Electric Medway
Artist Statement:
“We’re Electric Medway, a not for profit digital arts organisation enabling communities across Medway to get creative using using digital art and immersive technology to bring people together and up-skill the next generation, one virtual reality headset at a time.
From developing Medway’s first augmented reality boat ride, to running mass street-scanning events using photogrammetry, our activities are often the first opportunity someone has to access digital creativity. “
Medium & Specialty: Digital Arts Organisation
Sun Pier Resident Since: 2015
Exhibitions and Projects:
- 2020 Festival: Connection, Nature, Play, Dreams Hope
- 2021 Festival: Synchronised
- 2022 Festival: Augmented River
- 2023 Festival: Neighbourhoods
- 2024: Festival: Two Worlds
- 2025: Festival: Aurora
- Young Hack
- Cinema Club
- Digital Gazebo
Member of:
- Outdoor Arts UK
- Outlands National Experimental Music Network
- Intra Community Trust
- Medway Cultural Education Partnership
Awards and Recognition:
- 2023 Winner – Outstanding Support from an SME to Hi3 Network Project – Hi3 Network.2023 Finalist
- 2023 Finalist – Community and Outreach Partner of the Year – Canterbury Christ Church University.
- 2022 Shortlist – Best Arts Project – Hearts for the Arts Awards.
“Electric Medway has been an Resident Artist at Sun Pier House since 2019 and during this time, our team has felt very welcome and a part of this special visual community arts hub. SPH provides opportunity for artists to network and flourish, a safer space to run events and a willingness to support new approaches in engaging audiences. Definitely a key part of the arts ecosystem in Medway!”
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Our Artists & Creative Community
Sun Pier House is home to 28 working studios shared by 33 professional artists and makers. Undoubtedly forming one of the most diverse and vibrant creative communities on the riverside.
Our residents represent a wide range of contemporary art and craft practices. Within our building you’ll find a tattooist, stop-motion animator, silversmith, performance artist, milliner, illustrator, graphic designer, painter, photographer and many more creative professionals working across disciplines.
Together, our residents reflect the strength and diversity of contemporary creative practice today. With every visit to Sun Pier House, you are not just stepping into a gallery, you are entering a working community of artists and makers shaping the cultural life of our area every day.
