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A Postcard to Belgrade

Saturday 16th July sees The Singing Loins play the BELEF festival in Serbia. They asked Medway Eyes to compile a slideshow of photos by Phil Dillon, Sweet Fanny Adams and Alex Turner (Monaxle) to be shown on a huge screen … Continue reading

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Meeting the Greens

Some of you will recognise the chap in the blue shirt from our last post about the Bridge Podcast. His name is Steve Keevil and he’s running for election as a councillor in River ward. Steve invited Medway Eyes (that’s … Continue reading

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Retro Post #9: October 2009 – ME1: Our First Birthday

For our first birthday we asked our musical chums if they would like to contribute a track to a compilation album, our photography chums if they would like to contribute to an eZine and the rest of you if you … Continue reading

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Retro Post #8: September 2009 – The Thatcher Years

On 12th September 2009, some of the great musicians of Medway got together once again in aid of Oxjam. This time round the Thatcher Years got the Medway Eyes treatment as we celebrated British music from 1979 -1990. There’s a … Continue reading

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Retro Post #7: August 2009 – Section 44 Photo Walk

Possibly its most important event this year, the Medway Eyes Photo Walk drew attention from far and wide. Due to coverage on the BBC, in The Independent, Amateur Photographer, the British Jounal of Photography, as well as local papers, Monaxle … Continue reading

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Retro Post #4: April 2009 – Exposure

April 2009 saw Phil Dillon’s second solo exhibition, Exposure, at the Brook Theatre Gallery in Chatham. Dillon, who has been described as “a cult”, exhibited a variety of works showcasing Medway and its musicians alongside some of his well-known London … Continue reading

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Retro Post #3: March 2009 – Desolation Row

Desolation Row is an ongoing collaborative multimedia project that is Medway Eyes’ response to the regeneration that is taking place in Medway despite a lack of sufficient public consultation. We believe that respectful management and preservation of a place’s heritage … Continue reading

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Retro Post #2: January 2009 – Sounds of ’67

Punk poet and raconteur Andy Export on January’s Oxjam benefit at the Barge: This was the first Medway Eyes tribute event for Oxjam, after grasping the baton from Bob Collins who had organised previous Oxjam events. It was a packed … Continue reading

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Retro Post #1: October 2008 – Look At Medway

Friday 3rd October 2008 saw the opening of the first Medway Eyes collaborative exhibition at the Brook Theatre Gallery in Chatham. The work involved in organising an exhibition is immense. When so many people are involved, the shortlisting alone can … Continue reading

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