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<div>Hi Spectres,</div>
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<div>Following up on my last email, I would like to let you know about
our two projects for Brighton Festival. We are working
with two artists:<b> Mariele Neudecker</b> on an exhibition at
Lighthouse, and<b> James Bridle</b>, who we've commissioned to carry
out an outdoor drawing of a military drone. Both artists reveal
the controversial weapons of war our governments would rather we did
not see.</div>
<div>There are also talks taking place on 8 and 9 May.</div>
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<div><b>About the Projects</b><br>
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<div><i><b>Under the Shadow of the Drone</b></i><b> by James
Bridle</b></div>
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>http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/james-bridle-under-the-shadow<span
></span>-of-the-drone</div>
<div>Lighthouse has commissioned James Bridle to create an outdoor
drawing of a drone aircraft, as used by militaries around the world.
The unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, has become one of the most
potent weapons of contemporary warfare.<i> Under the Shadow of the
Drone</i> makes them visible on our streets.</div>
<div>This week the RAF confirmed it would be flying armed Reaper
drones from the UK on missions to Afghanistan. Bridle's
life-size depiction of a Reaper drone forces us to confront the
reality of what it might be like to experience a bombing raid carried
out by a drone aircraft on our own community.</div>
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<div><b>Location</b>: Madeira Drive, Brighton BN2 1AY</div>
<div><b>Map</b>:
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/news/under-the-shadow-of-the-drone-locat<span
></span>ion-revealed</div>
<div><b>Artist talk</b>: Thursday 9 May, 18.00 at Lighthouse</div>
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<div><i><b>The Air Itself Is One Vast Library</b></i><b> by Mariele
Neudecker</b></div>
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>http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/mariele-neudecker-the-air-its<span
></span>elf-is-one-vast-library</div>
<div>This exhibition of startling images explores the disturbing, and
often invisible, technologies of war. In dramatic contrast with her
more familiar depictions of landscape and the sublimity of nature,
this highly topical study brings us face to face with weapons of mass
destruction. The works in<i> The Air Itself Is One Vast
Library</i> make what is otherwise abstract and monstrous, tactile and
present.<br>
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<div><b>Location</b>: Lighthouse, 28 Kensington Street, Brighton
BN1 4AJ</div>
<div><b>Preview Date and Time</b>: Friday 3 May, 6-8pm, speeches at
7pm</div>
<div><b>Artist talk</b>: Wednesday 8 May, 18.30 at Lighthouse</div>
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<div><i>The Air Itself is One Vast Library</i> and<i> Under the Shadow
of the Drone</i> investigate how technology can obfuscate and obscure
acts of war. They make visible the hidden infrastructures and
strategies used by the military, as a way of reminding us of our
social and moral responsibility in relation to war. These projects
continue Lighthouse's curatorial investigations into the invisible
technological frameworks that make up our world.<br>
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For more details about the projects, locations, and opening times,
please go to:</div>
<div
>http://www.lighthouse.org.uk/programme/lighthouse-at-brighton-festiv<span
></span>al<br>
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<div><b>Artist Talks</b></div>
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<div>Both the artists will both be giving talk at Lighthouse during
the festival:</div>
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<div><b>Mariele Neudecker - Wednesday 8 May, 18.30</b></div>
<div>Mariele will talk about challenging conventional ways of seeing
and the dichotomy between nature and culture:
http://is.gd/marieletalk</div>
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<div><b>James Bridle - Thursday 9 May, 18.00</b></div>
<div>James will examine of the idea of drones, and the physical,
virtual, and mental spaces they occupy: http://is.gd/jamestalk</div>
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<div>I'd be really pleased if you wanted to come along to one of these
talks. Plase drop me a line if you'd like to come.</div>
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<div>Best wishes,</div>
<div><br>
Honor Harger<br>
Artistic Director<br>
Lighthouse<br>
http://www.lighthouse.org.uk<br>
Address: 28 Kensington Street, Brighton, BN1 4AJ, UK<br>
Tel: +44 1273 647197<br>
Email: honor@lighthouse.org.uk<br>
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