Artists

Nick Pynn

Nick Pynn is based in Brighton but a former resident to Southend, he’s an electro-acoustic stringed multi-instrumentalist songwriter, composer and performer.

Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan

Last Acre is a short film directed by Jacob Cartwright & Nick Jordan, a documentary portrait of self-built shed and cabin homes, located on the remote sand dunes of England’s northern coastline.

Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware formed the Human League in 1978 and multi-million selling act Heaven 17 and British Electric Foundation in 1980.

Malcolm Goldmaster

As a teenager in Southend, Malcolm would go to the reggae sound system nights at The Blue Boar.

Phil Coy

Phil Coy works across a range of media, collaging concepts rooted in the radical art and literature of the 20th century, with languages and architectures of contemporary global commerce.

Jane Dolby

Jem Cohen is a New York-based, filmmaker, photographer, and multi-media artist.

Elsa James

Elsa James' work intervenes in the overlapping discourses of race, gender, diaspora and belonging. 

Leonard Alf

Leonard Alf is a student environmentalist studying Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at King's College London.

Lu Williams

Community engagement from an experience of queerness and working class culture.

John Howard

The Southend Evening Echo's rock correspondent through the 70's, charting the rise of local groups from Dr Feelgood to Depeche Mode, including Alison Moyet, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Kursaal Flyers,…

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