Digital arts festival
19-28 August 2022
Electric Medway presents Augmented River; 10 days of immersive events that will alter your perceptions of reality. Featuring metaverse stories, projected light, electronic music, artificial intelligence and interactive games. On land, river and online.
Alice in VR Wonderland
Immersive adaption of the Lewis Carroll classic created by Jasmin Vardimon Company.
- Time: 10:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Venue: Chatham Library, Community Hub Chatham, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TX
Electronic Picnic
Bring your own picnic in the park as DUSKWAVES perform synthwave music from the bandstand.
- Time: 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm
- Venue: Victoria Gardens, Fort Pitt Hill, Rochester, Chatham, ME4 6DU
EXPONENTIAL
Mesmerising light and sound installation built by Lucid Creates.
- Time: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Venue: Ground Floor, The Pentagon Shopping Centre, High St, Chatham ME4 4HY
Projection Mapping Workshop
Guided by Hannah Whittaker, learn the basics of projection mapping using Isadora software.
- Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Venue: The Kell, Unit 4, Ground Floor, Gillingham Gate Rd, Gillingham ME4 4SA
Black Rabbit
Join us to play Black Rabbit, a mysterious live video game experience from BRiGHTBLACK.
- Time: 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
- Venue: The Kell, Unit 4, Ground Floor, Gillingham Gate Rd, Gillingham ME4 4SA
In Bodies of Water
Live performance by Samm Anga invoking choral music, deconstructed dub and responsive visuals.
- Time: 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm
- Venue: The Mess Deck, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Main Gate Rd, Chatham ME4 4TZ
Sirens of the Deep
Experimental musicians Anna Braithwaite and Phil Self perform live on a Cold War submarine.
- Time: 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
- Venue: The Boat House, 8 Canal Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 4DR
Voyage of the Ancient Beasts
Set sail for an augmented reality trip on board the Edith May, as you collect medieval creatures.
- Time: 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
- Venue: The Edith May, Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham, ME4 4HF
Lightspaces
Multiple artists transform parts of the Old High St Intra into spaces of light, sound, games and film.
- Time: 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm
- Venue: The Tack Room Intra and Sun Pier House, Chatham