This Coastal Town Reimagined : 200 years of change
123 Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
FREE - but booking is essential as places are limited
A chance to explore 200 years of change in Felixstowe!
🚢The port arrived in 1875. Looking back 150 years, we can see the changes it made in this town. In 50 years, how will we look back on this time with all the changes we know are coming, including new developments and shifts in climate?
🌞Felixstowe is a place that radiates healthful living and wellbeing. The land and sea support livelihoods, leisure and blooming biodiversity. The port, the largest in England, provides crucial national infrastructure and contributes to a healthy local economy. In the summer holidaymakers flock here.
🌬️But things are always changing here and in the wider world. In May, we invited local residents to chat about the futures we want. In July, we shared what we discovered with three creative practitioners from the region: Mimi Doncaster and Frazer Merrick, and Kirsty Tallent. Together we created an immersive future fiction. That is the basis of the event we are inviting you to here. Come and work on the future together! ⏳
⏰ We start by adding events of historic or personal significance to a timeline of Felixstowe since 1875.
🙋You choose your time-travelling characters. Will you start as a young person, or an elder? What does your character care about?
✨Then we will travel all the way to 2075, the year the Multispecies Port of Felixstowe opens.
Participants need no prior knowledge or experience to join this event.
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 07 September:
- Session 1: 10.30 am - 12.30 pm and Session 2: 2.00 - 4.00 pm
Location & directions
123 Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 2AF
- Directions:
- The Alex Brasserie is a fully accessible, first floor venue.
- Contact on day:
- Ruth Catlow
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- FREE - but booking is essential as places are limited
- Booking contact name:
- Ruth Catlow
- Booking website:
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/this-coastal-town-reimagined-200-years-of-change-tickets-970358958767?
- Booking opens:
- 06 Aug 2024 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 06 Sep 2024 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
There is free parking directly outside The Alex. If that is full, there is paid parking a very short distance away, on cobbled streets.
Additional information
Hosted by Ruth Catlow, Furthefield (artist) and Ann Light, (researcher) Please note that the event is being included in a research project on the effect of immersive experiences. A researcher will be there to observe the event. Although the researcher will not be observing individuals, there is an opportunity on the day for you to decide if you wish to be part of the research or not. If you would like to know more about the research project before the event, please email Professor Ann Light at the University of Sussex ([email protected]) and she will send you an information sheet.
- Max no of people per tour:
- 15
- Est. tour duration:
- 2 hour(s)
