A GROUP of artists have created an interactive exhibition ready to show off to people at this year’s Harwich Festival of the Arts.

The Aletheia Collective, who live and work in Suffolk and Essex, began collaborating in preparation for the festival last year before it was cancelled.

They continued to collaborate on several projects and will now show off their work which they hope will be “thought-provoking and stimulating”.

The free to enter festival has now been given the green light and will run from Saturday, July 3 until Thursday, July 29 at the Harwich Arts and Heritage Centre at The Gallery in Main Road, Dovercourt.

Of the core members of the group, Larain Briggs reflects on symbols and meaning, Jamie Limond delves into existentialism and Ian Moss explores transient art.

While Adam Riches investigates the human condition in his evocative portraits and Marin Carter explores the beauty in nature. Through the chosen themes, the collective has been able to produce a fusion of stimulating ideas.

The title of the exhibition ‘Beyond the Surface’ explores one aspect of German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s ideas, the unveiling of an inner truth or essence, revealed under exceptional circumstances.

This, however, is only the artists inspiration, the collective hopes the viewers will bring their own interpretations.

The event will open at 10am and run until 4pm, before being open from 10am until 5pm for the weekdays onwards, and 10am until 1pm on Saturdays.