Envisioning a Fantastical Future For Sandown
Sandown Survival is the exciting final residency within the Arts Council England-supported Sandown Rocks project. Inspired by Charles Darwin’s time in Sandown where he began writing of On the Origin of Species, this initiative invites us to embark on a fantastical journey, imagining Sandown’s future where its inherent strengths evolve in extraordinary and unexpected ways. It’s a “what if?” exploration, embracing the surreal and whimsical to dream a vibrant future for the town.
Artist in Residence: Tommy Brentnall
We are over the moon to welcome Tommy Brentnall as our artist in residence for Sandown Survival. Tommy will approach this commission like a residency, immersing himself in Sandown for an extended period. He’ll be drawing, researching, and gestating ideas, while also running public workshops to gather material and insights directly from the community. His aim is to explore Sandown’s future by deeply understanding its present, then extrapolating and “drawing” a future out of this extensive work.
Tommy will be an artist in residence at Boojum during August, with the exhibition opening on Friday, September 6th, from 6-8 pm, and running until Saturday, November 29th.
August Workshops with Tommy Brentnall
Newsletter making – drop in: 8th and 29th of August
What do we see when we look into Sandown’s future? It surely won’t be like it is now, so we’ll have to think of something new!
Get involved in making and printing a newsletter for a future Sandown. Drop in any time between 11am – 5pm and add your thoughts, predictions, concerns, drawings and ideas to the publication. At 4pm the newsletter will be compiled and printed on the Boojum Risograph printer.
All ages welcome, all children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. There will be plenty to do and we encourage everyone to get involved!
Artist in residence Open Days: 9, 23 and 30 of August
Come by to have a look at what artist in residence at Boojum, Tommy Brentnall, is up to!
Tommy Brentnall is artist in residence at Boojum throughout the month of August, investigating possible and fantastical futures for Sandown through drawing, printmaking and publishing!
Come by between 11am – 5pm on the 9th, 15th or 30th of August to have a look at what he is working on, chat to the artist and add your own contributions and ideas for the future.
About the Artist: Tommy Brentnall
Tommy Brentnall is an artist, designer and community arts facilitator based in London. Some of his current interests are technology (or the lack of it), science fiction, fantasy, radio, table top role playing games, silly characters, narrative illustration, drawing, publishing and print.
He runs the DIY publishing collective Physical Interface, collaborating with other artists, illustrators and designers on various publishing projects.
More of Tommy’s work can be seen here:
Tommybrentnall.neocities.org
Instagram / piggybankshoe
physical-interface.neocities.org
It’s Nice That / Tommy Brentnall
