Building on the raging success of What the f*** is happening now? 2008, Beatabet and guest curators Bunty, Chloe Hoare and Nadege Derderian present What the f*** is happening now? 2010.

Set within the beautiful sweeping grounds of a country manor house in Falmer village, Brighton, What the f*** is happening now? 2010, is a contemporary arts festival featuring live art, sound, music, video and installation. A series of site-specific events and interventions will animate the enchanting gardens and old stone buildings as the audience wanders freely to explore their new surroundings.

The selected artists will present work that responds to the idea of the traditional rural village and the folklore that surrounds village life. Often isolated from cities and towns, where the pace of life is fast and fleeting, villages sometimes exist as snapshots of the past. For many people today rural rituals and customs resemble random fragments of history, dislocated from their original meaning and context. The strange repeated behaviour that survives can appear meaningless or comical to all but the initiated.

Through this festival a new kind of contemporary folklore will be invented for future generations to decipher and re-enact.

From sonic ping pong tournaments and live topiary to fragmented orchestras, interactive radio, a hidden cinema and eclectic live music, this exceptional free arts festival cannot  be missed!


Artists
Alice Malseed & Amy Lord
Anna Dumitriu
Ben Beasley
Bioni Samp
Carl Gent
Chris Parkinson (Young Hanoverians)
Dr Coren
George Richardson
Jo Mohammed, Adam Cooper & Sarah Gladden
Kate Duncan & Hannah Davis
Lawrence Daley
Mike Blow
Poppy Kay
Static Crash
Timothy Didymus
Verena Langloh
Arif Driessen
Kassia Zermon
Nick Wilsdon

Live Music
A Wondering Choir
AKDK
Bunty (Resonators)
DJ Poopy
Faye Houston (Carnival Collective)
Hannah Miller (Moulettes)
J.S Thornton (Manraysky)
Langsames
Madames' Butterfly
Marionettes
Officer 82 (Beatabet)
Safehouse (Jim Black- open improv stage)
A Fragmented Orchestra (Mark Carroll, Sara Kharoosi, Dan Baker, Jules Arthur)


About the organisers

Beatabet
Kassia Zermon is a vital member of Beatabet, though better known for her solo looping projects/workshops as Bunty.
The Beatabet collective, founded in 2002, is a dynamic coalition of artists from a broad range of disciplines who come together regularly to perform, create, compose and experiment.  Beatabet  curate multi-media events and performances around the UK. These are known for their unusual settings, their diverse line-ups and their refreshing balance between the experimental and the more accessible, managing to maintain a great sense of fun throughout.

Chloe Hoare
An independent curator and arts administrator who has worked with Brighton Photo Biennial and Fabrica Gallery. She recently co-curated From Here, an open-submission exhibition for photographic artists, on behalf of the Brighton Photo Fringe.

Nadege Derderian
Co-founder of ProtoPlay collective and one of the main curators of Arts Council funded Testing Grounds, Brighton. She continues to curate and direct dynamic projects within the contemporary art scene.