Sunday 25th October
2–4.30pm
Doors open at 1.30pm
How artists and creative projects can bring us closer to the natural world What happens when artists, scientists and environmental specialists work together? How can creative technology help us see the natural world differently – and understand the changes taking place within it? As part of Dreamy Place 2026, Talking of Nature… brings together artists, […]
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Friday 23rd October, Saturday 24th October, Sunday 25th October
11am - 9pm
A dazzling new star lands in the centre of Brighton as Studio Vertigo’s Nova transforms the newly pedestrianised Pavilion Square with light and sound. Presented in Pavilion Square – next to the War Memorial at the Old Steine – Nova will be the first artwork to be exhibited in this newly created public space. Inspired […]
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Friday 23rd October, Saturday 24th October, Sunday 25th October
11am - 9pm
Platform Asia and Dreamy Place present Natural Frequency, a new site-specific outdoor sound installation in Jubilee Square, Brighton, developed in collaboration with music label Chinabot and grassroots experimental music platform IKLECTIK. The installation brings together four distinct sound works by Asian artists represented by Chinabot, including Ayankoko, Bamboo Mystics, Fahmi Mursyid and Sipaningkah. Moving between […]
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Friday 23rd October, Saturday 24th October, Sunday 25th October
12-4pm
Created by artist Tsz Wai Pun and ecologist Coşkun Güçlü, this multimedia project focuses on a single hillside undergoing ecological restoration on the Northern slopes of Tai Mo Shan in Hong Kong, tracing its ecological and human history and reading its soil as a record of recent ecological change and deep evolutionary time. The layers of this installation present time as something that accumulates at […]
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Friday 23rd October
10am–4pm
Free, drop in throughout the day
Take time out to pause, rest and immerse yourself in the sounds of the natural world with Bird Bath, a restorative sound installation bringing the birdsong of Sussex nature reserves and recovery sites into Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. For one day only during Dreamy Place, Bird Bath invites you to step away from […]
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Friday 23rd October, Saturday 24th October, Sunday 25th October
Opening Launch (free but ticket booking required):
Friday 23 October, 6pm–9pm
Exhibition (no booking required):
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 October, 11am–4pm
Launch — Free (booking required) / Exhibition — Free to attend (no booking needed)
Join POST for Acceleration Structures, a screening by artist Dan Holdsworth, presented as part of Dreamy Place 2026. Holdsworth is known for his exploration of landscape, technology and our changing relationship with the natural world. Acceleration Structures brings his distinctive approach to the moving image, inviting audiences to experience landscape through new ways of seeing. […]
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Saturday 24th October
8.30–9.30pm
Join Dreamy Place and Oska Bright Film Festival for a special outdoor film trail through central Brighton celebrating queer lives, identities and experiences. Films will be projected onto walls and buildings around the city as we guide audiences on a leisurely walk through central Brighton. Selected from Oska Bright Film Festival’s Queer Freedom strand, the […]
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Saturday 24th October
B.fest launch 24 Oct: 6-9pm
Workshops 29 Sep and 6 Oct: 7-9pm
Free to attend the launch on 24 Oct and workshops (booking required for workshops)
What happens when old toys destined for landfill are given a strange new life? Monster Mashed is a series of creative workshops from Exploring Senses CIC, led by artists David Allistone and Tamsin Allistone, inviting young people at Brighton Youth Centre to transform discarded toys into hybrid, mutant creatures – before bringing them to life […]
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Thursday 22 October 2026
4.30pm
Join independent Sydney-based dance artists Ella Watson-Heath and Ashleigh Veitch as they share their ongoing digital practice and research, exploring the relationship between digital identity and lived experience. Through case studies of their previous work, Ella and Ashleigh will discuss how choreography and digital-physical tools can help us navigate uncertainty, alongside reflections on the importance […]
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Sunday 25th October
10.30–11.30am
Pay what you can: £3–£10 (suggested £7)
Get ready to make some noise and get moving! Neon Dance brings a playful, interactive sound and movement workshop to Brighton as part of Dreamy Place 2026. Join choreographer Adrienne Hart and composer Sebastian Reynolds for a chance to play and experiment with making electronic music for dance. Designed for kids, families and curious minds, […]
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Sunday 25th October
12.30–4.30pm
Pay what you can: £3–£10 (suggested £5)
A playful, interactive experience where movement and touch create sound. Designed for kids, adults and curious minds, P U L S E invites you to play, experiment and discover the connections between our bodies, technology and sound. Inspired by the nerve endings that allow us to feel when our hair is moved or touched, this […]
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