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FESTIVAL
Saturday 10 September – Sunday 11 September
WALK
Saturday 29 February
WALK
Tuesday 25 February
WALK
Thursday 20 February
WALK
Wednesday 19 February
WALK
Saturday 8 February
PROJECT
Saturday 1 February – Saturday 29 February
TALK
Saturday 1 February , 1.00pm, 4.30pm
TALK
Saturday 12 October , 1.30pm to 3.30pm
PERFORMANCE
Saturday 27 April , 6.00pm to 8.00pm
RESIDENCY
Friday 22 March – Saturday 21 December
PANEL DISCUSSION
Thursday 6 December , 6.30pm to 8.30pm
TALK
Tuesday 20 November , 7.00pm to 9.00pm
BUS TOUR
Saturday 17 November , 11.00am to 2.00pm
FILM SCREENING
Saturday 10 November – Sunday 25 November
TALK
Saturday 10 November , 2.00pm, 4.00pm
TALK
Tuesday 25 September , 6.00pm to 8.00pm
BOOK LAUNCH
Saturday 30 June , 2.00pm to 4.00pm
OPEN DAY
Sunday 24 June , 11.00 to 6.0pm
EXHIBITION
Thursday 26 April – Sunday 28 October
ESSEX BOOK FESTIVAL
Sunday 25 March , 5.30pm to 9.00pm
LIVE STUDIO RECORDING
Saturday 13 January , 2.00 to 4.00pm
PERFORMANCE
Saturday 9 September , 1.00pm - 9.00pm
OPEN DAY
Sunday 25 June , 11.00am - 4.00pm
WALKING TOURS
Saturday 24 June – Monday 31 December
RETREAT
Wednesday 5 April – Friday 7 April
ARTIST PROJECT
Wednesday 1 February – Monday 31 December
TALK
Saturday 10 December , 7pm
ONLINE
Tuesday 15 November – Monday 31 December
PUBLICATION LAUNCH
Saturday 12 November , 5.00pm - 7.00pm
EXHIBITION
Saturday 24 September
EXHIBITION
Friday 12 August – Sunday 28 May
TALK
Saturday 4 June , 2pm
TALK
Thursday 26 May , 7pm
TALK
Thursday 12 May , 7pm
PERFORMANCE
Thursday 28 April , 7pm
EXHIBITION
Saturday 16 April – Saturday 2 July
PERFORMANCE
Saturday 16 April , 7pm
COMMISSION
Saturday 16 April – Monday 23 May
Barry Sykes has been in residence at Oakwood Sun Club researching into the local history of nudism, naturism and associated ideas of imperfection, invisibility and communal retreats in the landscape.
On Sunday 25 June you can learn more about his work as Oakwood invite visitors to meet their members and explore the club’s grounds at their annual Open Day Barbecue.
Established in 1962 amongst woodland on the banks of the M25 between Brentwood and Romford, Oakwood Sun Club offers a bucolic escape from the world outside, with meadow, dense foliage and flowing streams, home to rabbits, squirrels, rare butterflies and visiting deer. Club members enjoy a heated pool, boules, croquet and miniten courts, kids play area and a large sun lawn to stretch out as nature intended.
Alongside this chance to appreciate the club’s achievements, Barry Sykes will be presenting a display of his research to date, including sunlight-generated cyanotype prints, surveys and various archive material.
Guests at Oakwood will not be asked to undress (unless using the pool) although are very welcome to give it a try, and should expect others to do so. You are advised to bring a towel with you.
Entrance is free, simply email bobatoakwood@yahoo.co.uk if you want to attend. More information can be found here
#BareAsYouDare.
Oakwood Sun ClubRadical Essex is a project re-examining the county in relation to radicalism in thought, lifestyle, politics and architecture. A programme of events will take place across Essex throughout 2016 and 2017, shedding light on the vibrant, pioneering thinking of the late 19th and 20th centuries. The project will celebrate the crucial role Essex has played in the history of British Modernism and its utopian ideologies under the themes ‘The Modernist County’ and ‘Arcadia for All’.
The Radical Essex site is designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio and Alex Rich, developed by Twelve.
Radical Essex is led by Focal Point Gallery in collaboration with Visit Essex and Firstsite. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England it forms part of the country wide Cultural Destinations programme, a partnership with VisitEngland, supporting arts organisations to work with the tourism sector to deliver projects that maximise the impact culture has on local economies.
If you are a business or arts organisation interested to be involved in the project or learn more information, please contact us here
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our project partners: