“A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.” Spike Milligan Alma Tischlerwood studied with Günter Fruhtrunk at the Munich Academy and briefly Philosophy at Goldsmiths University of London. After graduating in Germany the artist received among other awards a prize for painting and a scholarship from the city [...]
Musician Dave Robinson founded the Vinoteq wine bar and venue for the all things creative: Whether it is music, poetry, talks, films or just a space to meet with friends old and new, we try to make your visit with us both productive and enjoyable. And there is a selection [...]
Diane was born in the Shetland Islands, relocating to London at 16 to embark on a career in modelling. An opportunity arose to establish her own agency which acknowledged models in an environment where they have long been undervalued.
DinahBird is a sound and radio artist living and working in Paris. Her practice questions the notion of diffusion, transmission and memory and is highly responsive to place.
Dominic Pillai is a multidisciplinary artist working across moving image, sound, and the written word. He is also an experienced project leader and educator. Dominic's work has been showcased globally, most notably the Cannes Film Festival, Folkestone Triennial and Normal? Festival of the Brain. Trained as a visual anthropologist, Dominic [...]
Dr Emily Peasgood (born 1981 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire) is an award-winning composer, sound artist and visual artist. She creates research-led and site specific interactive artworks for galleries and public spaces, ranging from large scale community events to intimate sound installations. Peasgood uses intricate sound and technology design to invite connection with people [...]
Fiona Beddow is an ex-musician, teacher and author who writes adventure novels with strong teenage girls in the main role. She was born in River. She showed musical talent at a young age and, after leaving school, spent four years at music college. She then worked as a classical flute [...]
Gabor Stark is an architect, urbanist and educator, living and working in Berlin, Germany and Canterbury, UK.
Greg Ireland is a composer, songwriter and sound artist currently exploring the relationship between sound, space and social history. Taking influence from folklore he creates contemporary music and soundscapes that investigates the relationships between people, the land and their histories and stories.
HA!Man (Francois le Roux) “I was born in South Africa, tenth generation French Huguenots. Both my father and mother were very musical, my mother with a music degree, my father untrained. But it is my father who stimulated me into discovering the piano myself, before the notes came. Eventually this [...]
Helen Lindon is an artist, climate activist, film maker, performer, gardener and voracious reader.
Jean-Philippe Renoult is a writer, radio producer and sound artist based in Paris. His work focuses on transmission, field recordings and environmental sounds and, organic drone compositions.
Kate Beaugié is a light sculptor; she works with our human, primal connection to light and shadow and it's resulting connection to being. Her sculptures and installations are made from various materials including burnt wood, gold leaf, water and the alternative photographic process, photogramy.
Kate France grew up in Sussex and studied music and literature before deciding to perform and create live art. She founded The Grand Opera of Oklahoma with Andrew Davenport, and their work was shown in theatres and art spaces in Britain, the USSR and France. In 1992, she moved to France, [...]
I am preoccupied with space. My conception of space is both physical and experiential, real and metaphysical. An early interest in the created reality of the theatre has been of lasting influence in my work. I work with performers, sound engineers, light engineers to create a site-specific live performance. I locate and explore hidden spaces within the urban environment as [...]
Louisa Love is a Dover-born contemporary artist working experimentally in sound, music, writing, installation, performance and collaborative/curatorial activity.
Louise Webb is a Dover-based artist, curator and researcher who has worked throughout Kent, the UK and has shown internationally. Louise has recently been investigating the importance of listening spaces in communities and is interested in alternative learning spaces. She is researching the importance of conversation, listening, arts administration and work ethics. Looking [...]
Australian violist Lucas Levin is an active performer and teacher. Outside of music, Lucas has diplomas in acting and French, and a Bachelor of Science and creates websites and mobile apps.
A bricolure/ archivist/ artist/ collector. Experimenting with the relationship between digital experience, lived experience and souvenirs as a way to share projects with different audiences. I often work location specifically and an interested in how to facilitate a dialogue between people in different parts of the country and world. My [...]
Marjorie Van Halteren is an American sound artist and poet living in Northern France, partners in weather with Dover! She moved to Flanders after a career in radio and has contributed two Between the Ears to Radio 3, as well as a commission for Radiophrenia, Glasgow in 2019, “Hexagon Heart.” [...]
Macedonian-born composer/violinist Mihailo Trandafilovski studied at Michigan State University, USA (BMus) and the Royal College of Music, UK (MMus, DMus). His work has been supported by the Macedonian Ministries of Science and Culture and the British Government (Chevening scholarship), amongst others; awards include the Panče Pešev Award for best new [...]
Nicole Mollett is a multi-disciplinary socially engaged artist. Nicole's practise includes drawing, sculpture and performance using Magic Lanterns. Nicole is interested in public art and the role culture plays in communities.
Paul Cheneour is a Flautist/composer, trained at the Guildhall School of Music London under Professor Rainer Schuelein. He has 58 albums to his credit published by Northstar music UK, 5 major films; including EMMA award winning ‘6th Happiness’ and ‘Hideous Kinky’. Best Foreign film winner in 2007 ‘In The Place [...]
Paul Dagys became a published poet at the age of 16, then declared victory and moved on to the slightly more practical field of photojournalism, influenced by the words of Ernest Hemingway, who said newspaper work was good for a writer, though if you do it for too long you could [...]
Philippa’s time-based practice explores process and subtleties within space and time. Emphasising the idea of reliving, or repeating moments that in reality can never truly be repeated. Alongside Philippa’s practise she founded Threads, a nomadic, artist-led Gallery.
Polysemic is a cultural design practice established by Christopher Daniel to help people and organisations shape the next chapters in their stories.
Richard is Guyanese born, raised in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, now living in the Alkham valley, Dover UK. Richard loves to create.
Just to say I like Dover and feel part of it. There are ups and downs but in general I feel the joy of living, communicating and creativity of my position. I have met with great companionship not least from Virginia and including Joanna. My drawings are an expression [...]
Tom is a Creative Producer based in London with three strands to his practice – theatrical events, live music, and formal conference or research events. He regularly produces dynamic, interdisciplinary projects which share an element of social conscience.
Uwe Derksen (UKD) was born and grew up in Emmerich (Germany), a small border town of the lower Rhine region, not far from where Joseph Beuys grew up and had his first studio. His first encounter with the arts was in the early 60s, through the local artist Hein Driessen, [...]
