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When an object ignites a "Wow I LOVE that" response, the intensity is so powerful that it can override the business of daily life. The moment eyes alight on an object that compels, all other thoughts can melt away.

This virtual exhibition, created by designer Erica Smith, working with mentee artist Esme Fisher, is a collaboration with Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, built from an Arts Council England funded exploration with Active Arts, Hastings and Bexhill Mencap and Teddy Tinker's investigating the extraordinary act of looking at things.

Join us back on this page for the launch and exhibition tour on
Saturday 23rd January at 6pm.

In the meantime enjoy the gallery of images collected through this project, and the stories that come with them.



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Our exciting interactive #LockdownLookingAtThings project explores our relationship with objects we love to live with and connects us together.
How to take part:

Share a photo of you with the object you love to live with to social media with the hashtag #LockdownLookingAtThings or in an email to explorers@explorethearch.com. Alternatively film yourself with an object that you love in a video clip less than 20 seconds long.

A collaborative exploration with Teddy Tinker's, a creative business that rehomes objects to loving owners, and Active Arts, Hastings and Bexhill Mencap, a community currently shielding and connected online in this project. It has been developed with Arts Council England Covid Emergency Funding. This exploration will inform our forthcoming exhibition at Hastings Museum and Art Gallery which opens 23 Jan 2021.






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