Hard Rain
Taking its title from the seminal Bob Dylan track A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Hard Rain the exhibition explores climate change, poverty, habitat loss, and human rights - the issues that are defining the 21st century.
Kiss the sun Icarus : Leon Varga
The basic vision of Leon Varga's installation 'Kiss the sun Icarus' is to create an open object construction that is fundamentally based on the ancient mythological story of Icarus.
Seven Drunken Nights : Phill Hopkins
'Seven Drunken Nights’ is a new installation made especially for Greenbelt '08. It will consist of a series of drawings, a group of sculptures and ‘Wine & Beer / Oak & Bread’, a performance piece.
What do you think? : Jon Mackay
Photographer Jon Mackay likes to ask people questions, to get people really thinking about their beliefs, their ideas, thoughts and dreams and to share them.
Greenbelt Self Portrait
Come down to The Hub and add yourself to the giant self-portrait of Greenbelt this year!
Oranges and Lemons : Martin Wilson
Quirky artist plunders London’s hidden messages Conceptual artist Martin Wilson cycles thousands of miles photographing images on 35mm film strips that tease meaning from the urban jumble.
Under and Over the Sea
The large-scale sculptures (Podules) of Jan Niedojadlo challenge our assumed and traditional notions of artistic engagement.
'Children in Conflict' : John Keane
Renowned war artist John Keane recently produced a series of 11 paintings on behalf of Christian Aid for an exhibition entitled Children in Conflict. You can see some of his paintings and hear the stories of the children he met at a special exhibition showing at Greenbelt this year.
Live comic mural - 'The girl who looked at the sun' : Sally Jane Thompson
Keep coming back to watch the story unfold!
Here comes the sun
Is an online communal collage of visuals we're aiming to generate in the run-up to this year's Festival, using this year's theme as our inspiration.
The Manga Bible : Siku
Siku comes to Greenbelt to talk about Manga and how he came to create The Manga Bible.
Rising sun Sculpt
How can you sculpt the rising sun? What does the rising sun mean? What emotions does it engender, how does it affect us now and how did it affect us through history?
Street Art
This year we have a number of Street Artists working onsite producing pieces in response to the theme.
Keep Calm Gallery
This online gallery was founded by a young couple with a shared passion for typography in poster design, British heritage and the medium of screen printing.
In Search of Words - Visual Thinking in a Linear, Lexical World : Oliver West
Conventional teaching relies heavily on words, both written and spoken. This linear, lexical presentation of information has long been assumed to be the most effective way of teaching and learning.
Art for All
This year at the festival we want to give some art away for free! So we commissioned 6 artists to create a piece based on this years theme.
Artists Forums
Greenbelt Artists Forums are an excellent opportunity to network with like-minded practitioners and industry professionals.
Greenbelt School of Art
Hosted this year in a new venue for Visual Arts in the Grandstand, the Greenbelt School of Art will be running classes all weekend.
