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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another. CONTACT Fourth Portal will open in May 2023 St Andrews Arts Centre, 19 Royal Pier Rd, Gravesend DA12 2BD opening hours “We are at the beginning of a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another” (Klaus Schwab) The pace of technological change and new innovations has seen a major leap forward in recent years, with many indications that this is likely to speed-up rapidly over the coming decade. As with the coming of the steam engine, the microchip, the World Wide Web and mobile phones, these new technologies are going to fundamentally change the way everyone live their lives. This coming period has been coined the Fourth Industrial Revolution or 4IR. Fourth Portal presents some of the latest innovations with particular focus on environment, care-in-the-home, self-education and audio technologies, and invites researchers, technologists and entrepreneurs to offer talks and masterclasses that provide an overview how such technologies work, the societal impact and potential business opportunity they offer. Read More > Schwab, Klaus. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum, 2017. Online .

Fourth Portal is exhibiting local artist Peter Rodulfo and Cambridgeshire based Kevin Gavaghan in Great Yarmouth The Full Story About This is your About Page. It's a great opportunity to give a full background on who you are, what you do and what your website has to offer. Double click on the text box to start editing your content and make sure to add all the relevant details you want to share with site visitors. Kevin Gavaghan Kevin Gavaghan is a self taught artist, originally from North London but now works from his studio in Hertford. His paintings are evocative figurative imagery dancing around the fringes of surrealism and abstract art. He predominantly paints in oils and his process is to collect images and photographs that inform an emotional connection about any given moment in his past. These images reflect an emotional memory of his life growing up from the 1970s in a large Irish family, coping with the complexity of life with Tourette Tics and anxiety related illnesses. He creates organically and his paintings continue to develop throughout the process often changing their personality many times before settling on what he believes reflects a truth within his thoughts. Approximately 20 years ago he developed an eye condition called ‘Central Serous Retinopathy’ (CSR) which can distort his vision by producing fluid on his retina. He chose to embrace this in his art and Kevin’s palette and application of bold vibrant colours dissect and bend his figures and portraits to the point of abstraction which, for Kevin, highlight 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) a British artist and sculptor spent much of his youth travelling across India and Australia, before settling in Norfolk where he studied at the Norwich School of Art and Design between 1975 to 1979. His first solo exhibition was held in 1980 at the Margaret Fisher Gallery, and for the past forty years has continued to exhibit widely both in the UK, Europe, Asia, 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. During the past two years the subject-matter, style and imagery of his paintings has remained broad and experimental, possessing a variety of meanings, and directly addressing both the viewers powers of association and imagination. Rudolfo's work inhabits the world between what we know and what we dream, treading a line between reality and imagination. They evoke a kind of instability, a sense that change, like the end to a long British Winter, is only constant. They are both alien and a form of shorthand in the form of gestures that refer to shared experience that reveal a mesmerising creative world.

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

Issue 1 delves into Kent's papermaking industry, exploring how traditional processes and materials evolve, integrating new technologies and adapting to changing market demands to unlock new business opportunities and the versatility of paper. FOURTH PORTAL NEWSPAPERS The Past and Future always meet in the Present Issue 1 Issue 1 delves into Kent's papermaking industry, exploring how traditional processes and materials evolve, integrating new technologies and adapting to changing market demands to unlock new business opportunities and the versatility of paper. Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp LinkedIn Pinterest Copy link Gurdwara LV21 Hypermedia Anchor 1 Digital and printed editions of the Fourth Portal newspapers are free to read and share. We welcome your comments, feedback, and suggestions - and are always open to interview requests. Facebook X (Twitter) WhatsApp LinkedIn Pinterest Copy link If you're interested in a bespoke newspaper tailored to your organisation, industry, or town, send us your requirements to info@fourthportal.com . The Fourth Portal Newspaper Issue 1 was kindly funded by Gravesham Borough Council using UK Government funds.

Ten years of research and development has been spent developing these original portal spaces focused on technology, environment and sound that offer opportunity for entrepreneurship that benefits whole communities while reducing the impact on the planet. History How Ideas Become Reality Hello, I am John McKiernan, the founder of Fourth Portal, a business that I have been toying with for more than a decade. Having had an early career in advertising before travelling the world, I set up one of the UK's first coffee bar chains in South East London in the 1990s, which included performance spaces and a theatre. Since closing the last of these in 2009, I have been toying with creating a new type of hub space focused on technology, environment and sound that could create opportunities for entrepreneurship that benefits whole communities while reducing the impact on the planet. To understand how people consider ideas and make decisions I curated and produced a large number of long-term public art intervention s , along with my ever-increasing network of fantastic Platform-7 collaborators (view here ). In spring 2019, I set out on a journey to finally take the plunge and create my first hub somewhere in the UK. Calling the journey Haphazard Business I began documenting my thinking and reasons for my decisions as I went in search of a suitable location. The intention has been to outline how haphazard such a journey can really be, with unexpected obstacles and random meetings dictating direction of travel (and this was well before the Covid-19 outbreak sent the world into a haphazard spin). One such random event was meeting Gillian Harwood, founder of Busworks in King's Cross - a large 350+ business hub, who invited me to view Great Yarmouth, an English seaside town as a potential location. Gillian and I clicked immediately and I agreed to open Fourth Portal in two buildings that she has recently purchased. Even before the Covid-19 outbreak, this was a risky venture as the town has been on a downward economic spiral for many years. However, the locals are very friendly, chatty and welcoming and I have really taken to the town, so I decided to set up here. At time of writing, 15 April 2020, no one knows how the Covid-19 outbreak will play out; basically the world is closing down for the spring. What we do know is that beyond this period a new World will emerge, and I believe Fourth Portal will become one of the beacons for a positive more reflective future. Thanks for your interest in Fourth Portal; I hope you will visit soon, John M Read More >

This is a dummy page showing how an Impro Vox 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. ImproVox Gigs Impro Vox – Culture Reverb Demonstration Page This page is a demonstration of how Culture Reverb may look once live. The Impro Vox 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. Impro Vox is brought together by Freland Green and Stuart Wilding. For more information on Culture Reverb, contact John a John at info@fourthportal.com ImproVox #11 29 September 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Veryan Weston Alan Wilkinson Phase IV Laura Fudge Dominic Thurston Matteo Malquori https://www.fourthportal.com/improv-performer/dominic-thurston ImproVox #11 ImproVox #10 30 June 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Julia Brüssel Hannah Marshall Jonny Martin Anthony Osborne Seb Stone Scott Biagi Adrian Roper James Spatz ImproVox #10 ImproVox #09 19 May 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Steven J. Fowler Benedict Taylor Saulius Bendoraitis Tomas Mejer Freland Green Matteo Malquori Mario Guarnieri Stuart Wilding ImproVox #08 14 April 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Charlotte Keeffe Pete Robson Stuart Wilding Charlie Folorunsho Laura Fudge Sally Stamp Phil Hollins Akira Felix X Tigersonic Jo Morrison ImproVox #08 ImproVox #07 10 March 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Viv Corringham Iris Garrelfs Elien De Schryver Barbara Mukoda Pete Robson Seb Stone Dominic Thurston ImproVox #06 5 February 2025 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Antonio Arca Mario Guarnieri Stuart Wilding Ben Watson Bill O’Connor Sophie Sleigh Johnson ImproVox #05 10 December 2024 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Maggie Nichols Mark Wastell Felix X Tigersonic Mario Guarnieri Simon Lawson Phil Hollins Freland Green ImproVox #04 28 October 2024 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Iris Colomb Lev Dudas Ian Kennedy Carina Tint Michael Zbyszynski Saulius Bendoraitis Isaac Robson Pete Robson ImproVox #03 30 September 2024 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Kay Grant Alex Ward Myco Phoonk Simon Lawson Matt Scott ImproVox #02 30 August 2024 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Antonio Arca Will Morland Barbara Mukoda Vivienne Soan Ben Watson Michael Zbyszynski ImproVox #01 8 July 2024 Bridewell Theatre Bar, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4 8EQ Sharon Gal Sue Lynch Adrian Roper Ian Kennedy Isaac Robson Andrea Bolzoni Scott Biagi Mario Guarnieri

CULTURE REVERB DEMO Culture Reverb brings artists, venues and events together on the open web. It automatically creates gig and performer pages that link people, places and scenes in real time. See the demo pages below to explore how it works and how these connections will keep growing as the system comes to life. Visit some test pages. ImproVox Skronk FlimFlam London Improvisers Orchestra Burning Harpsichord Salon Loading of interactive graph may take a few moments, please wait Press on any node to see connections. Press on any clear space to reset map.

Flatlands Manor is a new kind of meeting and gathering online venue built specially for events that require a more relaxed social space. Portal C | Flatlands Manor Portal C is our Fourth Portal house, called Flatlands Manor, a new kind of meeting and gathering venue built specially for events that require a more relaxed online social space. Spread over 4-floors, Flatlands Manor guests are only required to use their arrow keys to move around, providing ample opportunities to quite literally bump into other guests, making it perfect for the more informal kinds of gathering and parties. A range of special features make it ideal for corporate awaydays, interactive workshops and whodoneit type events. Flatlands Manor Owned by Lord and Lady Flatland, Flatland Manor has a number of separate soundproof rooms, separated by hallways and stairwells. The house includes a small theatre with it's own Green Room, a billiards table and library, where books, documents and other resources can be accessed. Record players, musical instruments and computers allow guests to set their own mood. Flatlands Manor is continuingly being modernised with new rooms and technologies coming soon, including a bar, garden and dance room. Work and Corporate Events Flatlands Manor is perfect for online occasions that require less formality. Company awaydays and training sessions, where it is important for attendees to mix and collaborate work particularly well. Each room is soundproofed and in larger rooms conversations reduce in volume the further someone moves from the discussion, allowing for multiple conversations in the same room, while creating a buzzy atmosphere as in a bar or cafe. There are no avatars, attendees' faces appear in squares via their computer camera. There is no recording of conversations or rooms, providing excellent privacy. Parties, Gigs, Performances and Whodoneit? With the pandemic still causing havoc with planning parties, weddings, gigs and other real-life events, Flatland Manor offers an alternative option, backup plan and/or virtual location for guests who cannot attend in person. Get in touch to find out how we can assist you create a hybrid invite that means the show goes on regardless of circumstances. Portal C, Flatlands Manor, Virtual Woods, Great Online, Nr Nasa, Richland, England, NW99 4IR

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Fourth Portal at St Andrews Art Centre is a cafe-bar work exhibition events space nestled by the Thames in Gravesend.  Open to all and displaying old and advanced technologies, it provides a glimpse of the AI world ahead in a relaxed community atmosphere.   GRAVESEND Fourth Portal at St Andrew's Waterside Mission Church, Gravesend, 2023-2024 The Past and Future always meet in the Present Showcase List Glance Drilling For Oil | An Immersive Performance - Audience Snapshot, Saturday, 31 August 2025 Our beautiful, chilled-out Fourth Portal, nestled by the River Thames in Gravesend, ran from May 2023 until November 2024, gradually drawing out the town's innovators, creators, entrepreneurs, and the curious. The former seafarers chapel was transformed into a relaxed social space and venue introducing advanced technologies surrounded by an eclectic array of furnishings, books and retro computers. The Macs were free to use, fast internet, a licensed bar, coffee roasted in HMP Mount purchased directly from the growers, and much more, took place under stunning stained glass windows. Innovation Showcase The Innovation Showcase was a one-day immersive event held in Gravesend that brought together artists, engineers, academics, and entrepreneurs to explore the intersection of creativity, technology, and local community. See more and Watch the full video coming here Video Creative DIrector: Ningrui Liu 刘凝芮 Read More Rethinking how materials are made, adapted and recycled will be a prominent component of the emerging technological revolution and is central to public engagement at the Fourth Portal. For summer and autumn 2023, the Fourth Portal focused on paper before moving on to textiles for winter and spring 2024. Read More Fourth Portal stimulated knowledge exchanges by bringing technology, social gathering and innovation to life. Using specially selected objects that coalesce with local history, rich conversations have emerged, leading to collaborations and learning. 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/ OPENING TIMES BUILDING ST ANDREWS St. Andrew's Waterside Mission Church, Gravesend The primary missionary purpose of the church was transferred to Tilbury when the docks were built, with services continuing until 1971 despite ongoing problems with damp. The Diocese of Rochester decided to close the church because of the cost of repairs, but it was rescued and purchased by Gravesham Borough Council in 1975 and transformed into an Arts Centre. Ceiling Representing the upturned hull of a ship Windows By Clayton and Bell around 1870, Regents St, London Plaques Various including Franklin, Singh and Beaufort BUILDING HISTORY MORE Notable history and architecture. SIR FRANCIS BEAUFORT The Beaufort Scale was created by Sir Francis Beaufort, an Irish-born Royal Navy officer and hydrographer, in the early 19th century. Beaufort developed the scale as a way to standardise the reporting of wind conditions for the British Navy, which he served in for many years MAHARAJA SIR DULEEP SINGH Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh, GCSI (4 September 1838 – 22 October 1893), or Sir Dalip Singh, and later in life nicknamed the "Black Prince of Perthshire" was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest son, the only child of Maharani Jind Kaur. JOHN FRANKLIN EXPEDITION HMS Erebus and Terror were two Royal Navy ships captained by Sir John Franklin during his ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage in the Arctic in the mid-19th century. The expedition is notable for the innovative technology and equipment onboard the ships, some of which were groundbreaking for their time, including steam power, air-tight food containers, a portable observatory and desalination apparatus. CHARLES DICKENS Charles Dickens had many connections to Gravesend and lived nearby. He may have based Great Expectations on the town and possibly made a significant donation to the building of St Andrews. The Fourth Portal offers real-world and virtual spaces to meet, work, socialise, learn and enjoy events. Join us on the journey Do you have a town, building or location you wish to discuss? Get in touch. contact

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