pecknam blog - adventures in SouthEast London

GROUP/GROPE
Saturday 25 April 2009, 12pm - 8pm

A one-day event of exhibition and performance of final-year Goldsmiths MFA students (and bbq!!!)

http://www.area10.info

I was vaguely aware of the thousands of hidden packages placed worldwide by ernest Letterboxers or Geocachers, but until now had never set out to find one.

There’s a cache listed on Peckham Rye - the hunt was on. We downloaded the GPS location and using Cacheberry phone software had a compass & proximity locator to follow. This is obviously designed to make you feel like you’re in a film. It’s great.

A bit of muddy wandering and a search in a bush later and there it was, a plastic tub painted in camo colours. The contents weren’t particularly exciting but then that’s not the point; we wrote in the notebook and left some stickers + a nice Danish coin with a hole in the middle.

Zoe then fed me some wild garlic. You can eat the leaves raw, it surprised me how garlic-y a green leaf can taste. Good in salads apparently.

More geocaches on One Tree Hill, Telegraph Hill, in Burgess Park and just about everywhere else. Some have a puzzle to solve instead of GPS taking you straight there. Go find one and reward yourself with a pint!

You are most cordially invited
to a final studio presentation
of our 2009/10 flagship work,
Human Document

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Saturday 18 April, 8pm
Area 10 Project Space
London SE15

Door 7:30pm, free

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Psychological Art Circus
www.psychologicalartcircus.net

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Area 10 is the white warehouse behind the Library off Peckham High St (Google map: www.snipurl.com/g3447 )

It’s summer! I grabbed my new GPS phone and my BMX and went out exploring.

First discovery was this huge piece of land behind Sainsburys on Dog Kennel Hill. I assume it’s privately owned as there’s a fence all around it, but this has a few sections completely removed and there’s well-trodden paths across. The lighter green area on the gmap view is an artifical football pitch.

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Riding on through Dulwich Village I wasn’t distracted by Dulwich Picture Gallery (it closes at 5pm), but did find Belair Park nearby with a nice lake and small skatepark. Now I’m typing this I can’t help thinking of the Fresh Prince; especially as this huge house sits in the grounds.

Soon after came a slightly uncertain turn onto Grange Lane which is marked as a private road and leads up past Dulwich & Sydenham Hill Golf Club, a Scout building and some lovely allotments. A bit of a squeeze got me into Sydenham Hill Wood which is a lovely place for a wander. Spot the ‘ancient’ ruins there, and see the strange contrast of perfectly kept golf grounds just behind the fence:

From there it’s almost all downhill back to Peckham, that made me happy.

I loved having access to an online map and using the satellite view to head towards green spaces, and GPS tracking is a New + Exciting thing for me let’s go all the way and see my route:

Sunny days, bikes, and pocket technology are great.

I emailed Southwark Council asking what dates the I Love Peckham festival would fall on this year and got this reply:

Hi Mike,
I Love Peckham will be different this year.

A whole creative summer programme will be programmed under the banner of I Love Peckham.

We are hoping that events and activities will be coordinated as part of the programme which will be marketed.

I will keep you posted on developments.

Kind regards
Anila

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Anila Ladwa
Culture Development Officer
Southwark Council
T: 0207 525 1006 / 07958 244 938
E: anila.ladwa@southwark.gov.uk
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For your essential guide to events in Southwark
www.southwark.gov.uk/discoversouthwark

If you’ve got ideas for an event there’s contact details and information on funding here.

Here’s looking forward to lots of fun things happening over the sunny months!

A sublime lineup, don’t miss this!

FREE Gig!!

The Birds Nest - 32 Deptford Church St, SE8 4RZ
23 April 2009
Starts Promptly at 8pm till 12pm.

Audio coming at ya from..

ESE- acoustic extrordanare
SARAH BEAR and THE EVERY DAY JUNGLIST- Rebel acoustica
THE CELLAR DOOR SOUND- Brixton Boys
DAISY KELLY-GRANGER and new live outfit- harmonious aucoustic soul
SOUND OF RUM- Beats and Rymes, live trio.

Be there, or be somewhere else ;)

Buses: 177, 453, 53, 180, 199, 47
DLR deptford Bridge
Overground 10 mins from london bridge

An evening of stories from the Shahnameh (in English) to celebrate the Persian New Year.
Admission free - tea and cookies provided.
Please bring along your favourite stories to share…

Date:     3 April 2009
Time:    19:00 - 21:15
Location:     Persepolis in Peckham
8-30, Peckham High Street

{03/04/09} - Needleandthread spring hop..
jamm bar, 261 brixton road, sw9 6lh..
9pm till late..
£5 before 11pm, £6 after..

We be back.. arrh.. with a rather tasty gig..

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Advance tickets are sold out, but this lineup is worth getting there early and trying for a ticket on the door! I’m going to see Shitmat, Venetian Snares and µ-Ziq but the list goes on - plenty breakcore/jungle/fucked up beats for everyone.

PLANET MU PRESENTS: FILTH
FRIDAY 3RD APRIL 2009
TIMES: 9:30PM - 6:00AM
Corsica Studios. Elephant Road, London (Elephant and Castle tube)

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