Category: mixed media installation

Water – Wasser – Aqua – H2O

exhibition of photography – video – sound – objects – texts – talks – water rituals – music

The Malthouse Gallery
Town Mill
Lyme Regis
DT7 3PU
Open 10.30-5pm

23rd September – 6th October 2024

Eva Fahle-Clouts in collaboration with David Rogers will share her love of water and reflections on protecting this precious substance.

programme of supporting events:

Sunday 22nd September [2pm – 4pm] World Rivers Day Walk
Meet at Gosling Bridge, Lyme Regis

Gosling Bridge is at the junction of Coombe Street and Hill Road
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Tuesday 24th September [6pm-8pm] Talk – Carlos Guarita, photographs taken over a period of twenty years while on assignments to Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan and Burundi. 

Wednesday 25th September [6pm – 8pm] Water Rituals in Catholicism, Judaism and Islam. With Fr Jacek A. Kostuch, Sara Moon and Neomi Alam

Thursday 26th September [6pm – 8pm] Talk – ‘Getting Healthy in Toxic Times’ Dr Jenny Goodman

Saturday 28th September [6pm – 8pm] Music – Jenny Bliss & Ron Phelan

download performance audio from BandCamp: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/water-wasser-aqua-eau-h2o

Tuesday 1st October [6pm – 8pm] Talk – The River Lim Action Group and Simon Bethel [Surfers Against Sewage]

Friday 4th October [6pm – 8pm] Water Rituals the significance of water in Hinduism and Unitarianism. With Sandhya Dave and The Reverend Elizabeth Harley

supported by: Christina Roessler, David West, Stuart Case, Turn Lyme Green, The River Lim Action Group, SEAFAIR, electricbackroom STUDIO, The Malthouse Gallery, Carlos Guarita,  Fr Jacek A. Kostuch, Sara Moon, Neomi Alam, Dr Jenny Goodman, Simon Bethel (Surfers Against Sewage),  Sandhya Dave and The Reverend Elizabeth Harley

Dorchester Science Festival 2022

Two sessions of four workshops – Working with Professor Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University), using microscopes as she explores the beginnings of life and biodiversity on our planet – Working with Will Beaumont (The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust), as he studies the salmon and trout migration – Working with Professor Adrian Newton (Bournemouth University) and David Rogers (electricbackroom STUDIO), listening to underwater sounds using hydrophones – Working with Sam Lloyd (Dorset Wildlife Trust and RSPB), identifying birds and their call sounds. Cape Farewell Director David Buckland and eco-poet Helen Moore will also accompanying the groups.

Further details: https://electricbackroom.wordpress.com/2022/03/12/dorchester-science-festival-2022/

March – April Installation workshop

This series of workshops concentrated on alternative ways to present video and audio, the ‘home school’ group were given the opportunity to make and present a new multi-screen audio video installation, alongside their work from the two previous workshops :: more

young creatives :: open studio
Thursday 6th April 4 – 7pm
DIVAcontemporary STUDIO
Bridport
Dorset DT6 6EX

South Winterbourne Journey

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Saturday 28th January 2017 | 2.30 p.m. – 5.15 p.m.
Martinstown Village Hall | Martinstown, DT2 9JU
showcasing the results of the South Winterbourne Journey Arts Project

Produced videos and podcasts for the DIVAcontemporary STUDIO SDRLP end of project event in Martinstown, Dorset.

link to view ‘The South Winterbourne Journey’

link to listen/download South Winterbourne Podcasts

link to view Winterbourne Farringdon and Came creative writing workshop

link to listen/download ‘Bells for Armistice Day’ [Half Muffled Quarter Peal]
by St. Martin’s Church Bell Ringers

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SOUND MUSIC ROBOT :: a sound improvisation

A collaborative project, with artists Alex McKechnie, David Rogers and Adrian Newton improvising live electronic sound on the theme of world religions.

Joined on stage by Muffy, who will be listening to what they are playing and responding with sounds and images. Muffy is a piece of DIY software, designed to improvise sounds and images in response to live musicians.

SOUND : MUSIC : ROBOT from David Rogers on Vimeo.

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Thursday 18th August 18.00 – 20.00
The Methodist Chapel, West Bay, Bridport, DT6 4EN
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IDCD 2016 CD download

Produced 5 track (plus bonus items) International Dawn Chorus Day 2016 CD download on Bandcamp.

Link to download :: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/international-dawn-chorus-day-2016

Recorded as part of S O U N D C A M P :: Reveil 24 hour live Broadcast, on WAVE Farm USA and Resonance FM UK.

images by Julia Hutton | Mandy Rathbone | ivon oates | Nigel Slight | David Rogers

produced by David Rogers
at DIVAcontemporary STUDIO, Bridport, Dorset UKa big thank you to SoundCamp [soundtent.org] – Dawn Scarfe, Grant Smith and Maria Popadomanolaki for the opportunity to be part of this years project.

 

S O U N D C A M P supported by Arts Council England, B3Media, Heritage Lottery Fund, Southwark Neighbourhoods Fund, private supporters, SHED, DIVAcontemporary STUDIO.

Nigel Slight in conversation with the ‘art group’

Curated and hosted electricbackroom artist Nigel Slight in conversation. An entertaining, engaging and informative talk, to the ‘art group’ about his work, influences and creative process at DIVAcontemporary STUDIO on Thursday 24th March 2016.

Link to Nigel’s notes ……..