Brighton Art Fair and The Hove Civic Society

Brighton Art Fair takes place between 28 - 30 September, 2007 at Brighton’s Corn Exchange and showcases affordable artwork mostly between £50 and £1500. Artists are carefully selected from over 300 applications received each year to showcase orginal and innovative artwork across a wide mix of media and styles.

The Hove Civic Society was formed over 40 years ago in response to a boom in building in the sixties. Its aim was to protect the conservation areas, to ensure high standards of architecture and town planning and to encourage the public's interest in the urban environment. It maintains that aim to the present day by monitoring planning applications, working with other conservation societies, by representation on the Conservation Advisory Group and liaison with the Civic Trust.

The Hove Civic Society is offering a £500 prize for:

"An original piece of artwork focussing on the urban environment"

The work will be judged on artistic merit and subject matter. This should comprise any architectural theme or detail, or any reference to design or planning in the urban landscape. The society's aim in offering this award is to increase the public's appreciation of these factors in their everyday surroundings. The Hove Civic Society would expect to use the winning image for publicity purposes.


The work can be in any medium approved for display at the Brighton Art Fair and must be on show at the event.


The prize will awarded by a panel comprising a guest judge, John Small, President of the City's Conservation Advisory Group. The other judges are Lesley Clarke, Chairman of the Hove Civic Society and Decorative and Fine Arts Society Church Recorder and Sarah Young of the Brighton Art Fair.

The prize will be judged and presented at the Brighton Art Fair Private View on Thursday 27th September.




Wednesday, 1 August 2007

Phil Cook Photography


Service Road - This was part of an exhibition I had, called "waiting to be noticed" earlier this year, at the Brunswick Gallery, London. It was taken from the service road through into the underground car park area of the building.
The Brunswick Centre has recently been given a 20-30million pound face-lift, changing the original form of the building designed by Patrick Hodgkinson in the late 60's.




Residential Level - This was also part of the same body of work, "waiting to be noticed". There are over 200 flats on the residential levels. As part of the agreed face-lift of the Brunswick Centre, these levels received filling of cracks and a coat of paint. The original windows are still in place and are awaiting refurbishment by Camden Council as their part in the deal.

Giclee prints
12 inches square
£150-00 unframed



It was shot in the indoor bowling alley, underneath the King Alfred Centre in Hove. This to me has significance as it used to be the original navy training camps car park, back in the 40's. Modern cars became too big to get down to it, so it was turned into a bowling arena. Planning permission has now been granted to re-develope the site, so this historic building will be lost forever.
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