The Brighton Coast

It may not be the warmest time of year for a trip to Brighton, but if you do find yourself there, go to the Seattle Hotel at the Marina. The menu's good and the bar has a mixologist who can make cocktails that'll you'll need a spoon to finish. In addition to this, they have just completed a magnificent refurbishment, which includes a triple projected video installation along the entrance corridor, and a further collection of video works behind reception.

The specially commissioned series of video works in the entrance corridor by Mark Nelson hit you like a face full of salt water as you walk in, transforming the journey into an immersive experience of the immensely powerful boundary between land and sea. After emerging from the lift into the second floor reception, guests are welcomed by another series of specially commissioned video works whilst they check in. This collection is a more restrained and calmly paced exploration of a series of interactions between the natural and built world, giving a serene beauty to the destructive weathering processes which have shaped the remarkable coastline of Brighton and Hove. Isabelle Inghilleri contributed extensively to this collection, and those of you who have seen work from her collection 'Gone Tomorrow' which examines the Norwegian landscape melting in the spring will understand why the hotel were so keen for her to be involved in the commission. To see more of Isabelle's work, go to the Artists page.