Screening and in-conversation with Patrick Hough and Dr Brenda Parker
2.00pm to 3.30pm, free (booking required)
Saturday 5 November
Join artist and director Patrick Hough for an in-conversation and audience Q&A with cross-disciplinary scientist Dr Brenda Parker after a screening of his film The Two Faces of Tomorrow.
Screened for the first time in the UK at Towner, The Two Faces of Tomorrow is a hypnotic documentary-fiction film, which follows an unseen researcher as they explore the enduring influence of algae on our planet, from the deep past through to the near future.
As they traverse ancient Roman baths plagued by toxic algae blooms, cutting-edge laboratories developing biofuel, and a futuristic Mars rover testing facility, they uncover the relations between capitalism and algae, algae and the Earth, the Earth and humans, and begin to understand the origins of our current climate crisis.
The Two Faces of Tomorrow will be screened from 2.00 - 2.40pm, after which Patrick and Brenda will speak until 3.30pm and the audience will have a chance to ask questions.
The Two Faces of Tomorrow will also be screened the day before this in-conversation – Friday 4 November 2022 - on a loop in the Towner cinema from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
This event sits alongside Brewers Towner International, on display at Towner 15 October 2022 to 22 January 2023.
The Two Faces of Tomorrow was Commissioned by FLAMIN Productions through Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network with funding from Arts Council England. Co-commissioned by the National Sculpture Factory, Cork. Produced by Tracy Bass. Supported by The Arts Council of Ireland and Cork International Film Festival.
About the speakers
Dr Brenda Parker is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Bioprocess Design at the Department of Biochemical Engineering, UCL.
Together with Professor Marcos Cruz, Brenda co-founded the Bio-Integrated Design Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The collaborative work within Bio-ID has led to a project investigating how algae can decontaminate heavy metal pollution.
The INDUS project won the Water Futures Design Challenge in 2019, and was shortlisted for Beazley Designs of the Year. The work of Bio-ID has been exhibited internationally at the Centre Pompidou, London Design Festival and the Venice Biennale.
instagram: @algaegrrrl @bio_id
Patrick Hough is an Irish artist living and working in London. Incorporating moving image, photography, and installation, Hough’s work excavates the increasingly entangled nature of archaeological, geological, and ecological worlds.
Their work has been exhibited and screened worldwide including at Whitechapel Gallery, London, MAAT, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, CPH:DOX, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; among many others. Patrick is a recipient of the 2017 Jerwood / FVU Awards and a 2019 Film London FLAMIN Productions Award.
instagram: @pkhough
Access
The film will be captioned.
We have a budget available to make this event as accessible as possible – this can include BSL interpretation etc., If you require access arrangements, please email programme@townereastbourne.org.uk two weeks before the event date so that we can book a service if needed.