Leap Then Look
Play Interact Explore
7 February to 5 March 2023
Free admission
Opening times
Play Interact Explore is open Tuesdays to Sundays, 10:00am to 5:00pm with some exceptions. During the following times, the exhibition is closed to the public for workshops with community groups:
28 February, 10:00am to 1:00pm
1 March, 10.00am to 12.00pm
3 March, 10.00am to 12.00pm
Installation view, Leap Then Look: Play Interact Explore, 7 February to 5 March 2023. Photo by Hugh Fox.
Leap Then Look. Photo by Hugh Fox.
Installation view, Leap Then Look: Play Interact Explore, 7 February to 5 March 2023. Photo by Hugh Fox.
Play Interact Explore is an exhibition of interactive artworks by Leap Then Look. Everything in the exhibition is designed to be interactive in some way and we encourage you to spend time in the space and explore all of the possibilities that are available to you: to look in different ways, create sculptures, take photographs, move things around, get in front of the projection, rock, roll, stack and play.
Through a series of interactive workshops with four community groups in Eastbourne and Brighton, Leap Then Look has worked with participants to explore, test and develop creative strategies and ideas with the hope of creating a lively, exciting and curiosity-filled space that will support and encourage visitors of all types to take part in playful exploration and critical thought through art making.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who has taken part in the project including children and adults from West Rise Junior School, Arts in Mind, Downs View Link college for young people with special educational needs and disabilities, and the Brighton and Hove Foster Service, whose generosity, enthusiasm and openness has made the project incredibly exciting and fruitful.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of workshops by four associate artists, Becky Horne, Chahine Fellahi, Eva Jonas and Pei-Chi Lee, who will be in residence in the space for a week each to respond to the exhibition and encourage others to join them.
Associate Artists:
07 to 12 February Chahine Fellahi
14 to 19 February Pei-Chi Lee
21 to 26 February Becky Horne
28 February to 05 March Eva Jonas
Play Interact Explore is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, The National Lottery Community Fund, Towner Eastbourne Brighton CCA, University of Brighton, a Communities Fund grant from Brighton & Hove City Council and West Rise Junior School.
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Installation view, Leap Then Look: Play Interact Explore, 7 February to 5 March 2023. Photo by Rob Harris.
Installation view, Leap Then Look: Play Interact Explore, 7 February to 5 March 2023. Photo by Rob Harris.
Installation view, Leap Then Look: Play Interact Explore, 7 February to 5 March 2023. Photo by Hugh Fox.
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Accessibility information
Towner strives to host inclusive, accessible exhibitions. If you have any questions, please talk to a member of staff or contact us on towner@townereastbourne.org.uk
○ The artwork in this exhibition can be touched.
○ There are 2 moving image works.
○ The reading level of the wall text and labels is 10+ years
○ Large print guides are available.
○ Audio guides are not available.
○ Braille guides are not available.
○ Easy Read guides are not available
○ All spaces are scent-free.
○ Flooring is concrete, with an area of black carpet in the centre of the space.
○ There is a plastic speaking/hearing tube hanging from the ceiling which comes down to table height at each end.
○ Materials in the space include wood, fabric, plastic tubing, aluminium wire, and chenille fabric-covered soft sculptures.
○ Noise levels are generally low but may be loud when busy.
○ The galleries are busiest between 11.00am and 2.00pm.
○ Some seating is available in the space. Portable seating is available on request.
○ Ear plugs, ear defenders, magnifying glasses, and wheelchairs are available.
○ A quiet relaxed space with low lighting is available in Ravilious Gallery and Collection Library on the first floor.
○ A gender-neutral, wheelchair-accessible bathroom can be found on the ground floor.
○ Comfortable space for service animals to rest can be found in the ground floor foyer; with watering facilities available in the nearby cafe.
