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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

Fourth Portal offers hybrid events spaces - real world and virtual - for meetings, events and social gatherings using the latest technologies. Welcome Gateway to the Fourth Industrial Revolution Animating dormant places, inspiring innovation, and building do-it-yourself communities for over 25 years Snapshot of the queue for the Fourth Portal, Gravesend, 26-28 Jan 2024. Fourth Portal fosters knowledge exchange by bringing technology, social gathering and innovation together. We animate discarded locations, invigorate communities and stimulate economic activity by inspiring confidence in people, places and potential. Town centres are not returning to how they were twenty years ago. In the next ten years, businesses and jobs will have little resemblance to companies and employment from ten years ago. Knowledge being exchanged at the Fourth Portal The next generation of 'go-to towns' will be the ones with DIY culture . Recent technological breakthroughs, including generative AI, will transform how people work, learn, interact, socialise and grow. Creating the spaces and inspiring communities will be crucial for towns wishing to be part of this next wave of innovation and social revolution. GRAVES END Fourth Portal St Andrew's Waterside Mission Church Gravesend 2023 - 2024 Fourth Portal opened its second test site in May 2023 at St. Andrew's Art Centre, nestled by the River Thames in Gravesend. St. Andrew's was infrequently used, except for occasional exhibitions, meaning it was rare for residents or visitors to access the stunning interior. By implication, the entire riverside was generally deserted, except for people fishing and dog walkers. Fourth Portal attracted more than 10,000 visitors in the first ten months, putting the location firmly on the map in Gravesend, across Kent, London and the UK. Gravesend Event Archive Inspired Recent reviews FOURTH PORTAL REVIEWS All Categories Play Video Play Video 01:21 Review by Kitizo | 13 April 2024 Kizito, a civil engineer from Gravesend, had never seen the Fourth Portal before and was intrigued as he parked up outside. He found space as something special and that there should be more attention as it allows the locals to express themselves. Play Video Play Video 00:58 Review by Tim and Liz | 14 April 2024 Tim and Liz were taken by surprise when coming across the Fourth Portal on their Sunday afternoon walk. Guitar teacher and musician, Tim became fascinated by the innovative music technology and the diversity of the Fourth Portal audience. Play Video Play Video 03:41 Review by Harriet | 19 January 2024 From our inspired page. Local born and bred Harriet Hammond began coming into the Fourth Portal in the early summer of 2023 and was soon developing the Hypermedia event series along with co-founder Joe Clarey. Play Video Play Video Review by Elvin | 28 January 2024 INSPIRATIONAL AND INNOVATIVE Elvin nails the Fourth Portal in 50 seconds. Walking along the Thames Path with his partner, he wandered into the Fourth Portal and sees the robots. Head of Data Analytics for a FinTech company, Elvin immediately made the link between play, robots, learning, knowledge exchange and more. Fabulous review. https://www.fourthportal.com/event-documentation/ Play Video Play Video 00:34 Review by Jaye | 30 Nov 2022 Jaye reflecting on the Fourth Portal test site in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, from July-December 2022. See more on the Fourth Portal Great Yarmouth page. Play Video Play Video Review with Ravi | 15 March 2024 Objects stimulate the majority of the reviews about the Fourth Portal. Ravinder Singh here holds a Tights Ball made using 320 pairs of nylon tights and weighs around 10kg. This is how much landfill 320 pairs of nylon tights take up and there are around 2.5 billion pairs made each year. This ball will not begin to break down for at least 1,000 years! (Head Chemist, SwissRe Insurance, 2014). Video by Jagdev Verdee, guest Ravinder (Ravi) Singh, founder of Khalsa Aid International Background Tights Ball stories (2012-2015) https://re-imaginingtights.tumblr.com/ Event flyers for Gravesend Fourth Portal Lab Do you have a town, building or location you wish to discuss? Get in touch. contact The Fourth Portal offers real-world and virtual spaces to meet, work, socialise, learn and enjoy events. Join us on the journey.

Portal B transforms a traditional English pub into a futuristic cafe bar shared workspace offering light locally sourced food, soundart and electronic performances and talks. Portal D | Fourth Portal Pavilion The Fourth Portal Pavilion Arena and Lounge offers clients almost unlimited online options for larger events, conferences and gatherings with a capacity of up to 2,000 people at one time. Fourth Portal Pavilion Lounge The lounge area consists of beautifully designed customisable tables that provides for multiple hostings to take place simultaneously, with attendees and delegates free to move around unhindered. The Fourth Portal Lounge delivers exceptional versatility to run all kinds of smaller events, workshops, gatherings, talks and new working methods. With pricing to suit even the tightest budget, the lounge is suitable for large corporations and individuals to hire. Fourth Portal Pavilion Arena The Pavilion Arena is for sizable events, whether to cope with large numbers of guests or need for multiple stages and exhibition spaces. Reception Start as you mean to go on with a beautifully designed, customised reception area when guests enter your event. Stages Multiple stages can be created with up to 10 running simultaneously, each with up to 10 speakers per stage, and the audience able to move freely between each of the stages unhindered. Each stage has a backstage area where host and panel can meet before going live and can share screen, upload presentations in advance or live stream in from another platform. All stages can be streamed out on Facebook or YouTube live. Full HD recording available on request. Lounge The lounge allows all guests and hosts to congregate in one area. Guests are able to stay in the lounge throughout the event should they wish, and move freely among the tables. There is a dedicated networking option that provides random matching of guests allowing from 2 to 20minutes of discussion before being matched to the next person. Excellent tool for bringing people together. Exhibit Up to 50 exhibition booths are available that provide a multitude of ways to display work, products, innovations or classwork. Fully customisable, each space is fully contained and includes tables for visitors to talk to the team behind the display. The booths can be open or restricted and configured to each client's needs. Videos and assets can be uploaded in advance and a live stream is available into the space on the day of the event, plus much more. Book a Tour of the Fourth Portal Pavlion Watch Video Tour

This is a dummy page showing how an London Improvisers Orchestra gig page may appear once the Culture Reverb memory system is live. It is for demonstration purposes only and not yet connected to the full network. London Improvisers Orchestra London Improvisers Orchestra – Culture Reverb Demonstration Page This page is a demonstration of how Culture Reverb may look once live. The London Improvisers Orchestra webpage automatically generates a gig page containing a full interactive list of performers. These pages will connect to individual artist pages, instruments, collaborations, and venues, allowing scenes to emerge from the data. Once fully live, everything on the page will be connected across the open web. The London Improvisers Collective is a London based collective that performs monthly concerts throughout the year. For more information on Culture Reverb, contact John a John at info@fourthportal.com London Improvisers Orchestra #39 28 September 2025 Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2BA Sam Eastmond Jonny Martin Faradena Afifi Martin Hackett Douglas Benford Tilly Coulton Gina Fergione Kes Matsui Steve Beresford Benjy Sandler Benjamin Krauss Olga Ksendzovska Jess Bull Anderson Julian Woods Gerardo Gozzi Aurelie Freoua John Eyles London Improvisers Orchestra #38 9 July 2025 St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9ES Jerry Wigens Sam Eastmond Steve Beresford Julian Woods J onny Martin Aurelie Freoua Chris Killick Martin Hackett Chris Hill Manuel Miethe Isabel Anders Dave Fowler Douglas Benford Bettina Schroeder Jo Morrison John Eyles John Bisset Adam Bohman Sue Ferrar Andrei Abramov Phil Minton Ivor Kallin London Improvisers Orchestra #37 8 March 2025 St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9ES Dave Fowler Douglas Benford Steve Beresford Sam Eastmond Olga Ksendzovska Julian Woods Chris Hill Martin Hackett Thomas Mejer Ivor Kallin Jonny Martin Jerry Wigens John Bisset Noel Taylor Sue Ferrar Sung Mi Marina Kim Gina Fergione London Improvisers Orchestra #36 7 June 2025 St Mary’s New Church, Stoke Newington Church St, London N16 9ES Tansy Spinks Julian Woods Chris Hill Faradena Afifi Martin Hackett Korhan Futaci Douglas Benford Alan Newcombe Jerry Wigens Thomas Mejer Gina Fergione Jo Morrison Steve Potter Julia Doyle

The Fourth Portal, Great Yarmouth pop-up operated from August to December 2022 to test the business model, including the Mind Room, and develop the hybrid component. GREAT YARMOUTH Fourth Portal at Stonecutters Way and North Quay, 2020-2022 We had a fun and successful test pop-up of Fourth Portal in the Norfolk seaside town of Great Yarmouth from August to December 2023 Gallery TRANSFORMATION The then derelict Citizen Advice Bureau in a backstreet of Great Yarmouth slowly transformed into the Fourth Portal over a period of four months, soon becoming a vibrant and well-visited location. read more WATCH MIND ROOM The Fourth Portal Mind Room introduced available technologies that have the potential to impact those suffering from mental health issues in positive ways. read more MIND ROOM LIFTPOD The Liftpod was the first attempt at converting an old goods lift within the pop-up into a fully hybrid space, merging the virtual lift with people sitting in the real-world elevator. read more ARTISTS Fourth Portal engaged local artist Peter Rudolfo, exhibiting his dreamlike Great Yarmouth street scenes in the main room and artist Kevin Gavaghan challenging paintings in the Mind Room. read more KEVIN GAVAGHAN Kevin Gavaghan Kevin Gavaghan is a self-taught artist, originating from North London and now working from his studio in Hertford. His paintings are evocative figurative imagery dancing around the fringes of surrealism and abstract art. Kevin predominantly paints in oils. His process involves collecting images and photographs that inform an emotional connection about any given moment in his past. The artworks reflect emotional memories of his life growing up in the 1970s in a large Irish family, coping with the complexity of life with Tourette Tics and anxiety-related illnesses. Paintings are created organically and continue to develop throughout the process. Each painting will often change personality many times before settling on what Kevin believes reflects a truth within his thoughts. An eye condition called ‘Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR) developed 20 years ago that sometimes distorts his vision by producing fluid on his retina. Kevin chose to embrace the condition within his art. This embrace has led to a palette and application of bold vibrant colours. The paintings dissect and bend his figures and portraits to the point of abstraction. For Kevin, it highlights the multi-layers of life and our inner emotions rather than the external likeness of his subject. Peter Rodulfo 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. GOODBYE The Great Yarmouth pop-up was a challenging undertaking with a location off the main thoroughfares, however, local people embraced the Fourth Portal and were sad to see it closing after such a short time. comments Thank you Great Yarmouth 4 December 2022 The Fourth Portal popup in Great Yarmouth has now ended. Our original intention was to stay for only six weeks to test the concept during summer. Stage one went so well that we decided to stay for another ten weeks to complete our stage two testing. It's been great! Blog posts and videos to follow. Stage 3 testing of the Fourth Portal will be fully online for five weeks from 4 January 2023, with the next season of the Discussion Festival. Discussion Festival is online in a very cool 4-floor virtual house, which you can just wander around as you please. Free entry. Read about previous Discussion Festivals. Opening Times: The Great Yarmouth popup has now ended. You can join us in Gravesend or visit our virtual Lucia House

This is a working IMPRO VOX LONDON TEST PAGE - INVITE ONLY Platforms like Facebook and Twitter (X) are walled gardens, locking in your data. What if you could set it free on the open web? Welcome to the Impro Vox Cultural Memory System (CMS) Test Page Thank you for being part of our CMS prototype This developing Impro Vox webpage introduces our new Cultural Memory System (CMS). The CMS collects information from artists, promoters, venues, and gig organisers to help build a shared cultural archive - supporting future creativity and preserving the stories behind events, people, and places. This page is dedicated exclusively to Impro Vox improvisation events and performances. Click here for other events. ADD YOUR DETAILS HERE Demo: Improv Vox 2024 - 2025 Examples of our developing Impro Vox interactive graph. How to use the graph Below is an interactive graphs showing connections from the Lo-fi Ensemble Impro Vox sessions held at the Bridewell Theatre Bar, London, between 2024 and 2025. > Use the + and – buttons to zoom in and out. > Click or tap on a node to select it. > Press and hold a node to focus on its direct connections. > To exit focus mode, tap and hold the background. 1. Impro Vox Global Map This interactive map shows all the evolving connections between Impro Vox performers, their roles, and the events they have taken part in. Further maps below. About CMS The Cultural Memory System (CMS) you are testing here is designed to open up the future of your events. By contributing, you will start to see how your occasions connect to each other, to venues, to artists, and to wider cultural movements. About Impro Vox The Impro Vox improvisation sessions at the Bridewell Theatre Bar in the City of London are the brainchild of Brian Webb and Stuart Wilding, who also run the growing Lo-Fi Ensemble in South East London. For You The CMS supports Impro Vox and its performers to develop new merchandise and marketing opportunities, build a rich archive, and share stories; all while keeping event data clean and structured. Most importantly, the data remains open to link from and to. It is not locked into Fourth Portal and can be used with any future platform or technology you choose. Your event is a cultural legacy Let it flow freely across the web Connecting Galleries As we prepare to launch the Cultural Memory System (CMS), we will begin testing connected galleries. Photos and videos will be web-accessible, shareable, and connected to artist, performer, and audience websites. Impro Vox April 2025 Gallery Focused Visualisation Maps > Use the + and – buttons to zoom in and out. > Click or tap on a node to select it. > Press and hold a node to focus on its direct connections. > To exit focus mode, tap and hold the background. 2. Artists & Instruments Map 2 focuses on all performers and the instruments used during Impro Vox sessions, displaying a clear visualisation of the connections between each performer and their chosen instruments. 3. Sessions & Artists Map 3 highlights the relationship between each Impro Vox session and the participating artists. It shows who performed when, offering a visual overview of attendance, collaboration, and event history. 2. Artists & Instruments Impro Vox June 2025 Gallery 3. Sessions & Artists Performed or want to perform at Impro Vox? Impro Vox co-founder, Brian Webb ImproVox Gig Details Full name* Who is filling the form? Venue No spaces between words Gig Title No spaces between words Gig Date Day Month Year Start Time Time : Hours Minutes Artist Names Performing * File upload Upload File Upload Flyer or Gig PDF Submit Impro Vox co-founder, Stuart Wilding Add your details here to be included as part of the cultural memory of the Impro Vox sessions. IMPRO VOX PERFORMER 1. Performer Name (Your Name) 2. Email Address 3. Where are you based? (City/Borough/Town) 4. Have you performed at Impro Vox before? (Yes/No) Yes, I have performed before No, I have NOT performed before 5. Instrument / Role (Select Primary Instrument) 6. Instrument / Role (Select Secondary Instrument) 7. Tell us briefly about yourself Web & Social Links 8. Website 9. Instagram 10 . Facebook 11. TikTok 12. Bandcamp 13. Other Social Profile (e.g. SoundCloud, Threads) 14. Linktree or similar multi-link profile 15. Which of these should we show publicly? (Paste preferred link) Other Details 16. Do you have any upcoming performances elsewhere? 17. Do you give permission to record your performance? (Yes/No) Yes No 18. Do you give permission to use your photo? (Yes/No) Yes No 19. Your Name (if you're filling this in on someone else's behalf) 20. Message to the Impro Vox team (optional) I AGREE TO HAVE MY DETAILS SHARED ON OUR CSM PUBLIC, WITH IMPRO VOX ORGANISERS AND OTHER PARTIES. * Submit Impro Vox Performer Form ImproVox Gig Details Full name* Who is filling the form? Venue No spaces between words Gig Title No spaces between words Gig Date Day Month Year Start Time Time : Hours Minutes Artist Names Performing * File upload Upload File Upload Flyer or Gig PDF Submit Become Involved We are inviting selected venues, promoters, events, and artists from different disciplines to upload their details. These are then translated into structured, machine-readable data and visualised as interactive demo graphs like the one above. info@fourthportal.com To become involved, please get in touch or head over to our CMS Test Page and complete a form. info@fourthportal.com

This is a dummy page showing how an Burning Harpsichord Salon gig page may appear once the Culture Reverb memory system is live. It is for demonstration purposes only and not yet connected to the full network. Burning Harpsichord Salon Burning Harpsichord Salon – Culture Reverb Demonstration Page This page is a demonstration of how Culture Reverb may look once live. The Burning Harpsichord Salon webpage automatically generates a gig page containing a full interactive list of performers. These pages will connect to individual artist pages, instruments, collaborations, and venues, allowing scenes to emerge from the data. Once fully live, everything on the page will be connected across the open web. Burning Harpsichord Salon is brought together by Bill Thompson For more information on Culture Reverb, contact John a John at info@fourthportal.com Burning Harpsichord Oct25 8 October 2025 The Hill Station, Kitto Rd, London SE14 5TW Marjolaine Charbin Regan Bowering Bill Thompson Leon Michener Lucia H Chung

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