This caught my eye as I discovered the band Full Fat last week and they’re, well, fat! It’s a fundraiser for Refugee Action Kingston, so bit strange to be happening SE rather than SW but hey, come on down!
The whole Seen EP is worth checking out.
An audio adventure for Deptford, if you’ve done it let us know what you thought!
Pavement sonnets, Deptford scars
by Ben CumminsSimply download the audio and print the map.
Press play when standing on ha’penny hatch bridge.
You will be guided by the Admiral on an exciting venture around deep dark Deptford.(ideally designed for saturdays between 27th sep - 18th oct)
“I would be honoured if you would walked it with or without me.”
Conscious Aim (v): using up & coming art, music, fashion & culture to bring raw talent from diverse backgrounds together.
Saturday 27th Sept 2008 : 2pm til 12.30am
The Sassoon Gallery
Bar Story
Blenheim Grove, Peckham
Cause: with violence and unrest growing throughout London it’s easy to forget the positives that surround us. Concious Aim will encourage self-belief and a positive outlook using the arts as a platform. Supporting young people through the creative process by supplying materials and encouragement we will to show what can be accomplished, given the right environment.
Concept: An exhibition, live acoustic music & a vibrant market environment come together to create a mini festival feel throughout the day & into the evening.
Content: Installation, paintings, photography, print, graffiti & sculpture in the gallery; craft, customised clothing, original artwork & organic food in the courtyard & musicians & DJ’s throughout the venue
To buy tickets in advance or to make a donation: http://aim.eventwax.com/aim
***Line up now announced*** read on for details
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Elefest - www.elefest.org.uk
Elephant and Castle’s free annual festival returns…
Over 10 days the festival will transform the area with an outdoor cinema, street theatre, live bands, photography exhibitions and contemporary dance performances in and around this central London location.
Events will also be held at Corsica Studios, Pullens Estate, Tate Modern and Siobhan Davies Dance Studios. Elefest was launched in 2003 to celebrate the cultural and creative diversity area. It has expanded every year and has now become a permanent fixture on the cultural map of London.
Festival dates: Friday 19th - Sun 28th September
OPEN WEEKEND
SITE SPECIFIC EXHIBITION 13TH-14TH SEPTEMBER 12.00-20.00.
SPIKE SPECIFICGAVIN TURK, BOB & ROBERTA SMITH, RICHARD PRINCE, YOKO ONO, MANU CHAO, CRYMEIN, PS BURTON, MARK THOMAS, TONY BRENNAN, RICHARD NIMAN, MARK MCGOWAN, ELIZABETH MANCHESTER, ANDREW BYLO, PAUL SAKOILSKY, RAUL PINA, JAQ GENIE, DAISEY DELANEY, MERLYN, SANDIE SCHELLS, TRACEY RUSSELL, ROB RUB, MARYANNE GORDON, PRASANTH VISWESWARAN, BARBARA BURKE, FIL DEVOID, HAZEL ROMA, JAN NOID, YUSUF MARTIN, KEVIN PEBERDY, MADDY DUGDALE, DMT, ASTRID SCHYROKY, KAREN BARNES, KIRSTEN DOWNER.Sarah Bear says “Rob’s exhibit is a record fair.. and there’s a crazy technicoloured organ for jamming (5 can play at the same time). Plus food and drink and lots of creativity.”
For more information, please contact:
SPIKE SURPLUS SCHEME
020 7252 9733
Email: info@spikesurplus.org39b Consort Road, Peckham SE15 2PR
www.spikesurplus.org
www.myspace.com/spikesurplus
Nunhead Arts Week kicks off next Friday! Download the programme here
Nunhead Arts Week (19-28 September) has something for everyone. Art may be at the heart of it but there’s a lot more besides.
First, the art. NUNHEAD OPEN 5 is Nunhead’s fifth open exhibition showing art created by people in the community. The Preview Evening is on Friday, 19 Sept, 6-8pm at the Old Insurance Shop, 26 Nunhead Lane. The exhibition continues: Sat/Sun (20-21 Sept) and Fri/Sat/Sun (26-28 Sept).
A high-spot of the Arts Week (rather longer than a week!) is the Green Day on Nunhead Green, Saturday, 20 Sept, midday to 5pm. This is as close to a village fair in an urban context as you’re ever going to get. Attractions include the pedal-powered Dynamo Cabaret; local allotments’ stall; a working blacksmith, bouncy castle and free BBQ. This and more will vie for attention in the free day on the Green.
On Saturday evening, bingo lovers can pop along to the Old Nun’s Head for a pint and Bingo Time, bingo with a difference.
On Sunday, 21 Sept, children can enjoy Fly Away Katie performed by Long Nose Puppets at Buchan Tenants Hall at 3pm. ‘Fairy Cakes’ — an exhibition of paintings — opens at The Frog on the Green, Consort Road, with a party from 4pm. Prior to that, there’s lunchtime jazz at the Old Nun’s Head.
Free tours of our splendid Nunhead Cemetery are offered on both Saturday and Sunday, at 2pm and 3pm.
The programme for the rest of the week includes life drawing at Ivydale Old School Keeper’s house (Mon, 7:30-9:30pm); older person’s drop in at Nunhead Library (Tues, 11:30am-1pm); writers’ workshop at Nunhead Library (Tues 7-9pm); Easycome Music Night at the Old Nun’s Head (Wed, 8pm); Family Reading Group at Nunhead Library (Thurs, 5:30-6:30pm); Comedy Night starring Arthur Smith and the Pull The Other One crew at The Ivy House (Thurs, 8:30pm); Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky film at The Old Nun’s Head (Fri, 8pm); and a Nunhead Walk led by historian, Ron Woollacott (Sun, 11:30am).
Come along and enjoy art, community, fun and culture in our unique and vibrant neighborhood.
Hey there Hatfans
Hatsundays will be on this week…so lets see you lovely people down barstory … The hats will be arriving at around 9pm.
Hatman out!!!
Barstory: 213 Blenheim Grove, Peckham Rye, SE15 4QL
www.hatsundays.com
It’s been a while since I’ve joined Lottie Child in climbing adventures on the streets of London, so it’s great to hear she’s planning an outing right here in SE15:
How street savvy are you? You’ve got your A to Z to get from A to B but how happy and safe do you feel on the streets? In today’s cities, we are all too aware of the potential hazards on the street. Perhaps it is time that we learnt how to safely enjoy, rather than endure, the time we spend in public space.
Peckham Street Training is an intergenerational art project, inviting people of all ages to engage creatively with public space and share alternative instructions for exploring the urban environment. Free public tours around Peckham have been developed by families from Peckham in collaboration with artist Lottie Child and net art organisation Furtherfield.org.
On Saturday 20th September at 2pm & 4pm, Peckham Street Training invites the wider public to discover the favourite places of local children and their parents from Gloucester Primary School. Exploring how behaviour can shape the built environment, share in new techniques that will challenge conventional uses of public space and social norms. Defining new territory both on the street and on the internet- Peckham Street Training can be followed online on www.peckhamspace.com/project
There’s also a talk on the 4th September:
Public Talk: Participation and Contemporary Art
4 September 2008 - 7pm-9pm
South London Gallery,65 Peckham Road,London SE5 8UHClare Cumberlidge from The General Public Agency will be in conversation with Lottie Child and Furtherfield.org. The talk will include a presentation by the artists and a conversation on the notion of participation in the public realm and contemporary art.
Hey Hey Hey
Hatsunday is reaching the grand old age of 2 on Sunday. I know..hasn’t time flown for the little guy..
To honour this occassion there will be a early start for hatsunday this week at around 4pm-5pm,
So if you have never been to hatsunday before now is the perfect time…bring yourselves, your friends, your hats…
After some quick negotiation Happy hour’s 2-4-1 cocktails this sunday will be back to 2 hours so between 6pm & 8pm just for this!! so theres a another incentive to come down even if hats weren’t enough for you!!!
HATS all folks
His Hatness
Now I know these are listed on the Regular Events page, but here’s a reminder.
Free entry, live music, spoken word and friendly crowds - hosted by the indeterminable Mr Hovis. On Tuesday evening get yourself to the Half Moon pub in Herne Hill (great pizza), and on Wednesday drop by the Redstar in Camberwell (2-for-1 cocktails).
If you know of anything fun coming up, do let us know.
