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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.

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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 B | St John's Head Portal B status updated June 2021 Pandemic Lockdown and Restrictions Portal B opened in June 2020 with many restrictions following the first UK Covid-19 lockdown. A licensed premises, Portal B was unable to host live gigs, workshops or exhibitions. Customers could only enter the premises with people within their own household and were not allowed to stand or move around. A further lockdown in November 2020 and the ongoing restriction from May 2021 when guests were again allowed with table seating only inside made the project unviable. Learning and Virtual Portals Although Portal B was an exceptionally difficult situation, the learning from creating the space and how it engaged those who visited did provide useful insights that contributed to the thinking behind Portal D and particularly Portal C. This will be written up and posted on the journal pages on this website and the Haphazard.Business blog, which is documenting the portal's creation process. 20 June 2021. Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 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. Work Lounge Surrounded by challenging art, this comfortable conceptual oasis encourages discovery of fascinating innovations and facilitates discussion on the wider impact of technology, climate change and the implications for work and business. Garden Front and rear seating areas offer alternative, relaxed spaces to work, study, meet friends and develop new ideas and while away time. Gigs Live soundart and audio performances, invited talks and discussions celebrates sound, audio and acoustics and offers information on careers and entrepreneurial opportunities available in the field. Covid Delayed until further notice. Portal B, St John's Head, 58 North Quay, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1JB

Portal A transforms a long time vacant shop into a buzzing experiential shared work and learning lounge, shop and event space serving high quality non-alcoholic drinks in a unique ambient atmosphere. Portal A | StonecutterSpace Portal A status updated June 2021 In January 2020, Portal A was the first Fourth Portal, a hub for demonstrating new technology focused around the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Using creative methods built up over the past 20 years by Platform-7 Events. Portal A was to become a relaxed social space where customers could work, shop and enjoy fine coffee, teas and non-alcoholic cocktails while learning about the latest innovations and watching the emergence of a hybrid environment. With the pandemic outbreak during the winter, development was paused and eventually abandoned in February 2021. Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 Portal A transforms a long time vacant shop into a buzzing experiential shared work and learning lounge, shop and event space serving high quality non-alcoholic drinks in a unique ambient atmosphere. Opens: Cancelled 2020 Work Lounge An array of <0.5% spirits, wine and beers, with fast broadband makes for an alternative haven for locals, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, students and visitors to work or study while developing new business models and encountering like minded people. Gallery A gallery and event space dedicated to new technologies, environment and entrepreneurship with particular focus on the role of sound, audio and acoustics and the career and business opportunities this area offers. Events Talks, demonstrations and symposiums introduce some of the latest technologies, innovations and masterclasses. Advice will be available for entrepreneurs and those seeking a career change or education pathway into engineering, science and associated fields. Watch Video > Portal A, StonecutterSpace, 1 Whitefriars Court, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1HF WELCOME The Past and Future always meet in the Present Our Journey Animating places. Inspiring innovation. Building community. From public interventions to hybrid showcases, Fourth Portal redefines how spaces, technology, and people connect. Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 Portal A transforms a long time vacant shop into a buzzing experiential shared work and learning lounge, shop and event space serving high quality non-alcoholic drinks in a unique ambient atmosphere. Opens: Cancelled 2020 Work Lounge An array of <0.5% spirits, wine and beers, with fast broadband makes for an alternative haven for locals, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, students and visitors to work or study while developing new business models and encountering likeminded people. Gallery A gallery and event space dedicated to new technologies, environment and entrepreneurship with particular focus the role of sound, audio and acoustics and the career and business opportunities this area offers. Events Talks, demonstrations and symposiums introduce some of the latest technologies, innovations and masterclasses. Advice will be available for entrepreneurs and those seeking career change or education pathway into engineering, science and associated fields. Watch Video > Portal A, StonecutterSpace, 1 Whitefriars Court, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1HF Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 Original Text and Plan for Portal B pre-pandemic March 2020 Portal A transforms a long time vacant shop into a buzzing experiential shared work and learning lounge, shop and event space serving high quality non-alcoholic drinks in a unique ambient atmosphere. Opens: Cancelled 2020 Work Lounge An array of <0.5% spirits, wine and beers, with fast broadband makes for an alternative haven for locals, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, students and visitors to work or study while developing new business models and encountering likeminded people. Gallery A gallery and event space dedicated to new technologies, environment and entrepreneurship with particular focus the role of sound, audio and acoustics and the career and business opportunities this area offers. Events Talks, demonstrations and symposiums introduce some of the latest technologies, innovations and masterclasses. Advice will be available for entrepreneurs and those seeking career change or education pathway into engineering, science and associated fields. Watch Video > Portal A, StonecutterSpace, 1 Whitefriars Court, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1HF

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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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

VIRTUAL Welcome to our virtual social Lucia House and workplace Airmeet conference and learning platform. Lucia House The rooms are perfect for social gatherings, workshops, informal meetings, book and poetry reading and more. Hover over each room for more information. We have 28 rooms in our virtual house are Beta testing throughout 2023 with a third season of the Discussion Festival. read more Airmeet Pavillion Fourth Portal is a new social space blending cafe bar workspace with retail and education both in the real world and virtual. Our Airmeet Pavilion and cafe are for more formal meetings, workshops and teaching and are perfect for online gatherings in excess of 20 people or more. Clients include universities, charities and the Discussion Festival. read more FOURTH PORTAL | VIRTUAL Welcome to our virtual social Lucia House and workplace Airmeet conference and learning platform. more A glimpse into the future of hybrid work ing, education, performance, socialising and shopping - pop by for a tour Next Fourth Portal Lucia House viewing To be announced The house is closed ** Not yet mobile phone compatible Read More Join the Discussion Festive