A composite image of lots of painted and drawn circles representing a sun rise
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How dark it is before dawn

Doyel Joshi and Neil Ghose Balser of Howareyoufeeling.studio
Workshops and interventions taking place throughout May
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Take a seat and watch the horizon, pick up a blank page from Brighton Dome, or participate in artist-led workshops with brochure cover artists Doyel and Neil and draw your own New Dawn.

Watch the horizon

Take a seat and watch the horizon from one of our 108 Red Chairs popping up around Brighton & Hove

Various times, various locations - discover them in key sites around the city

Workshops

Join brochure cover artists Doyel and Neil of Howareyoufeeling.studio for a free workshop and draw your own New Dawn, culminating in an immersive, participatory art installation at the end of Brighton Festival. Limited places, first come first served

Sat 10 May, 2.30pm & 4.30pm, Jubilee Library

Sun 11 May, 10am, 12pm & 3pm, Brighton Dome Founders Room

Sat 17 May, 10am, 12pm & 3pm, Brighton Dome Founders Room 

Alternatively pick up a blank sheet from Brighton Dome Welcome Area on New Road and draw your own!

Final installation

Drawings will be showcased as part of a final installation at The Old Courtroom, Fri 23- Mon 26 May.

Fri 23 May 12noon - 4pm

Sat - Sun 10am-6pm

Mon 26 May 10am-4pm

About the project

Artists Doyel Joshi and Neil Ghose Balser of Howareyoufeeling.studio were invited by Anoushka Shankar to create the Brighton Festival 2025 brochure cover and art installation, reflecting on the meaning of a New Dawn. They were inspired to capture the power and potential in the darkness before the dawn and the breaking of a new day.  

The duo conducted a series of workshops with people of all ages and backgrounds drawing their version of a New Dawn, resulting in the series of images you see on our brochure covers this year. You will find more of these drawings appearing across the city throughout May. As more and more drawings from around the world come together, we celebrate this movement and symbol of bringing individual light together to become part of a collective strength.

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A girl sits at a table drawing a red circle on a white sheet of paper
A group of young people sit around a table drawing their versions of a New Dawn. In the background are widows that look out to Mumbi
An older man sits at a table using yellow oil pastels to draw a sun. He is smudging the oil pastels with his finger
Two women sit at a table drawing circles on white paper. One is using orange, and the other, yellow.
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A girl sits at a table drawing a red circle on a white sheet of paper
A group of young people sit around a table drawing their versions of a New Dawn. In the background are widows that look out to Mumbi
An older man sits at a table using yellow oil pastels to draw a sun. He is smudging the oil pastels with his finger
Two women sit at a table drawing circles on white paper. One is using orange, and the other, yellow.

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About Doyel Joshi (b. 1991) / Neil Ghose Balser (b. 1991)

Doyel Joshi and Neil Ghose Balser are a Mumbai based artist duo. They run @Howareyoufeeling.studio, a multidisciplinary art space and studio founded with an approach to investigate emotion in relation to a subject. They create extensions of these in large scale installations, performance and interventions. Their work is rooted both in personal heritage and traditions whilst questioning the ideas around provenance. 

Working on new formats of public engagement and challenging contemporary practices, the studio works in an experimental format and attempts to expand the scope of what art can do outside of traditional gallery spaces.

Their work in their own wedding in Rajasthan with tradition meeting contemporary and future motifs in installations was picked up by VOGUE India and covered in a large feature in their December issue. Since then they have had commissions including India Art Fair (2024), Hermes, Gucci, Architectural Digest, Sa Ladakh Art Festival (2024), German Embassy Delhi, Contemporary Museum Palma Mallorca (2024), Volkswagen, Lovebirds, Mugler, Herstory, Mercedes, Nowness, Vogue i.a. 

Both hold a B.F.A from Parsons, The New School / New York in Fashion Design, Sculpture (Doyel) and Performance and Sound Design (Neil).