Fabrica is a visual arts organisation based in a former Regency church in the heart of Brighton that commissions and presents contemporary visual art installations, specific to the building.
Since its inception in 1996 Fabrica has supported and encouraged artists to create adventurous new works that test the boundaries of their practice. With three major shows of international standing each year and regular artist-in-residence commissions, Fabrica has forged a diverse and unique artistic profile. Their unique gallery space also provides the atmospheric setting for an integrated programme of audience involvement and education, facilitating dialogue between artists and visitors.
For two decades sound has been part of Fabrica’s experimental programme, ranging from works featuring accidental sound, such as the water in Stephane Causchy’s Cascade, to full blown sound installations such as Janet Cardiff’s Forty Part Motet.
Fabrica: Sound Art Highlights
Marcus Coates: Dawn Chorus
Brighton Festival • April – May 2015
An immersive 14 screen installation, showing singers imitating birdsong.
Stéphane Cauchy: Cascade • July – August 2011
A kinetic water installation with 9 buckets on a pulley system above a large pool – in a perpetual cycle of filling and emptying
Janet Cardiff: Forty Part Motet • April-May 2011
An immersive sound installation presenting Thomas Tallis’ 16th century choral composition Spem in Alium through a choir of 40 loudspeakers that surround the listener.
Brian Eno: 77 Million Paintings• April – May 2010
A kaleidoscopic sound, light and image installation – generated in real-time
Disinformation: National Grid • November – December 2001
An exhibition of sound/light works by Joe Banks, presenting the interactive optokinetic piece Origin of Painting, the sub-bass sound installation National Grid and Theophany – a low frequency recording of an electrical storm.
Bill Viola: The Messenger • November – December 2000
A single-screen video installation with integrated sound. can you clarify