A WEB PROJECT began in Pevensey Bay today (3 August) as a small technical team working with artist Christine Racher launched the development of an online platform on behalf of Bayside, the new eaterie that has opened in the heart of the Bay, at 4 Eastbourne Road (the site of the old post office).
Artist, Christine Racher has taken up a position as ‘artist in residence’ at the new eaterie. She has described the role in the cafe as ‘a fantastic opportunity’.
The web platform, which will take a month to complete, will see technical work with the web structured around the sketches being undertaken by Christine on site at the new cafe.
As sketches emerge the team will work with the artwork to see that the platform emerging will represent what the new cafe has to offer as well as giving some sense of the work of the artist.
The first sketch chosen by the team to act as a centrepiece for the project was completed last Thursday (July 30), during her first morning at the cafe.
Christine Racher will be back in the cafe this coming Thursday (6 August), 10:30am—12:30pm and again in the afternoon between 2:30pm and 3:30pm.
A lineart drawing by sister artist, Val Racher, featuring many of the iconic buildings in the Bay, is now sitting centre stage in the cafe.
To come in the cafe is a photographic exhibition and a series of talks about local history.
Owners of the cafe who have commissioned the project are keen to see the new venue adopt a community profile.
You can browse the new web platform here as the project develops www.baysidediner.co.uk
IMAGE CREDIT: Christine Racher
