The City to Sea Project organizes public art projects, symposiums, exhibitions, walks and educational workshops. your text

Workshops & Walks

City to Sea educational workshops and walks are lead by photographers and artists affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2013, the City to Sea Project collaborated with Magnum Photos for the City to Sea Magnum Photos residential workshop with Peter Marlow hosted by Butlins, Bognor Regis. This was followed up in 2015 with our first event in Brooklyn, USA.

Magnum City to Sea: Bognor Regis 2013
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City to Sea: Coney Island 2015 - 2016
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City to Sea has organised workshops, walks and associated events in Bognor Regis, Hastings, Margate and Southend, UK, Rovinj, Croatia, Coney Island, Brooklyn and Harlem, New York, NY, USA. Click here for more information

Educational Events

City to Sea organizes artist talks and events to accompany exhibitions and installations. Internationally renowned Magnum photographer Peter Marlow visited Bognor Regis, as guest of the City to Sea Project for An Evening with Peter Marlow exploring his work and process. Click here

City to Sea: Coney Island Community Project 2016 - 2018

Following their successful 2015 workshop, City to Sea returned to Coney Island, NY in September 2016 to begin work with the community at Coney Island Gospel Assembly on a 3 year-long project exploring life in Coney Island. Working with local people, the project aimed to tell stories about the environment, communities living in the neighborhood, and their recovery from Superstorm Sandy. The ongoing workshops resulted in a group photography exhibition of projects made by residents inspired by their community, coastline and culture of New York City. The show took place in New York in 2018 to coincide with the 6th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, with the aim of being screened at the Urban Encounters Conference, at Tate Britain, London. Click here

New York Exhibition

In 2018, an installation and exhibition was held in Harlem, New York City, showcasing the work created over 4 years:
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More Exhibitions, Public Art Projects, Site-Specific Installations & Screenings:

The William Blake Imagination Photo Booth

William Blake has a connection to the Sussex coast, and this was the setting for the City to Sea site-specific public art project The William Blake Imagination Photo Booth. Click here to see participants images created on the beach during the project. Click here for information

Gold junk

In 2013, City to Sea took over the Pier at Bognor Regis for the interactive site-specific installation Gold junk. 100 pieces of 'junk' washed up on Bognor beach, collected and gilded with gold leaf, were placed in slot machines in the pier's amusement arcade and won as prizes from the machines.

Imagination Photo Booth Portrait Exhibition

From June 4 to 23, 2013 a series of eleven portraits made by Rebecca Locke at the William Blake Imagination Photo Booth were exhibited around Bognor's town centre. Click here for information

Screened Exhibitions

A screened exhibition of visual work developed from the City to Sea Project showcased in the autumn of 2013 at the Urban Encounters: Urban Materialities conference at Tate Britain. The work of participants has been curated as twelve chapters exploring different aspects of the seaside resort of Bognor Regis.

In 2022, Other Lines made by David Kendall, exhibited at the LOOK Photo Biennial: Climate, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK.