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An open invitation to the annual celebration of Saint Andrew's Day and Seafarers Service at St. Andrew's Waterside Mission Church, Gravesend. St Andrew's Day < Back 30 November 2023 An open invitation to the annual celebration of Saint Andrew's Day and Seafarers Service at St. Andrew's Waterside Mission Church, Gravesend. Previous Next St Andrew and Seafarers The Service of Mattins BCP was attended by The Deputy Mayor of Gravesham Cllr Daniel King, Deputy Lieutenant Rosemary Dymond, The Reverend Alexandra Terrett of Gravesend Methodist Church,Church, Veterans, local Councillors , Freemen, Aldermen and Friends. Saint Andrew Saint Andrew is the patron saint of fishermen. He is also the patron saint of Scotland and Russia. Both Andrew and his brother Simon Peter were fishermen and became Christ’s first disciples. Christ promised to make them ‘fishers of men’ and persuaded Andrew and Simon Peter to leave their nets and follow him. (National Gallery) St. Andrew's Waterside Mission Church, Gravesend St. Andrew's Church was built to serve Gravesend’s waterside community. In the mid-19th century, the river Thames, just off Gravesend, was alive with shipping vessels waiting to load cargoes or passengers and emigrants heading for Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. Smaller boats supplied the everyday needs of the larger ships, and the crews of these boats lived with their families and livestock on board a collection of hulks and old barges moored just offshore. Rev Robinson wrote to a London church newspaper asking for donations to help build a mission hall, and the daughter of Rear Admiral Francis Beaufort KBE responded. Donations also came from townsfolk, including Charles Dickens. On St Peter's day, 1870, the foundation stone was laid and the church was finished and consecrated on St Andrew's Day in 1871. ( DiscoverGravesham.co.uk ) The church has an original working organ built by J Halmshaw and Sons, Birmingham. There are some historically significant plaques, including to the crew of the doomed Sir John Franklin expedition, the last Marahaja of the Punjab, Duleep Singh and Sir Francis Beaufort. The stunning stained glass windows were made and installed by Clayton and Bell. Besides Charles Dickens, other famous literary connections include John Keats leaving for Italy, Benjamin Franklin's diary and the opening of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. This event has ended Visit Event Page MORE ON THIS EVENT BELOW Previous Next Event Documentation Previous Next

Gravesend Innovation Showcase 2024 events, locations, talks, speakers and times. < Back Green Yonder - Sustainable Design Futures Start Time 10:00 Running Time 5 Hours Location 2. St George's Church Hall Event Type Demonstration About the Event Introduction Explore how emerging technologies like AI and IoT impact sustainability through hands-on games and repair challenges. Join us to learn essential skills for a circular economy in a fun, interactive setting for all ages. More on the event lead Dr Michael Stead Michael is Lecturer in Sustainable Design Futures at Lancaster University’s School of Design and Imagination Design Research Lab. His practice-based research explores the systemic opportunities and challenges emerging data-driven technologies (including AI and IoT) pose for achieving climate goals like Net Zero and Circular Economies. Cutting across Design and Computing, he advances Speculative, More-than-Human and Participatory Design approaches to develop strategies with communities and industry that support adoption of sustainable and equitable data- driven technologies and practices. Michael’s funded research projects include EPSRC InterNET ZERO, AHRC Generation Fix, EPSRC Fixing the Future, EPSRC-ESRC Repair Shop 2049 and EPSRC Edge of Reality. He leads the Sustainable Regenerative Design Futures research group at Imagination Design Research Lab. Violet Owen Violet is a Senior Research Associate for the EPSRC Fixing the Future: The Right-to-Repair and Equal IoT project for which she is exploring how Serious Games can be used to encourage social transitions towards cultures of smart technology repair. Violet is also a Postgraduate Researcher at Imagination Design Research Lab. Her doctoral research focuses on Creative Evaluation approaches, and how these can be used to establish the social impact of Social Innovations. Professor Paul Coulton Professor of Speculative and Game Design Research Overview Paul is the Chair of Speculative and Game Design within Imagination and the School of Design. His practice uses research through design to create experiential futures which deliberately mix a present experience with a speculative future that are concretised by combining immersive scenarios with artefacts produced as design fictions or speculative designs. His work has helped establish a particular form of Speculative Design; Design Fiction, as a research method exploring futures for areas such as the Internet of Things and Artificial intelligence. His current research focusses on more-than-human design to expand design approaches so that they play greater consideration to human and non-human actants within the complex assemblages in which new product and services exist particularly in relation to sustainability and climate change. Event Information This event is Free Open to all ages, fully interactive. This event is ideal for individuals of all ages interested in sustainability, repair culture, and the environmental impact of technology. It’s especially suited for eco-conscious tech enthusiasts, educators, students, designers, and community members keen on learning hands-on repair skills and exploring how AI and IoT devices can be made more sustainable and trustworthy. Families and young learners will also enjoy the interactive, game-based approach to complex issues. ___ Even more information ___ More on Michael: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lica/people/michael-stead More on Violet: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lica/people/violet-owen The EPSRC Fixing the Future: The Right to Repair and Equal IoT project explores how new design and legislation can both support and hinder the repair and reuse of ‘smart’ Internet of Things devices. Our interactive RepairLand game embodies these tensions, challenging players to find the best way to fix a broken smart gadget called Pet Tap. The AHRC Generation Fix project is developing open-source educational electronic tools to accelerate Digital Circular Economy education within local communities. Our Re:Play game repair toolkit and ROBB·E the Robot GenFixer pendant soldering kits are designed to teach essential electronics fixing skills. The UKRI TAS Hub InterNET ZERO project has been investigating how the environmental impact of AI affects its trustworthiness. Play our Energy Master game and meet a new AI aiming to manage its own and the local area’s energy supply and consumption. But can Energy Master really be trusted? Previous Next

< Back Peter Rodulfo Great Yarmouth Artist: Paintings of Great Yarmouth The abstract dreamlike paintings of Peter Rodulfo of Great Yarmouth sought to invite visitors to see and consider the town through an alternative lens and think of how technology could transform it for the better. Peter Rodulfo (b. 1958, Washington DC) is a British artist and sculptor. He spent much of his youth travelling across India and Australia before settling in Norfolk. Peter studied at the Norwich School of Art and Design between 1975 to 1979. His first solo exhibition was in 1980 at the Margaret Fisher Gallery; he has continued to exhibit widely over the next forty years in the UK, Europe, Asia, the USA, and South America. For the past decade, he has resided in the Norfolk coastal town of Great Yarmouth, where he has absorbed the novel visual experience of the urban environment and popular seaside culture. The subject matter, style and imagery of his paintings have remained broad and experimental, possessing a variety of meanings while directly addressing the viewer's powers of association and imagination. Peter's work inhabits the world between what we know and dream, treading a line between reality and imagination. His artworks evoke a kind of instability, a sense that change, like the end to a long British Winter, is only constant. info@fourthportal.com Summer and Autumn 2022 To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key.

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Gravesend Innovation Showcase 2024 events, locations, talks, speakers and times. < Back Wicked Avatar Problems Start Time 12:30 Running Time 30 Minutes Location 1. St George's Church Event Type Talk About the Event Introduction What is authenticity? Is it important for people to look the way they look offline in digital spaces? Where is the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation? Is there a line at all? Over the past year, I have spoken with different stakeholders in the technological space trying to figure out the answers to these questions and this presentation will feature vignettes and stories participants have shared which reveal how there are no clear-cut answers to these questions. More on the event lead Favour Borokini is a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham researching afrofeminist ethics concerns in the design and use of avatars. Her research aims to explore how and why people use avatars and how better avatars can be designed for digital spaces. Favour enjoys fantasy novels which she defines to include romance novels, to the general exclusion of science fiction, as well as movies and animation. Once when she was much younger, Favour was convinced about the existence of the world of Nickolodeon's Avatar and is now scheming through her PhD to find a backdoor the world of the Four Nations. Event Information This event is Free Suitable for 14+ Wicked problems are problems that are difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise. As you'll see, when it comes to representation and diversity, there are no fixed answers... ___ Even more information ___ www.favourborokini.com Favour Borokini I am a PhD student with the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training, hosted at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, where I am resea... About I am a PhD student with the Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training, hosted at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, where I am researching an ethical framework to address harms in immersive environments. I hold a Law degree from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and I am a member of the Nigerian Bar. Since my Call, I have worked in several technology policy and research roles where I have leveraged my legal training to investigate the impact of technology on human rights and particularly women's rights. At my previous organisation, Pollicy, I was proud to lead our groundbreaking research cataloguing the impact of AI on African women and the experiences of African women working in AI across various sectors. Wicked problems are problems that are difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognise. As you'll see, when it comes to representation and diversity, there are no fixed answers... Previous Next

Gravesend Innovation Showcase 2024 events, locations, talks, speakers and times. < Back Traditional Apprenticeships in the Digital Age Start Time 14:00 Running Time 30 Minutes Location 9. Gravesend Library Event Type Discussion About the Event Introduction This session explores how apprenticeships in traditional industries like print and paper remain relevant, with old skills adapting to meet new demands. Deke Demarco, founder of Artisan Print Services, and Tony Thorley, former chief papermaker at Empire Paper Mill, share their journeys and how apprenticeships prepared them for evolving roles in industries once seen as declining. From Deke’s growth in print - defying predictions of the industry’s end - to Tony’s lifelong dedication to paper, both reveal how skills from apprenticeships continue to open doors, adapting to digital demands and sparking innovation. They’ll discuss the enduring value of training in these fields, emphasising the unique opportunities and fresh roles that emerge as these industries reinvent themselves. More on the event lead Deke Demarco Founder of Artisan Print Services, Deke specialises in high-quality lithographic and digital print for businesses and individuals, delivering both traditional and modern print solutions. Producing all aspects of print from business cards to brochure, letterheads, leaflets and much more. Anthony (Tony) Thorley Former chief papermaker at Empire Paper Mill, Tony now channels his passion for paper through collaborative projects, demonstrating how traditional skills adapt and contribute to contemporary creative spaces. Event Information This event is Free Age 14+ This session is ideal for anyone interested in traditional industries, apprenticeships, and how time-honoured skills are adapting to a digital world. It’s suited for young people exploring career paths, educators, industry professionals, policymakers focused on job creation, and anyone curious about the future of training and skills in evolving fields like print and paper. ___ Even more information ___ Deke Demarco, owner of Artisan Print Services, and Anthony (Tony) Thorley, former chief papermaker at Imperial Paper Mills, will share their experiences from decades in their fields. Hear how Deke, initially warned against entering print, built a thriving printing business in Northfleet, and how Tony witnessed the evolution of the global paper industry and its significant part in the local economy. The session will conclude with an open discussion on training, education, and the future of apprenticeships. Previous Next

Over 350 attendees queued at the Fourth Portal during the Gravesham Light Festival to experience Funki Porcini's 10-minute Laserium taster. Reviews described the experience as calming, relaxing, and incredibly immersive, with some likening it to being fired into space. Funki Porcini Laserium Friday < Back 26 January 2024 Over 350 attendees queued at the Fourth Portal during the Gravesham Light Festival to experience Funki Porcini's 10-minute Laserium taster. Reviews described the experience as calming, relaxing, and incredibly immersive, with some likening it to being fired into space. Previous Next The Laserium is an 800-laser rig built by composer, musician, and artist James Braddell, better known as Funki Porcini. A fully immersive experience, the Laserium was the Fourth Portal's contribution to the opening night of the Gravesham Light Festival 2024. More than 350 people queued around neighbouring Bawley Beach, entering the Fourth Portal Lab in groups of 20-30 throughout the evening to experience a 10-minute taster. Inside the darkened church, lasers danced off mirrors and glass, pulsing in perfect synchrony with the music of the Ninja Tune veteran. Laserium Friday Reviews The free event drew the youngest children, the eldest attendees, and all ages in between. Responses varied, with younger visitors describing the performance as calming and relaxing, while older audiences found it exciting and immersive. The full one-hour immersive show took place on Sunday, 28 January 2024 - click here A discussion with Laserium collaborators Andy Payne and Nicky Cure, who built the Crawley Bots robots and the laser system, was held on Sunday, 28 January 2024 afternoon. Read more about the talk here . . Laserium Friday Reviews Gravesham Light Festival Continues The Gravesham Light Festival continued on Saturday, 27 January 2024, with expanded capacity at the Fourth Portal to welcome more than 450 visitors. Our neighbour, Lightship LV21 hosted a light installation and shadow show, adding to the festival’s vibrant atmosphere. Who is Funki Porcini? James Braddell, aka Funki Porcini, is a British electronic music provocateur and humourist, a defining artist of Ninja Tune’s early years. His work blends surreal jazz, found noise, synthetic textures, and dreamlike logic. The name Funki Porcini plays on Funghi Porcini, the Italian name for the Boletus edulis mushroom, commonly known as penny bun. He spent ten years in Italy composing for film and television before returning to England, where he signed with Ninja Tune in 1994 and set up his own studio, The Uterus Goldmine. Find out more about Funki Porcini on Ninja Tune. The Lasers and the Rig For insights into the lasers and the process behind this incredible rig, visit Funki’s Bandcamp. Visit Event Page MORE ON THIS EVENT BELOW Previous Next Event Documentation Previous Next

Building upon the incredibly previous busy and exciting Open House, Hypermedia returned for a third time to the Fourth Portal for an emerging evening of DIY poetry, spoken word, music, open mic and discussion. Hypermedia DIY Open Space 3 < Back 11 October 2023 Building upon the incredibly previous busy and exciting Open House, Hypermedia returned for a third time to the Fourth Portal for an emerging evening of DIY poetry, spoken word, music, open mic and discussion. Previous Next About the event Gravesend's very own Hypermedia presented an emerging evening of DIY poetry, spoken word, music, open mic and discussion at the Fourth Portal. Instigated by local Gravesend artists Hypermedia, this is an open emerging format pushing the boundaries of open mic. Welcoming to all ages and stages of the creative journey, the evening offers a relaxed space to perform or listen in an informal atmosphere. Licenced bar. Event is free, although donations of a suggested £3 for the featured performers were welcome. For more, contact Harriet and Joe from Hypermedia. Harriet: https://www.instagram.com/h.rriet/ Joe: https://www.instagram.com/_existencil This is an ongoing event series Visit Event Page MORE ON THIS EVENT BELOW Previous Next Event Documentation Previous Next

Gravesend Innovation Showcase 2024 events, locations, talks, speakers and times. < Back Large Language Start Time 16:00 Running Time 3 Hours Location 14. The Grand GYG Event Type Participation About the Event Introduction Join hosts Anthony Hart (Poetic Flaws/Floors), Joe Cleary (Hypermedia) and Zack Davies (Holy Moly) for a freeform afternoon of poetry and technology. Activities include: - Read your poems on the theme of A.I. and technology in our open mic section - Get your poems remixed into a whole new work by a live A.I. - Live taste test: Can you tell A.I. poems from the real thing? Discuss the difference in our live symposium - Have your say about A.I.'s influence on poetry and the arts in our public survey. More on the event lead Event Information Entry is free No booking is required Spectators and participants are welcome at any time while the event is running. This event is perfect for poets, writers, and creative minds curious about the intersection of technology and the arts. It’s also ideal for anyone who wants to explore how AI is shaping creativity, whether through open mic performances, live AI remixes, or thought-provoking discussions. If you’re passionate about poetry or interested in how technology is influencing artistic expression, this is a good one for you. ___ Even more information ___ Previous Next

All Improv Perfomers All Improv Gigs Hywel Jones Performer Bio (Max 1000 characters) London and South East improv gigs SKRONK #6 23 August 2016 SKRONK #1 31 May 2016 SKRONK #3 7 May 2016 Performer notes, message or style description http://Website or social media email or phone number