin & Elsey

Cafe Esperanto

Whitstable Museum

Sat 23 July 2011

Artists Sonia Uddin and Leah Elsey present Cafe Esperanto, an event as part of their two year commission with Whitstable Biennale.

Whitstable Museum's Education Space, on the High Street, will become an informal interactive language centre, encouraging people to speak with others in a range of foreign languages.

Presented with the support of Canterbury City Council TAP into Cash Commission, the Whitstable Twinning Association and Whitstable Oyster Festival.

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Whitstable Biennale seeks

Film Events Curator for WB2012

The next Whitstable Biennale will be held in September 2012 and we are looking for a dynamic person to programme and deliver a series of moving image events for the festival.

We are looking for someone with specialist knowledge of the visual art film & video sector in the UK and beyond, who can put together an exciting and innovative programme, for venues indoors and out, for our audiences. We are interested in a programme which explores current experimental and emerging practice in moving image, and new ways of showing moving image works to audiences. We are also interested in the cross-over between film and performance. 

Main Aims of the role
To programme and deliver an innovative programme of moving image works for three weekends, for Whitstable Biennale 2012. This will involve: working with the WB curatorial team to put together a film events programme for WB2012, liaising with artists, managing budgets, liaising with other WB staff for press and fundraising etc., overseeing install and de-install of works, and inputting to the WB2012 evaluation.

You will be flexible and creative, hands-on, and able to present artists' work to extremely high standards, while working within limited budgets. Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of moving image formats and equipment. 

This is a freelance role, and can be worked around other commitments. You will need to be be on-site in Whitstable for planning, and the three Biennale weekends between 1-16th September 2012. Accommodation will be provided. Fees are not yet fixed, as we are currently securing funds for WB 2012, but we anticipate will be in the region of £3,000 - £4,000. 

To apply

Please send us no more than one page - outlining briefly why you think you would suit this role, and an indication of your current interests in visual art moving image or initial ideas for a moving image events programme for WB2012, together with a one page CV.

Email to info@whitstablebiennale.com by the deadline, Monday 26 September 2011.

Interviews will be held at our office in Canterbury on 4 October. The interview panel will include artist filmmaker Clio Barnard.

Songs of Salt 

August 2011

Southbank Centre

60th Anniversary of the 1951 Festival of Britain

Whitstable Biennale was invited by Metal to take part in the Southbank Centre's celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. A four-month Festival of British culture and creativity is running from April - September 2011.

Following their wonderful sea shanty singing project at the Satellite Programme of the 2010 Whitstable Biennale, Cave People are representing Whitstable Biennale at the Southbank Centre with a special beach hut performance, and one-off new sea shanty gig.

Whistable Biennale wins award

Canterbury Culture Awards

16 June 2011

Whitstable Biennale won an award at the first Canterbury Culture Awards on 16 June. The award was for "raising the profile of Canterbury's cultural offering regionally, nationally and internationally", and was sponsored by Chives.

Uddin & Elsey

Bureau de Change

Artists Sonia Uddin & Leah Elsey are undertaking a two year project with Whitstable Biennale between 2010 and 2012.

Uddin & Elsey

Uddin & Elsey's practice is inspired by political events and the spirit of resistance. Their Whitstable Biennale project focuses on Whitstable and its five twin towns, which are spread across Europe.

To visit the artists' project blog click here.

Details of the next event coming soon.

Whitstable Biennale 2012

Plans are already underway for the sixth edition of the Whitstable Biennale, which is planned to take place in September 2012. Artists will include Emma Hart, who was recently featured in the Observer as 'one to watch'.

Watch this space for more information.