Jaywick Martello Tower

Jaywick Martello Tower is a new Digital_Arts venue co-produced by Essex_County_Council, Bishops_Park_College and bodydataspace.

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Digital_Art - Essex_County_Council - Bishops_Park_College - Bodydataspace

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Jaywick Martello Tower is the latest Digital_Arts venue to open in the UK and one of the most unusual. The Napoleonic Tower will feature a gallery space where the photographer John_Kippin has produced a site-specific art installation and a first floor multi-media space for exhibitions, events and workshops using the latest technology including interactive, 3D and VR projection facilities, and where international digital artist Masaki_Fujihata will present his work ?Mersea Circles set on Mersea_Island, for the inaugural opening. The Tower will also retain its important function as a look out post for the National_Coastwatch_Institute through a beautiful new architect designed watchtower, and providing an impressive viewing area for the local coast.

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Digital_Art - John_Kippin - Masaki_Fujihata - ?Mersea Circles - Mersea_Island - National_Coastwatch_Institute

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Situated in Jaywick, just south of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, the Tower, with floor to ceiling curved projection screen for immersive three-dimensional video projections and Wi-Fi connections, will provide a venue for a range of interesting, innovative and enjoyable projects to be developed. Managed by the local secondary school, Bishops_Park_College, it is planned that the Jaywick Martello Tower will be a catalyst for change, providing inspiration for the local community and attracting interest and visitors from around the country and abroad to this part of Essex.

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Jaywick - Clacton-on-Sea - Essex - Wi-Fi - Bishops_Park_College

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The opening of the Tower on 17th September 2005 is the culmination of a year-long art project, Soft_Ices by the artist Mark_Storer and composer Jules_Maxwell. Mark and Jules have been travelling around Jaywick in an ice cream van, which has been given a new lease of life as a recording studio, persuading local people to literally ?sing for their supper?. In return for their songs, they are rewarded with free ice creams. Samples of their songs will be transformed into a piece of music which will be broadcasted at the Tower?s opening. All those who recorded a song will be invited to collect their book, and anyone else who attends the event will also receive a book.

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Soft_Ices - Mark_Storer - Jules_Maxwell - Jaywick

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Partners including Essex_County_Council, the Heritage_Lottery_Fund, European_Intereg_IIB, English_Heritage, the Essex_Rural Renaissance_Fund, Essex_Environment_Trust, Arts_Council_England, Tendring_District_Council, GB Holiday Parks, Park Resorts, EEDA and National_Coastwatch_Institute.

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Essex_County_Council - Heritage_Lottery_Fund - European_Intereg_IIB - English_Heritage - Essex_Rural Renaissance_Fund - Essex_Environment_Trust - Arts_Council_England - Tendring_District_Council - National_Coastwatch_Institute

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