Projects Archive

The Light Fantastic at the A13 Green – Friday 12th September

A sparkling finale with installations, performances, workshops and live music. Shine on Canning Town. More info to come later.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 12th September.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

How to…Market and publicise your event – Thursday 11th September

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the seventh session on Thursday 11th September, covering how to Do marketing and PR for your event – this will involve subjects like social media, websites, flyers, branding, logos, posters, banners, PR. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 11th September.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

The Light Fantastic – Saturday 6th September

A festival of light, community and energy, completely free and open to all. This event will entertain and illuminate, inspire and celebrate. Join us to light up Thamesmead!

The evening’s programme will include:

• The Toast Temple – rejoicing in the majesty of the golden slice and supplying toast to The People since 2008.
• The Golden Labyrinth – a mandala of magic to journey through.
• Sand – an interactive art piece brightening the space with colour and light. Make your mark!
• Ladies of Midnight Blue: an Afro-Latin percussion, brass, & mbira duet who perform powerful and upbeat music all over the world.
• Dynamix – a performance by Thamesmead’s vibrant street dance troupe for children aged 5-15 years old.
• The Ring of Fire sing-a-long with Eric.
• The Innerstrings Psychedelic Lightshow.
• DJ Sonic

Plus games, music, a licensed bar and even more details to come soon!

6-10pm, Saturday 6th September.
North side of the Thamesmead A Bridge,
opposite The Link, SE2 9BS.

See the Facebook event here.

Move It at the A13 Green – Friday 5th September

Using and exploring the size of the space with gymnastics, acrobatics, free running and dance classes. Using and exploring the size of the space with gymnastics, acrobatics, free running and dance classes. Featuring…

The Death Puppet Klezmer Jam – a collaboration of Benny & The Cheesegrinder and the puppet high jinks of Mirth&Misery – skeletal rhythms, deathly dances and bone jangling beats!

Benny & The Cheesegrinder – a klezmer and folk quartet.

Mirth&Misery with their blend of fine puppetry and storytelling.

Dynamic Eclipse Arts (D.E Arts) perform dazzling acrobatics and street dance from their youth group.
Parkour demonstration by award winning free runners Parkour Generations.

Local teen star singing & dancing sensations the Bonita Belles.

DJ Sonic taking to the decks again, with tunes throughout the night.

Plus there will be games, ping pong, and a licensed bar from The Wanstead Tap with beers from East London Brewing Company!

100% solar powered. 100% free.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 5th September.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

How to…Sort out health & safety and accessibility for your event – Thursday 4th September

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the sixth session on Thursday 4th September, covering how to sort out health & safety and accessibility for your event – including subjects such as risk assessments, disabled access, production issues, power etc. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 4th September.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

YES! – Saturday 30th August

An afternoon of saying YES! Join us for a piece of toast and a chat about Thamesmead in a delicious arty way, say Yes! at the sign making workshop, and take part in a canal clean-up at 3pm ready to float wish lanterns at sunset.

If you are interested in volunteering for the clean-up, you need to arrive at 12 noon for Health & Safety briefing and instructions before starting off. The times are below:

12 -12.15 – Health & Safety briefing and instructions.

There will also be a health and safety board so people can join in after the start time. You’ll need to read the info and sign a form.

12.30 – Start
2pm – Break
2.45 – Back to work
5pm – Out of the water. Litter on to van, clear up and all finished by 6pm.

Volunteers for the clean up need to be 16 and over, unless accompanied by a parent/guardian.

This project is funded by Peabody and delivered by The Brick Box.

3:00pm-10:00pm, Saturday 30th August.
Outside the shops at Arnott Close,
just off Titmuss Avenue, Thamesmead, SE28 8BG

See the Facebook event here.

Home at the A13 Green – Friday 29th August

Celebrating the underpass as a home for our event. Creating the “Canning Town Crab” – A hermit crab who carries his home on his back – And thinking about what home means to us. Plus den making for children. More info to come soon.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 29th August.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.
How to…Get licensing and permissions for your event – Thursday 28th August

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the fifth session on Thursday 28th August, covering how to Get Licensing and Permissions for your event – this will include subjects like local Authority / TFL / police / fire service. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 28th August.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

Under the Cars at the A13 Green – Friday 22nd August

This Friday it’s Canning Town’s answer to Under the Stars! Featuring…

A fabulous procession of car costumes, which were made by local families (think Wacky Races). This will start from Caravanserai and arrive at the A13 Green for 6:30pm

A screening of the ‘A13: Road Movie’ by Rayna Nadeem and Stuart Bamforth of Dekko Productions, who live in Newham

Live music from the Shirt Tail Stompers! “Righteously retro, but youthful, trad jazzers dive back to prohibition-era speakeasies for inspiration, playing clarinet/trumpet/guitar-led Dixieland hits from Waller, Ellington and Basie.” Time Out

‘Make your own car’ workshops by Emergency Exit Arts.

DJ Sonic providing classic tunes throughout the night.

Plus there will be games, ping pong, delicious cupcakes from Your Treats Bakery and a licensed bar from The Wanstead Tap with beers from East London Brewing Company!

100% solar powered. 100% free.

6-10pm, Friday 22th August.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

How to…Get people involved in your event – Thursday 21th August

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the fourth session on Thursday 21th August, covering how to get people involved in your event – this will include subjects like staffing, volunteers and stakeholder engagement. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 21th August.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

The Toast Temple and Storytelling Tipi – Friday 16th August

Rejoicing in the majesty of the Golden Slice and supplying toast to The People since 2008, The Toast Temple is a place of celebration. Have your toast exactly how you like it, eat it and enjoy. Join us for a chat.

You can also enjoy the storytelling tipi and say Yes! at the sign making workshop, both of which will be alongside the Temple. Suitable for all ages, all afternoon, all free.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 15th August.
The grass on Abbey Way,
the Limestone shop end

See the Facebook event here.
Fighting Fit at the A13 Green – Friday 15th August

Celebrating the life of local hero Terry Spinks by thinking about fitness and rising to the challenge! Zumba, Newham’s Every Child a Chess player, boxing demonstrations and live music. More info very soon.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 15th August.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

How to…Programme your event – Thursday 14th August

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the third session on Thursday 14th August, covering how to programme your event – this session will involve subjects like themes, music, workshops and performances. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 14th August.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

Sound it out at the A13 Green – Friday 8th August

Experimenting with the amazing sounds and unique acoustics of the flyover. More info very soon.

6:00-10:00pm, Friday 8th August.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.
How to…Fund an event – Thursday 7th August

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the second session on Thursday 7th August, covering how to fund an event. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 7th August.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

The Word on the Street at the A13 Green – Friday 1st August

This Friday we’ll be celebrating stories and word wizardry at Canning Town’s A13 Green.

Lost & Found’s Letterhead – A word on the head is worth two in the book. Players don a hat adorned with a giant scrabble piece, then link up with other scrabblers and put their heads together to make the silliest words.

East End Stories with Eastside Community Heritage – The listening post tells stories from local people of Rathbone market and the Docks, growing up, living and working in Canning Town. These narratives from local people express joy, hope, fun and laughter, good times and bad, they tell of a community with roots and memories of an east end life.

Children’s storytelling with local author Lisa Ndegwa – stories which build young people’s confidence, and teach some swahili and french!

The Ultimate A-Z of tunes from DJ Sonic

Plus games, ping pong, and a licensed bar from The Wanstead Tap with beers from East London Brewing Company!

100% solar powered. 100% free.

6-10pm, Friday 1st August.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

How to…Plan an event – Thursday 31st July

As part of the A13 Green 2014 project, we’re running a series called ‘How to…’, which will teach the key elements of event management.

We’ll have the first session on Thursday 31st July, covering how to plan an event. There’ll be a 30 min presentation, a handout and plenty of time for questions.

Come to one or come to all – everyone’s welcome and it’s completely FREE!

6:30-7:30pm, Thursday 31st July.
Canning Town Library, E16 4HQ.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

The Toast of Canning Town at the A13 Green – Friday 25th July

Celebrate Britain’s most fabulous flyover and raise a toast to a summer of art, love and magic at the launch of the A13 Green this Friday! Featuring:

Hannah ‘Mistress of the Toast’ Ringham – hosting the night with aplomb and aglass, encouraging spontaneous toasts of gratitude.
Live music from Old Dirty Brasstards – London’s finest 10 piece drum and brassband playing your favourite tunes. A guaranteed dance floor filler.
The Toast Temple – rejoicing in the majesty of the golden slice and supplying toast to The People since 2008.
Tunes from DJ Sonic.
Celebration Hat Making with Three Mills Craft.
Plus games, ping pong, and a licensed bar.
100% solar powered. 100% free.

6-10pm, Friday 25th July.
Terry Spinks Place, E16 1ED.
Nearest tube: Canning Town.

See the Facebook event here.

The Waterfront Festival at the Royal Victoria Beach, 21st September

We’re part of the fantastic Newham Waterfront Festival! Please check the newham.com/summer website for more information.

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The Light Fantastic at the A13 Green, Canning Town, 20th September

The finale of the A13 Green summer programme and a night of sparkling and glittering celebrations. More to be announced very soon!

Plus the usual Arch One Bar, games, green grass and smiles!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

Exploring at the Royal Victoria Beach, 14th September

A day of discovery for the curious amongst us featuring:

Lost and Sound
What’s been lost? Car keys? Hair? Innocence? Uncover stories that range from the mundane to the extraordinary: Lost and Sound is both playful and poignant. Using only the public’s stories and specially adapted metal detectors, participants discover voices buried in the sand.

Local musician and fiddle aficionado Chris Haigh and accompanying accordion player to serenade us on the beach.

The Geomancer at the docks of Newham
Yael Karavan uses a dazzling mix of physical theatre, interactive absurdities, imaginative journeying and cutting edge site responsive performance, to create a truly magical experience. Listening to the murmurs that characterise the Royal Victoria Beach, she will amplify the invisible and underline the playfulness. Not to be missed!

Archaeological Sun Workshops
Leading Thames archeologist with encyclopaedic knowledge of London’s docks and river Mike Webber will lead groups on an archeological forage around the docks, creating an artwork at the end of the day using nothing more than the finds and the light from the sun.

*Lost and Sound
What’s been lost? Car keys? Hair? Innocence? Uncover stories that range from the mundane to the extraordinary: Lost and Sound is both playful and poignant. Using only the public’s stories and specially adapted metal detectors, participants discover voices buried in the sand.

*Local musician and fiddle aficionado Chris Haigh and accompanying accordion player to serenade us on the beach.

*The Geomancer at the docks of Newham
Yael Karavan uses a dazzling mix of physical theatre, interactive absurdities, imaginative journeying and cutting edge site responsive performance, to create a truly magical experience. Listening to the murmurs that characterise the Royal Victoria Beach, she will amplify the invisible and underline the playfulness. Not to be missed!

*Archaeological Sun Workshops
Leading Thames archeologist with encyclopaedic knowledge of London’s docks and river Mike Webber will lead groups on an archeological forage around the docks, creating an artwork at the end of the day using nothing more than the finds and the light from the sun.

*Performance from Every Child a Musician collective

*Zumba with Jessica Constantine

*Games: skipping, hula hooping, giant jenga

*A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.

*A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s a beach, dunes, bathing machines and more! Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm
FREE!

Cycle-powered Cinema at the A13 Green, Canning Town, 13th September

The Magnificent Revolution cycle-powered cinema will bring the limelight back to Canning Town. Bring your bike and get peddling! We’ll be showing a series of local films and also a feature-length spooky special. Times are as follows…

7pm – Local Canning Town Film (running time 10 mins)

7.20pm – A New Direction ‘All Eyes on Us’ screening (running time 30 mins)

8pm – Carry on Screaming (running time 1hr 37mins)

Plus Friday 13th HORROR MAKE-UP, the usual Arch One Bar, games, green grass and smiles!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

A Mirror to the Sea at the Royal Victoria Dock, 7th September

Flying Angel House on Victoria Dock was built in 1936 to provide Seamen arriving on ships in the Royal Docks a home away from home. Men from all over the world converged at the building to receive shelter and support from The Mission to Seafarers. The building incorporated a pool hall, a ballroom and a cinema to provide entertainment for the Seamen, and many took home memories and tales of goings on at the Mission. Today the building houses artists studios, managed by ACAVA, as well as residential flats and Look Ahead Care and Support provide services from the building for adults with learning difficulties and mental health needs.

Since February 2013 the artist Phil Coy has been resident at Flying Angel House, setting up a simple recording and screen-printing studio. Through conversations with the former Seamen, Mission to Seafarers Chaplains, and local groups of people such as hotel staff and Crossrail construction workers, he is producing a series of hand printed audio publications that explore the language and history of those who have lived and worked in and around the building.

On 7th September the first of these will be launched at the Royal Victoria Beach, together with a film, screen printing workshops and the opportunity to record your own thoughts and experiences of the area this summer.

A Mirror to the Sea was made possible through funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund and the Royal Docks Trust. To read more, visit the ACAVA website.

Plus…

• Facepainting
• Games: skipping, hula hooping, giant jenga
• A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.
• A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s a beach, dunes, bathing machines and more! Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm
FREE!

Made in Newham at the A13 Green, Canning Town, 30th August

A real highlight of the summer programme with the legendary singer Kenny Lynch OBE, performances from O’Farrell’s Stage School and DJ Mikey J. Expect sing-a-longs, laughs, reggae, soca, old skool, and a whole lotta Newham.

Plus the usual Arch One Bar, games, green grass and smiles!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!
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100% Elvis at the A13 Green, Canning Town, 6th September

Canning Town’s very own Elvis – Sal Bashir – will have our hips shaking, alongside a brilliant rock ‘n’ roll DJ and the Elvisification Station.

Plus the usual Arch One Bar, games, green grass and smiles!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

Arts workshops and Pinball Geoff’s Famous Victorian Penny Arcade at the Royal Victoria Beach, 24th August

Get creative with free workshops from local artists in the bathing machines and get lucky with Pinball Geoff’s Penny Arcade on the beach!

Workshops are with local artists Gwen Bajon and Annette Fry – feel the sand between your toes and contribute to The Memory Museum – Days on Land and Sea and make your very own ‘ship in a bottle’.

Jessica from Care Complete Constantine will be running free Zumba classes at 4 and 6pm.

And also there’ll be live music from the brilliant Garance (accordion and clarinet).

Plus…

• Games: skipping, hula hooping, giant jenga
• A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.
• A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s a beach, dunes, bathing machines and more! Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm
FREE!

Project Phakama & Street Dance the Maypole at the A13 Green, Canning Town, 23rd August

A double bill of dance, genre-crunching performances and visual delights.

Recent Graduates from Spotlight, a Project Phakama arts Training programme, present theatre and dance pieces examining the environmental issues that surround waste and consumerism. For more information visit www.projectphakama.org or www.spotlight.projectphakama.org

East London Dance’s Street Dance the Maypole workshops are a swirling, twirling funky maypole fusion. Audiences learn a funky street dance routine and mix it with folkie maypole moves, such as the Chrysanthemum wrap and the Ripple. For more information visit www.streetdancethemaypole.com

Plus the usual Arch One Bar, games, green grass and smiles!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm

EVERYONE’S A WINNER AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA BEACH, 17TH AUGUST

Win with The Brick Box! Join us at the Royal Victoria Beach this Saturday. Here’s what’s on…

• On the lawns
• Rosette making with Three Mills Craft
• Olympic badge making
• Games: skipping, hula hooping, giant jenga
• Community Links Instant Tennis 12-4pm
• A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.
• A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

On the beach
10.00-10.45 Hoop fit Basketball
11.00-12.00 Beach tag rugby
12.00-13.15 Beach volleyball
13.30-14.30 Beach soccer
14.30-16.00 Frescobol/swingball
16.00-16.45 Hoop fit – Basketball fitness
17.00-18.00 Beach volleyball

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s a beach, dunes, bathing machines and more! Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm

WILD LIFE AT THE A13 GREEN, CANNING TOWN, 16TH AUGUST 2013

Come and celebrate Canning Town’s secret animals – both real and imaginary – at the A13 Green with workshops, puppetry, performances and live music.

On the line-up…

• Blues ‘n’ grooves from the fantastic Arch One House Band!
• Magical puppetry from Smoking Apples Theatre Company and Samuel Wyer
• Animal face painting and body art from with Emma Allen
• Stick insect making with Yvette

PLUS! After party in Secret Woodland Location and the usual Arch One Bar, games, common land and smiles.

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm

CRAFTY PUPPETS AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA BEACH, 10TH AUGUST

Enjoy traditional Punch and Judy with a modern twist, Boogaloo Stu’s puppet paramours & workshops with the lovely ladies from Three Mills Craft!

Plus…

• A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.
• Hula Hooping, giant jenga and other games
• A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s a beach, dunes, bathing machines and more! Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm

DISCO AT THE A13 GREEN, CANNING TOWN, 9TH AUGUST

This Friday the A13 Green goes back. Way back. We’re rewinding to the heady hey days of disco! Groove to our fabulous seventies DJ and dig the flashing lights under our multi-coloured concrete sky. Plus special seventies themed hula hooping workshops and performances, Mr Clarke’s Arch One Bar, games, and a massive dose of glitter! It’s time to get your spangle on.

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

GET TROPICAL AT THE ROYAL VICTORIA BEACH, 3RD AUGUST

It’s time to get tropical with the fantastic Ebony Steel Band, Mr. Love’s Limbo Extravaganza, banana scrimshaw and garland making with Royal Victoria Pirates, giant jenga, hula hooping and Odorama scratch ‘n’ sniff cinema!

Join us on the lawns outside The Crystal from 12 noon for an afternoon of sunshine and fun. And there’s plenty to see in the area: enjoy London’s largest urban beach, pop in to the free exhibition at The Crystal, try a spot of wake boarding or simple enjoy the view from the Emirates Air Line cable car.

*Ebony Steel Band at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6pm

*Mr Love’s Limbo Extravaganza at 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 and 5:30pm

*A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.

*Hula Hooping, giant jenga and other games

*A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm
FREE!

ZUMBA & FAMILY ATLANTICA AT THE A13 GREEN, CANNING TOWN, 2ND AUGUST

Join us for dancing, zumba, games and more at the 100% solar powered A13 Green. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’ and friendly vibes.

*Zumba workshops with the fantastic Jessica Constantine at 6:15 and 8:15pm

*Live music from the fantastic Family Atlantica, fresh from WOMAD and hotly tipped by Gilles Peterson. Get a load of Cuban rumba, Venezuelan tambor and tonada, Ghanaian highlife, Ethiopian blues and calypso soaked and infused with psychedelia and spiritual jazz!

Relax on the grassy common, enjoy the show or get up and get down as we celebrate this summer of fun, creativity and community!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

 

A RIGHT ROYAL KNEES UP, ROYAL VICTORIA BEACH, 27TH JULY

Join us to launch our brand new project: the Royal Victoria Beach!

It’s London’s biggest urban beach at the western end of Royal Victoria Dock, complete with 200 tonnes of sand, deckchairs, sunshine and a whole host of spectacular events.

The summer programme will kick off with an afternoon of extraordinary feats and dock related japery. There’ll be games and some very special guests including…

*The Acrochaps – be dazzled by their charm, their muscles and their moustaches!

*A Thames Voyage in sensational ‘Odorama’ vision – A combination of archive footage , digital cinema and specifically printed scratch and sniff cards. An original piece by artist Phil Coy.

*Hula Hooping with Giada Nazarri

*Live gypsy folk music by Skinner’s Rat

*A collection of amazing Victorian Bathing Machines

*Fun, family friendly beginner level Hockey and Tennis activities with Canning Town Community Links

The Royal Victoria Beach project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. Running every Saturday afternoon from 27th July – 21st September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Outside the Siemens Crystal building and on the dockside beach
DLR: Royal Victoria
12 noon – 8pm
FREE!

THE A13 GREEN LAUNCH PARTY, CANNING TOWN, 26TH JULY 2013

Join us to launch our brand new, 100% solar powered project: the A13 Green. It’s an urban village green underneath the A13 flyover at Canning Town, complete with bandstand, ‘grass’, petanque and a whole host of spectacular events.

The summer programme will kick off with an evening of jumping and jiving. There’ll be a bar, food, games and some very special guests including…

*6 piece jumping jazz funk band Ronnie Scott Rejects

*Swing dancing lessons with London Swing Dance Society

Relax on the grassy common, enjoy the show from the bandstand or learn your Charleston from your Jitter Bug as we celebrate the start of this summer of fun, creativity and community!

The A13 Green project is funded by the London Borough of Newham. Running every Friday evening from 26th July – 20th September, the project aims to animate this under-used space, support local participation, and attract visitors to the borough. The activities will also explore the longer term possibilities of the site.

Essential info
Underneath the A13 flyover
DLR/tube: Canning Town
6-10pm
FREE!

PLATFORM 33, BATTERSEA MESS AND MUSIC HALL, 18TH MAY 2013

Platform 33 and The Brick Box join forces once again to bring you an astonishing showcase of talent in all its guises, expect anything from championship yo-yo-ing to opera to freestyle football. This event will feature some very special P33 surprises and delights, mingled with the best of Wandsworth talent.

Line-up:

*Shama Rhaman – sitar player & 6 piece band*
www.sonicbids.com/ShamaRahman

*Old Dirty Brasstards – 9 piece brass & drum group*
http://www.facebook.com/OldDirtyBrasstards

*Rainy and the Dust*
www.rainyandthedust.com

*Conrad Kira*
http://www.conradkira.com/

*Nancy Goose*

*Allsopp and Walters*

PLUS Platterform bar, tunes and shrine-making.

Saturday 18th May, 8pm – 12 midnight
£5 entry (+95p booking fee)
at 51 Lavender Gardens Battersea SW11 1DJ

POP-UP CIRCUS VI, BATTERSEA MESS AND MUSIC HALL, 17TH MAY

Pop-Up Circus is a platform for contemporary activity, staging new art, performance and multi-disciplinary collaborations. The crew will bring their unique mix of music, art, performance, theatre, and film to The Brick Box. We can’t wait!

Line-up:

RUTH KEGGIN – MANX GAELIC FOLK SINGER
Ruth Keggin is a Manx Gaelic singer who is passionate about bringing Manx music and language to a wider audience. She studied voice with Amanda Crawley at the University of York and Scottish Gaidhlig song with Margaret Bennett at the RSAMD. Her debut solo album, featuring traditional and contemporary Manx Gaelic songs, will be released later this year.
www.ruthkeggin.com

HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEM – 30-PIECE BIG BAND COLLECTIVE
Human Resource System is an exciting new project from the creative mind of Kieran McLeod, bringing together thirty Jazz musicians to play beautiful and inspiring music.
www.facebook.com/HumanResourceSystem

CLOUT THEATRE – EXTRACTS FROM ‘THE VARIOUS LIVES OF INFINITE NULLITY’
“Truth is an odd number and death is a full stop.”
Inspired by the literature of Flann O’Brien, award-winning Clout Theatre presents extracts from their upcoming premiere at Battersea Arts Centre’s Scratch Festival. Blasphemous underwater saints, a man born at the age of 25 and de Selby’s famous scientific experiments are encountered by a trio of nameless vagabonds stumbling drenched yet thirsty through a landscape of pub snugs and human bicycles.

OLESYA ZDOROVETSKA’S ‘BEFORE SPEECH’
Olesya Zdorovetska is a performer and composer whose deep love of musical expression transcends genre and style. Recent solo projects include explorations of traditional music from her native Ukraine, investigations of Spanish poetry from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and “Undefined Pleasure” discovering the physicality of the instrument through the body of the performer. Tonight Olesya presents her new work ‘Before Speech’, songs without words in search of a musical protolanguage.
www.olesyazdorovetska.com

ISABELLA CAMMARERI – PARTICIPATORY ART
Isabella Cammareri is an emerging artist and illustrator, currently studying a BA of Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Originally of Sicilian, Austrian and Malay-Singaporean decent, she was born and raised in the metropolitan city of Hong Kong, and she now happily resides in London. For Pop-Up Circus VI Isabella invites the public to add to a piece made in collaboration with Lynsey Morgann Laurence.

ZOE SAVVA – PARTICIPATORY ART
Zoe is a freelance workshop designer and facilitator focusing on artistic and creative expression with groups. Zoe’s workshop is orientated to encourage positive thinking, relaxation and participant enjoyment. The aim is to explore artistic expression and self realisation in a group environment.
www.zoesavva.com

www.popupcircus.com/next-event

Friday 17th May, 6 – 11pm
FREEat 51 Lavender Gardens Battersea SW11 1DJ

WORDSMITHS & COME WE GROW, WANDSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL HUB, 11TH MAY

IMPORTANT: Due to adverse weather conditions and the health and safety considerations on site, Wandsworth Arts Team and The Brick Box have had to make the reluctant decision to cancel planned events for Friday and Saturday evenings this week. Many apologies but we look forward to seeing you at the sunny Hub finale next week.

A double-bill of wordsmithery from two of Wandsworth’s hottest lyrical collectives.

DAYTIME 12-4 pm FREE

An afternoon of activities inspired by the gifts of the river Wandle. Come down for an afternoon by the river and…

*WORD-WRESTLE with local poetry collective Dirty Hands.

*CREATE a beautiful screen-printed bag with Crafty Pint’s It’s a Wandleful Life workshop! Print your own tote bag with wandleful images of the amazing and curious objects found in the river Wandle. Discover how many shopping trolleys, lamp posts and goddesses lurk in our local river. Pick you favourite curiosities, design your bag and learn to screen print. Suitable for all ages, old clothes advised as printing can be messy! Drop-in workshop.

*GROW with green workshops and eco-friendly fun with community gardening and permaculture collective May Project Gardens.

EVENING 8-11pm £5

Lyrical loveliness and upbeat vibes curated by the good folk at May Project Gardens. These are legendary nights and the line-up is as radiant as ever:

*Asheber & The Afrikan Revolution*

*Lacey Indigo*
http://indigomusiclove.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-where-you-are

*Floatic Lara*
http://www.floeticlara.com/

Plus Platterform Bar and shrine-making.

Saturday 11th May, 8pm – 11pm
£5 entry (+95p booking fee)

 

UNORTHOBOX, WANDSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL HUB, 4TH MAY

Geomancy, shape-throwing, light and shadows… Join us for the third event in our UNORTHOBOX series.

Internationally renowned performer and choreographer, Yael Karavan, Bruno Humberto aka. Boris and Boris and Passenger Films will use a dazzling mix of physical theatre, installations, performances and projections to create a truly magical experience. They will be popping up in some very unexpected places, bringing their mix of physical theatre, tom-foolery and imaginative journeying. We are honoured to be hosting them again so don’t miss this extraordinary night. PLUS beautiful projections and urban river exploration from Passenger Films, Jeremy Messenger’s ‘New Spaces’ installation, shrine building, Platterform bar and tunes from Field Work.

The Brick Box’s UNORTHOBOX series has been developed to explore and reimagine space through the arts and this event promises to be our best yet with a line-up of some of our favourite artists.

Saturday 4th May, 8pm – 11pm
£5 entry (+95p booking fee)

FESTIVAL LAUNCH, WANDSWORTH ARTS FESTIVAL HUB, 3RD MAY

Raise a toast to the official opening of the Festival Hub.

*Live music from Mosi Conde – “an extraordinarily talented artist firmly rooted in tradition with a global sonic awareness … beautiful music from the heart that nourishes the spirit”

*Live music from the Wandsworth jazz-classical duo, Fuzion

*Comedy from Rosie Wilby of Femmes on the Thames fame

*Performances from 3’s A Crowd

*Short stories from Chalk the Sun

*Screen printing workshops with Crafty Pint (4-6pm only)

And in homage to one of the first objects we pulled from the river, a mangled cassette tape, which turned out to be the Greek legend himself, at 9.00pm we will….

*RAISE THE ROUSSOSOFF! A Tribute to Demis, Forever and Ever, Amen. Beards and kaftans supplied.

Friday 3rd May, 4-10pm
FREE

THE ARTS HIJACK, 354 COLDHABOUR LANE, 28TH-29TH SEPTEMBER 2012

Platform33, Pinch TV and Brick Box present THE ARTS HIJACK. A whole weekend dedicated to showcasing the most exciting creative talent.

Feast your eyes, ears and feet on the very best in music, film, art, dance, spoken word, street arts, immersive theatre, DJs…and much more!

Line-up to be announced shortly.

Ticket price:
Advance: £8.50 for one day only. £15 for the weekend.
On the door: £10.

Timings:
8pm til 2am on the Friday
6pm til 2am on the Saturday

BOUDICCA PALOMA COLLINS, BRIXTON VILLAGE EXHIBITION, 11TH-24TH SEPTEMBER 2012

Born 1986 London.
Education:
2006 – 2010 BA (1st hons.) Fine Art, The Slade School of Fine Art
2005 – 2006 Chelsea College of Art and Design: Foundation Diploma in Fine Art

Boudicca creates psychotropic landscapes that enable to viewer to escape the grey, mundania of inner city living for a brief moment. More about the worship of nature than that of kitsch, the paintings’ intention is to interweave elements of the exotic with seduction, resulting in paradisiacal planes that operate outside of reality.

Of half Indian origin, but growing up in South London, her intention is to bring more colour, light and humour into existence.

www.boudiccapaloma.com

 

ROADKILL, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 21ST-22ND SEPTEMBER 2012

Peek behind the scenes of the big top and witness the creation of Animaux Circus’ carnivalesque murals, live. Plus, Roadworks Media are here to teach you the tricks of the film trade – create scripts, stream them live and watch a couple of Roadworks’ pieces too.

Friday 21st 8pm – 2am
Saturday 22nd 8pm – 2am

Entry: £5

ANNA ISLEY’S EXHIBITION, THE BRICK BOX, BRIXTON VILLAGE MARKET, AUG 20TH – SEPT 3RD

Anna Ilsley was born in 1982 in Hertfordshire, England. She graduated from her
BA in Fine Art Painting at Brighton University in 2006. In 2008/9 she took part in
a travelling residency from England to Bangladesh to draw changing landscape.
She completed her Post Graduate Diploma at Prince’s Drawing School and
became an artist in residence at the Tea Building in East London. In the following
year she was awarded a residency at International Institute of Fine Arts near
Delhi from November 2010 to January 2011. In September 2011 she travelled
from England to Svalbard to make observational drawings. She exhibited with
Bloomberg New Contemporaries at The ICA 2011-12 and at the Barbican in
2012. She currently works from her studio in Hackney Wick.

 

RUMPROLLER: AN OTIS REDDING SPECIAL, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 7TH SEPTEMBER

She can’t be stopped – she’s on a roll. September’s Rumpus rolls in to Brixton Town….I hope Brixton has braced itself.

It’s London’s friendliest Old Soul night, with an easy laid back session of classics to get you in the mood, before the Singer’s Showcase of live performers interpreting three Motown/Stax/Atlantic tracks each. Followed by a blistering Social Dance of Northern and American Soul.

This month is an Otis Redding Special, in honour of the great man’s birthday on Sunday the 9th, each of the Rumproller Vocalists will be performing one Otis track in their 3 choices from the Old Soul catalogue.

Dress up please.You’ll be beautiful by candle light.
£5 Entry.

 

ROUGH SKETCHES AT THE BRICK BOX, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 31ST AUG AND 1ST SEPT

From set pieces to installations, videos to improvisation, participation is the name of the game at this interactive event to finish our August programme.

Two evenings full of live art, dance and theatre – Feel free to stumble across us, let us toy with your senses, seek to discover what you will…

Some of the performances require you to sign up to see them, make sure you arrive at 8pm to be able to see those performances.

There will be a bar to purchase drinks from.

Friday, 31st August
Sat, 1st Sept
Admission price is £5

 

MAGPIE, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 16-18TH AND 23-25TH OF AUGUST

MAGPIE will land at The Brick Box this August.
It is a bird? No, it’s an eclectic nest of artistic, cinematic, photographic, musical and poetic treasures.

This mini-festival will include pop up poetry, intimate one-on-one recitals in our Eritrean hut, Invisible Theatre and Aerial Sparks’ unnervingly meta installation; a dollhouse made out of dolls. Don’t toy with me!

We’ve hoarded away a selection of performers and dream-weavers for your artistic amusement.
Our stash of shinies include:

– Musical trinkets from The London City Reggae Choir
– Artistic treasures provided by David Nevin
– A series of poetic trifles (soon to be announced)

Artists and performers now confirmed for the event are as follows:

Artworks from:
David Nevin, Aerial Sparks and Adrian Flowers.

Poetry from:
Louise Colairo, Dave Osgerby, Michele Kalish, Chris Gryce, Wendy Sullivan and Paul Little.

Live music from:
Scapegoat band, Helen McDonald from Yaaba Funk & Yul Emirali from Future Groove, Ian Smith, Dave Tucker & Adrian Northover, Amanda Shaddow, Rupert Leapman Moriarty ONuadháin and Adham Fisher.

Peformances from:
London City Reggae Choir, Eleni Savvidou and Annie Bashford

Films from:
John Hannay, Haniya Bhatty, George Dolan, Adonia Bouchehri, Amy Nickolls, Richard Cobelli, Chenchen Zhou, Jenny Gallego and David Nevin.

As well as DJ sets by:
Andy Martinez, Ben Phaze, Geoff Parker, Chris of United 80 and Emiddio.

Are you easily attracted by shiny objects? Fly by on any night to check out our collection of artistic curios. We’ll guarantee to ruffle your feathers, and at just £3/5 for entry, it’s frankly a steal!

For more info, check out what we’re tweet-tweeting about @thebrickbox

Thursday 16th and 23rd August 8pm – 12am. Entry: £3
Friday 17th and 24th and Saturdays 18th and 25h August 8pm – 2am. Entry: £5

(Entry prices are required to cover the costs of hiring security and bar staff.)

JOE STOREY-SCOTT, THE BRICK BOX, BRIXTON VILLAGE MARKET, 23 JULY – 20 AUGUST 2012

From the 23rd of July to the 20th August a new exhibition of multi-media art will be available for your visual consumption at our cafe partner’s venue, The Brick Box, in Brixton Village market. Brixton local, Joe Storey-Scott, will be displaying his bouquet of floral canvases that mix acrylics and oils with digital prints to produce layers, texture, and an almost 3D visual garden. From coaster size to poster size, his canvases would brighten up even the dullest of British summer days. Opening night is tomorrow night, 26th of July.

07939 956 712

 

NO LONG TING, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, FRIDAY 10TH AUGUST.

It’s not a club night, it’s cool people, in a cool place, fresh music, but it’s not a long ting.
(We want you to dance.)

Ty Curates a night of music, artwork, films, DJs, food and cheap drinks!

More details to follow but it’s guaranteed to be a special night.

Friday 10th August 8pm – 2am. Entry is £5

 

ROADWORKS MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTY, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 9TH AUGUST.

Roadworks Media is the brainchild of Quince Garcia. Established in 2009, it has a remit to challenge, question and analyse our perceptions of the world as well as our societies at large.

Their aim is to provide clients with the best possible value in all aspects of TV and Film production. They are motivated to question film’s position in society and its role as an educative tool, seeking to produce an art form that can transcend all social norms and bigotry.

Read all about it ….

Roadworks are now launching an urban lifestyle arts and culture magazine so you too can be at the cutting edge of the industry and keep up to date with Roadwork’s latest projects and programmes.

To celebrate their exciting new venture we are hosting a launch party on 9th Augst in our venue at 354 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton. Come down from 18.00, meet Quince and Julian, the brains behind the operations at Roadworks, and discover more ….

For more info on Roadworks and what they do, visit their website :www.roadworksmedia.co.uk

 

ORI FESTIVAL, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 2ND – 5TH AUGUST

Running alongside The Brixton Splash Festival various artists, musicians and crafts people will come together to take part in Silkworms second exhibition and workshop. The theme of this event is appeasing the Old Yoruba Gods through interactive sculpture, environmental craft, music, journalistic photography, poetry, painting and many other provocative processes.

Yorùbá is a language, a culture and one of the oldest recorded religions of Africa. It is believed to have originated in South-western Nigeria and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo known as Yorubaland. Sacred places, processes and organic forms are represented by their own divinity known as an Orisha. Each Orisha is said to be an element of God, Mountains, Rivers, Storms, Trees, Technology, Passageways and learning from your mistakes are just a few of the forces that are attributed and worshipped as Orisha.

Fri 8pm – 2am Entry is £5
Sat 8pm – 2am Entry is £5
Sun 12noon – 6pm FREE

(Entry prices are required to cover the costs of hiring security and bar staff.)

BRIXTON POUND SKILLSHARE OPEN EVENING, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 1ST AUGUST

Can you paint houses? Walk dogs? Prepare taxes? Grow Vegetables? Use your skills to earn money that stays in Brixton!

No matter your skill or passion, there’s something everybody can do to earn a bit of local money and help keep our Brixton economy strong! You can spend the money you earn at local businesses or buying services from your friends and neighbours.

Come to our Brixton Skillshare to find out more. There will be music, drinks, and other people like you who want to put a human face back on business transactions.

Don’t know what you can do to earn? Get free advice from professional life coach Binki Taylor at the open evening.
Find out more at brixtonpound.org or 07840497544

6pm – 9pm

FROM SPICE TO ICE: RIO OCCUPATION AND THE PESKIMOS, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 20TH – 21ST JULY

From Spice to Ice: A Frozen Festejar!

As part of Rio Occupation, The Brick Box will play host to a celebration of cultural contrasts.

First we invited a troupe of performing Peskimos; then we welcomed our artists from the steamy streets of South America. And so this weekend will see a coming together of cultures – picture a small Brazilian canoe excitedly crashing into an iceberg. Fire on water!

Rave it up Rio style on the Friday.
Enjoy an ingenious Inuit performance by The Peskimos on the Saturday.

FRIDAY 20th July:
8pm-2am, £3 entry but free to Rio artists.

Sparks will fly, snowflakes will fall, guests will enjoy hot and cold alchemy.
There will be interactive installations inspired by our 2 Brazilian artists, Ratao Diniz and Pedro Rivera.

Brazen beats from our top DJ.
A paddling pool!
Boogie on down next to our brazier
Enjoy our classic Brixton Jerk BBQ.
Try our specially created cocktails – The Brixton Brazilian, Frigid Tease and Favela Flavour.
Get spicy on the dancefloor til late.

In cool contrast, 354 Coldharbour Lane will also be snowed under and transformed into a frosty fun house.
Enjoy frozen vodka lollies
Exchange body heat beneath our snow machine
Bed down in our igloo come ice bar
Hook a fish; win a shot at the ‘It’s The Plaice To Be’ games stall.

SATURDAY 21st July:
7pm-10pm @ Dagon’s Fishmongers, Brixton Village Market
10pm-2am, 354 Coldharbour Lane, £5 entry

In collaboration with our local purveyor of fine fish – Dagon’s Fishmongers of Brixton Village, we will be creating a frosty fun house to host The Peskimos performative installations.

Meet at 7pm outside Dagon’s fishmongers to enjoy an aperitif from our vodka/champagne bar, whilst our pesky troupe of Eskimos perform for you.

At 10pm, forget about the Pied Piper; follow the Peskimos down to 354 Coldhabour Lane where you can:

Get energized in our SAD Light Room
Enjoy the Waiting for the Fish installation
Mingle with the ice shaving Peskimo.

Why go on a disappointing day trip to a trout farm when you can snuggle up in our Winter Wonderland? (Thermal long johns: optional.)

Now don’t be a frigid little tease; let us reel you in! Make mine a frozen Margarita!

(Entry fees are necessary to cover the costs of hiring security and bar staff.)
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Rio Occupation London is Co-Produced by the Battersea Arts Centre

WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU IN ART SCHOOL: HOW TO LIVE FROM YOUR CREATIVE TALENT, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 18TH JULY AT 6.30.

Calling All Creatives – Got a great business idea but don’t know where to start? Is your business up and running but in need of a boost? Join Doug Richard, former BBC Dragon and Founder of School for Creative Startups, to find out how to turn your skills into a thriving business. Enjoy a free drink while you hear Doug talk about creative entrepreneurship and making your own opportunities. Doug will also introduce the School for Creative Startups year–long creative business programme and answer all of your questions.

NUMBERS ARE LIMITED. TO SECURE YOUR TICKET PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM AT http://schoolforcreativestartups.com/open-evening-wed18july/

For more information on the School for Creative Start Ups please visit www. schoolforcreativestartups.com.
Tel: 0207 759 1897

 

SEXY ART & RUDE FOOD, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 29TH – 30TH JUNE

Experience a smorgasbord of sensual delights; a visceral variety show.

On the menu is a melting pot of formal and informal art practices, so whet your appetite and choose from a buffet of artistic and performative pleasures.

The ingredients required for such a risqué recipe include:

– RUDE FOOD

Kentish and Boote, the culinary queens of the Gingerline kitchens, will be making your mouth water with their Rude Food. Here’s what they say…

We like Rude. We love Food. It’s perfect really.
Let us sate your every appetite with Rude Food.

Get warmed up with canapés off a peachy bottomed lady, slippery nipple in hand, and let us finish you off with an unctuous, well rounded sweet with curves in all the right places.

It’s much more than just a dining experience; you will be immersed in interactive saucy art, inspired by the classic and tastefully shot Rude Food from David Thorpe in the very early eighties (pictured). Slick and sexy, but nothing stays like that for long does it?

– Continental Operations Gallery presents ‘Modern Sexy Painters’ – art, photography and short films

– A smoking hot audience (YOU)

– Jim and Bryn’s Erotic Sculpture Park; get down and dirty with our crafting materials to create a few erotic beasts in the Courtyard Zoo.

– Rude Hula Hooping (how long can you keep it up?)

– Screening of the grotesquely amusing La Grande Bouffe

– Private corner dedicated to Vegetable Portraiture. Art’s an organic process, right? Lie back/ vegetate with nowt but a strategically placed butternut squash.

– Pop-up rooftop performances

– Optional nakedness

Specials for Saturday ONLY:

– DJ Rutters – ‘sleazy sounds from his eclectic vinyl collection.’

– The People Pile’s Fermented Pickers will come down from the trees to snatch your eyes and Jig your Joy, into a land of dandy dances and obscure circumstances. Come and enjoy this delicious fleeting moment. www.thepeoplepile.co.uk

Arrive at 8pm.
£40 includes a 4 course dinner, a free drink on arrival and a full evening of teasing.
or
£5 to come and simmer down/ stir it up/ enjoy the night without food.

Running for Friday 29th & Sat 30th June, meal tickets must be bought in advance via

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3733515044

Space is limited so make sure you get them tickets booked!

After your meal you will be invited to stay and enjoy the wonders of SEXY ART until 2am.

EXHIBITION SW9, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, 22ND – 23RD JUNE

Exhibition SW9 is an arts show all about Brixton hosted by The Brick Box and OpenDoors London. During the weekend ExhibItion SW9 will be exploring and celebrating Brixton and its community through art. Events include:

THE POSTCODE GALLERY: an art exhibition themed around a game of consequences. OpenDoors has collected words written by local residents about the area. The words have been passed onto artists who will be exhibiting original art directly inspired by the words.

LIVE MUSIC: During the evening there will be a host of performers to enjoy.

ICE CREAM SCULPTING: Artist Sibylla McGrigor will be running an ice cream art installation with the help of Haagen Dazs. FREE ice cream for sculptors!

FLAG MAKING: There will be a workshop aimed at designing a Brixton flag.

SPOKEN WORD: During Saturday actors will recite the poems and words that form the backbone of The Postcode Gallery.

WIGWAM DECORATING: There will be canvases built into wigwams that need to be decorated throughout the exhibition.

VEGETABLE STAMPS: Vegetables from the market will be primed and prepped to make wonderful vegetable stamps to decorate cards and books

FOOD: They will be food and refreshments for sale throughout the weekend to keep creative noses keen. Friday’s food comes from local lass Betiel Mahari who’s Door to East Africa will bring you delicious Eritrean coffee and food in a traditional/modern Hedmo hut! While Saturday’s food will be BBQed delights from Chef James Dunn.

ALSO there will be art materials to pick up and play with. There will be a giant game of consequences played throughout the night, live music, live art, face painting and a fully licensed bar!

OPENING TIMES & ENTRY:
Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd, 11am – 5pm – FREE
Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd, 8pm – 2am – £5

SAIRA NIAZI, BRIXTON VILLAGE, 19 JUNE – 3 JULY 2012
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About the artist: Through my photography I attempt to capture the mysticism, colour and movement of everyday life in Lahore, the culture capital of Pakistan. In particular I try to convey a sense of shared humanity of all people through challenging dominant negative representations of Pakistan and Pakistani people. Instead I seek to capture the beauty and reality of everyday life and seek to present an alternative narrative of a people who are resilient, hard-working, resourceful and compassionate. Over the last few years I have exhibited photography from various projects in a number of locations including Goldsmiths, the Candid and Mica Galleries and Factory 41.

Contact no. 07773806096
AMY COCHRANE, BRIXTON VILLAGE, 16 MAY – 31 MAY 2012
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About the Artist: I utilise imagery from Greek and Egyptian art – restoring white marble sculptures with the colours they once wore. This conflict with our modern sensibility for clean, white, classical sculptures raises questions regardng taste and the kitsch. Whilst toying with museological display these new works directly explore the relationship between objecthood, decoration and the illusory nature of painting. From object to staged photograph to painting – they serve as a record of constant metamorphoses: in scale, dimension, and in cultural value.

www.amycochrane.co.uk
ED BERON, BRIXTON VILLAGE, 31 MAY – 18 JUNE 2012
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About the artist:

My method of expression is through photography. When I take a photograph I am looking to capture people’s thoughts and feelings. Through my exploration I am a witness, yet also I question, I fantasize, I dream.” Since the early 1990’s, my work has involved the creation of conceptually based, socio-political photographic images that deal with memories of the past; images that have been part of my childhood and my adult experience. My work also addresses Diaspora, displacement, identity, gender and, most importantly, the underlying threads of violence and danger that appear to underpin our society.

In portraiture work, my focus is to capture the real movements of the individual. In composing and taking a portrait, I am not only aiming to depict what the person looks like, but also to represent that which is a true reflection of who they are.

Ed Beron

www.lightstalkers.org/edberonc

 

THE BRICK BOX PRESENTS THE LUXURIANT LUNCHEON AT THE SHIMMY, WANDSWORTH PARK, SUNDAY 27TH MAY

Come dine with glee at The Luxuriant Luncheon, a fine dining picnic hosted by The Brick Box for the Wandsworth Arts Festival Shimmy.

We’ll be dressed up and serving up platters of high jinks and rosy cheeked capers throughout the afternoon in the beautious Wandsworth Park.

Food related jiggery and pokery from London Leisure Pirates.

PLUS Moustaches! Bow ties! Food fascinators! Vegetable hats!

Find us on the football pitch at Wandsworth Park from 1 – 4pm. Admission FREE.

STEP INTO DANCE PRESENT ‘GET TOOTING MARKET DANCING!’, TOOTING MARKET, SUNDAY 20TH MAY

Step into Dance and The Brick Box present ‘Get Tooting Market Dancing!’

On Sunday 20 May Step into Dance in collaboration with The Brick Box (Tooting Market) will present a day of workshops and dance performances.

We aim to get the whole market dancing and enable new and regular visitors to come and see what the market has to offer as well as engaging with the space in a different way.

Admission is FREE!
3pm – 6pm

A CURATIVE TONIC, 354 COLDHARBOUR LANE, SATURDAY 19TH MAY

We are delighted to present the inaugural event at a beautiful new venue. This is a collaboration between The Brick Box and the famous Saltoun Supper Club.

A sensual and sumptuous feast of the most unprecedented kind offering up rare delicacies, exquisite aromas, and bizarre discoveries. An evening of curious and delightful entertainment to quicken the circulation and stimulate the liver. The entertainment and visual treats for the evening have been hand-picked from a selection of London’s finest live art and alternative theatre folk. Our honoured guests will be led by the hand to explore strange and curious worlds, and encounter a myriad of characters and stories along the way.

Visit the Hysteria Treatment Room, lounge with fops and dandies in the Opium Den, take part in a drawing room seance, discover the enchanted garden, do something dark in the cellars, or relax in The Explorer’s Animal Menagerie.

There are 2 types of ticket for this event: the dinner + House experience, and the House experience only. All tickets must be bought in advance, as detailed below.

The dinner and House ticket is £40 and includes a delicious 4-course gourmet dinner from Saltoun Supper Club’s head chef, a free absinthe cocktail, and entry to The Brick Box House of Curiosity. Book your ticket here www.eatwithyoureyes.net

The House only ticket is £5. Book yours by emailing

DRESS CODE: STRICTLY PRE-1901
8pm – late.
CHRISTOPHER MAYER, BRIXTON VILLAGE, 25TH APRIL – 14TH MAY 2012
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Christopher Mayer is an artist based in South London. His work exudes a love of art history, yet is resistant to interpretation. Despite a theoretical framework it denies obvious explanation upon viewing. This nihilism, which dodges intention, is rescued by its art historical celebration. It does not undermine histories or devalue an art historical framework, providing in instead a whimsical transubstantiation of quotation.
www.christophermayer.co.uk

NUTSHELL DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS PEOPLE IN TRANSIT, TOOTING MARKET, SUNDAY 13TH MAY

People In Transit was created for the Royal Borough of Chelsea and Kensington’s InTransit Festival 2011. It was commisioned as part of the event – Common sounds: touching the void, which was produced by fruit-for-the-apocalypse and performed 15-18th July 2011 at the Commonwealth institute.

People In Transit takes its inspiration from train and bus stations and airports, the behaviour of individuals and the movement of people through them. We use the idea of these spaces as a metaphor for life in Modern London, with people coming and going, and some staying longer than others. Although you hear many languages spoken by the dancers and part of the soundscape, the voices say little of importance. To create the movement language we have used Makaton – a language programme using signs and symbols to help people communicate, so we invite you to listen to the dancers bodies.

The music is made of a mix of layered and looped sounds and recordings – the sound of the dancers movement and the dancers speaking the meaning of the movements – so you can hear the sound of the bodies talking. The sounds of public transport, trains, buses, and stations, crowds moving and public announcements – common everyday sounds and fragments of interviews with the dancers and public. In addition words are translated into musical notes and used as the basis for the sounds of the live electric guitars. For commonsounds the words were common and wealth, but new words will be used at every venue. The guitar’s sounds have been altered by placing everyday items on the strings, paperclips and springs and blutac.

Presented as part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Note: There will be TWO performances, one at 12.30pm and another at 1.30pm.

CHOCOLATE FILMS PRESENT OUT OF THE ORDINARY, TOOTING MARKET, SATURDAY 12TH MAY

Chocolate Films is expanding into new and exciting areas. Reaching out into the exhibition field, they have begun a new project called Out of the Ordinary, which aims to engage the community in organising their own screenings and popup cinemas around London. Having already piloted the first horror popup cinema event for Out of the Ordinary in January 2012, this series of screenings is happily now going to be an on-going film exhibition project. This Out of The Ordinary screening will be another popup evening of horror cinema, curated by the young people at the Refugee Home School Support Project in Battersea, as part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival. Weekly workshops are currently taking place for the young people of RHSSP who are interested in curating their own film screening and interactive event. They will come up with the programme, design the marketing materials, attend film screenings, organise interactive games and work on the production design for the screening. Join us for a journey into the unknown! This is no ordinary film screening!

Saturday May 12, 2012
6,30pm – 8pm

ON SWIMMING AND SUPERMARKETS BY TUULI MANNINEN, 11TH – 24TH APRIL

An installation of photographs and a plastic sea. Supermarkets and swimming halls are places of gathering to perform shared activities. Yet they remain anonymous, mainly without interacting with each others, safe in the familiar routines. Fascinated by the idea of breaking the social norms of two of these places by doing “the right thing in the wrong place” I wanted to make the invisible circus of everyday life visible. Statues to joined me for a swim on a supermarket isle, and stones, like products of the sea, were gathered to fall through a shopping trolley on a beach.

The installation is part of a series of events where routines, social and commercial values are mixed up. Its audience is scattered: those who passed by two old ladies shopping for stones in the autumn winds, and in the supermarket those who glanced at the isle of swimmers in the plastic sea, mostly ignoring the event.

The final work of photographs and plastic water brings such experiences to the market and invites play with reality to continue. The work is an experiment on limits of normality by bending the social norms of places that have common themes of routine, bodies and humanity, thus exploring what happens at the moment of surprise.

Tuuli Manninen is a performer, explorer artist and a student of urban studies at UCL.

 

TOOTING EXHIBITION: TRINIDAD BALL, 6TH – 24TH APRIL

Born in Barcelona, of Catalan parents, I have lived in Spain and Latin America before moving to England, where I have lived for many years. My formal training being in London at the Putney School of Art, Roehampton College and Central St Martin’s.

The interaction of colour is the basis to my work. I am excited by bright, strong colour and the drama created by darkness and light. Inspired by the Spanish and Dutch masters and moved by the colours of Van Gogh, my paintings have been described as “displaying fine technique, and an assured heightened sense of colour and form”.

For me each painting is a challenge and an adventure. Observation is the key, working with the composition and background, this compels me to paint. Through the use of thin layers of high pigment oil paint, my aim is to render a translucent and luminous painting which gives the viewer the illusion of high realism.

My paintings are in private and corporate collections in the UK, Continental Europe, Australia, Latin America and the USA. My work is shown in the UK and abroad and has been selected by distinguished exhibitions such as the Royal Academy of Art, the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition and the Women’s Art Show in London and Fundacion de las Artes y los Artistas in Barcelona, Spain. In 2008 I was awarded the prestigious Meynell Fenton Prize.

Trinidad Ball
December 2011

COMFORT ABEMIGISHA

Comfort Abemigisha is a young artist from Kabale, a small town in the Southwest of Uganda. He is graduate from Makerere university and lives in the capital, Kampala.

He has been painting and sketching since he was a child and finds it the most beautiful career in the world. His art draws on traditional African and modern European influence. It is full of mystery, the world of the faceless, dreams and illusions and human feelings.

He is able to keep distance from the objects of his study, in his exploration of the human body: its limitations, desires and different forms. He seeks to break the banal mould of contemporary African art with non-traditional artistic subjects and explorations of the darker side of Ugandan life and creativity.

Comfort ranks among the new wave of artists, whilst his work is in keeping with the ancient traditions. He has gained considerable acclaim both domestically and abroad with his themes of individual expression.

Most of Comforts work is available through the organisation Ekyigyere, a community voice a project he works with.

Contact: Comfort Abemigisha and Golden clay, Ekyigyere, PO box 467, Kabale, Uganda www.ekyigyere.com

The works for sale in this exhibition can be purchased via Steve Hargan. Contact –

TOOTING EXHIBITION: MATTHEW E ANSTISS, 24TH MARCH – 4TH APRIL

Emerging London based artist Matthew E Anstiss, born in Birmingham, now working as an illustrator/artist from his own studio in Clapham, SW London.

Having worked as a designer for London’s fashion and cosmetics houses for the past 4 years, Matthew started his own studio in 2011 concentrating on his own work. Matthew developed his interest in minimalist illustration by exploring the medium of screen print and digital media while working in the fashion design industry. A history as a street artist, along with the more clean cut world of fashion, has culminated in a series of print editions entitled ‘This Is My Work’.

Further works can be seen at: www.mattanstiss.co.uk

FILM & FOOD: JULIE & JULIA, SATURDAY 31ST MARCH
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‘It wasn’t just beef bourguignon, it was Julia’s beef bourguigon…’

Join us in the heart of Tooting Broadway for an evening of culinary and cultural delights! On Saturday the 31st March the central space of Tooting Market will be transformed into a quaint French bistro and later a lounge cinema for your viewing pleasure.

The @No.3 girls will be cooking up a feast of French cooking from Julia Child’s ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ followed by the heart warming film ‘Julie & Julia’.

3 courses + film £20. Limited seating available so book your table now to avoid disappointment! Email us at: or call 07928154912

PLEASE INFORM US OF ANY DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AS THIS IS A SET MEAL. Arrive at 8pm for dinner to be served at 8.30pm.

We look forwards to hearing from you!

THANK YOU TOAST, SATURDAY 31ST MARCH

A chance for us to raise a glass to everyone who has been a friend of The Brick Box Tooting, this is an opportunity to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us financially, emotionally, physically and metaphysically over the last seven months of the Outer London Fund. Everyone very welcome!

Saturday 31st March at 5.30pm.
FREE admission.

TOOTING FUTURES, SATURDAY 31ST MARCH

Students from Ernest Bevin College present poems, shadow puppetry and performances along with local talented dancing troupes ‘CXB’ and ‘Dancing Angels’ in the market’s centre space.

Bevin’s Talented Blue Ties, local students from Ernest Bevin College, will be taking part in a performance called ‘Tooting Futures’ at The Brick Box at Tooting Market on Saturday 31st March from 1-4pm. Student will be presenting poems, shadow puppetry and performances along with local talented dancing troupes ‘CXB’ and ‘Dancing Angels’ busting some serious moves in the market’s centre space. FREE admission!
THE POP-UP CHOIR IN BRIXTON VILLAGE, FRIDAY 30TH MARCH
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The Pop-up Choir will be singing music by Mumford & Sons, Adele, Peter Gabriel, Regina Spektor and much more! Outside The Brick Box Brixton at 8.00pm. Beatboxing and choiry mash-ups guaranteed!

UNORTHOBOX: AGORA AND PASSENGER FILMS, 24TH MARCH

The second event in our UNORTHOBOX series, which explores ideas around abandoned, empty and under-used spaces.

A day and night of thought-provoking, creative and beautiful work, the event will be the last day of the Agora residency as well as the first birthday of Passenger Films. Much anticipation and excitement about this one.

THE PROGRAMME
Day light, 1-5pm:

LANTERN MAKING WORKSHOP
During the afternoon, there will be FREE lantern making workshops with the brilliant Emily Tracey. Some of the creations will be used to decorate the space for the night time. All very welcome.

Night light, 9pm-2am:

DRAWING LIVE: virtuosi artists of the tagtool will be developing a live collaboration in colours, light and sound along with Grundik Kasyansky (www.grundik.tumblr.com/) and Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, (www.apstrophe.net/dimitra.html) .

HAND SHADOW FABLES: Workshop and Performance by Finger and Thumb, shadow puppeteers.
http://fingerandthumbtheatre.com/3.html

LIVEFEET: An experimental performance from dancers Jessica Sim and Mansoor Ali where sound and movement is captured and repeated through live video feedback.

LORI HOPKINS: Workshop and Performance by Lori Hopkins from Coruscate
http://coruscatetheatre.blogspot.com/

AUGMENTED REALITY: A talk from videogame theorist Rob Gallagher
www.murdofleur.org

MUSIC: from Night Angles (moshi moshi/tender age) http://www.facebook.com/nightanglessounds

LANTERNS from Emily Tracy, light artist and sculptor http://www.emilytracy.co.uk/

INTERFERENCE VIDEO GALLERY: Presenting recent investigations of the use of video projection in urban/architectural surroundings including works from:
AntiVJ / http://www.antivj.com/
Dawn of Man / http://www.dawnofman.com/outdoor/
Flightphase / http://www.flightphase.com/
Frédéric Eyl / http://www.fredericeyl.de/
Mat Rappaport / http://www.meme01.com/
Telenoika http://telenoika.net/
Urbanscreen http://www.urbanscreen.com/
United VJs http://unitedvjs.org/
Yandell Walton http://www.yandellwalton.com/

CLUSTERBOMB COLLECTIVE will present a 15 minute except from their forthcoming immersive theatre production “Run! City! Run!”. Hundreds of blue plastic bags melted together, a eponymous symbol of market waste, consumerism and the hyperreal join to form a massive, swirling cyclorama, expanding and contracting in size and scale: One second a hyperreal scenery – a sky; Another second circuiting around an audience – a running track; Before suddenly engulfing performers and audience alike – a giant wave!

INSTALLATIONS by Agora artists Henry Endgame and Vlada Maria

RITO DE PASO – a performance by Maria Almena
http://vimeo.com/kimatica

MONSTER BUILD – a photobooth with a difference

AGORA RADIO via the silent disco

AGORA JOURNAL, the culmination of a two week market residency project called Agora, will be published and available.
http://agora.tootingmarket.info/

FYI DISCO: iPhone disco heads will be doing some market testing
http://www.fyidisco.com/

PLUS Construction Gallery, a pop-up art space just up the road are having their closing party that night. Celebrate their three month run with them from 7.30pm and then roll on down the road to us!
http://constructiongallery.co.uk/

Bring your own light, torch, lantern, and join in. Free cider for the first 50 light-bearing visitors…

 

LANTERN MAKING, SATURDAY 24TH MARCH

This afternoon workshop is part of the UNORTHOBOX series, events which explore under-used, abandoned and empty spaces. From 1pm until 5pm, there will be FREE lantern making with the brilliant Emily Tracy. Some of the creations will be used to decorate the space for the night time. All very welcome.

Emily Tracy company make site specific sculpture using light for events, festivals and public spaces. Artist Emily works with visual artists, lighting designers, prop makers, and engineers to create beautiful installations and projects on the street, in schools or anywhere else in the public realm.

AGORA, 12TH – 24TH MARCH

Unlike anything we’ve ever attempted before.

This is 2 weeks of pure marketing based in Tooting Market, with over 40 graphic designers, artists, writers, film makers and musicians collaborating on the event.

Each day a different team of artists and curators will meet in the central space of Tooting Market and create original work, responding to the space.

The culmination of the project will be the ‘Agora Journal’, which will be available at Unorthobox on 24th March.

For more information, CLICK HERE

TOOTING EXHIBITION: ON SWIMMING AND SUPERMARKETS BY TUULI MANNINEN, 9TH – 23RD MARCH

An installation of photographs and a plastic sea. Supermarkets and swimming halls are places of gathering to perform shared activities. Yet they remain anonymous, mainly without interacting with each others, safe in the familiar routines. Fascinated by the idea of breaking the social norms of two of these places by doing “the right thing in the wrong place” I wanted to make the invisible circus of everyday life visible. Statues to join me for a swim on a supermarket isle, and stones, like products of the sea, were gathered to fall through a shopping trolley on a beach.

The installation is part of a series of events where routines, social and commercial values are mixed up. Its audience is scattered: those who passed by two old ladies shopping for stones in the autumn winds, and in the supermarket those who glanced at the isle of swimmers in the plastic sea, mostly ignoring the event.

The final work of photographs and plastic water brings such experiences to the market and invites play with reality to continue. The work is an experiment on limits of normality by bending the social norms of places that have common themes of routine, bodies and humanity, thus exploring what happens at the moment of surprise.

Tuuli Manninen is a performer, explorer artist and a student of urban studies at UCL.

BRIXTON EXHIBITION: GREG STEVENSON, 6TH – 20TH MARCH

Greg Stevenson is an artist, graphic designer and illustrator who lives and works in Brixton. The brush and ink illustrations currently hanging in The Brick Box are a small selection of his personal work. Some of the rest can be seen at his blog: http://digshot3.blogspot.com/

TOOTING EXHIBITION: MELANIE RUSSELL, 25TH FEB – 8TH MARCH

Born in Gloucestershire 1977, Melanie completed her BA in Fine Art at Cardiff in 2000 and moved to London in 2002 to start her MFA at Slade which she completed in 2004. She has continually lived locally (South West London) since then in Brixton, Tooting and Balham. She currently has a studio in Bermondsey with Bow Arts Trust.

Russell’s work mostly consists of painting, collage and cardboard constructions. Her main interests lie in shape, colour, negative space and materials and using these elements in a very playful manner to create spatial ambiguity.

These particular paintings are inspired from junk shops and antique markets in both Brixton and Marlborough, where she was Artist in Residence. The junk shops and antiques drew her attention because of the haphazard way in which they were presented with almost impossible arrangements of balanced furniture. Also the placing of taxidermy in amongst wardrobes, tables and shelving units were very humourous and so lent itself well as subject matter for the very playful approach of almost puzzle solving and game playing. Shapes were stacked and piled up with interesting negatives alongside the animal shapes and were constantly moved around, much like making a collage, unitl a balanced composition was achieved.

BRIXTON GALLERY EXHIBITION: ANTONIA MYATT, UNTIL 5TH MARCH

Antonia studied photography in Kent (’93 – ’95) then printmaking at Somerset College of Art & Design. She went on to Slade in London for a course in painting and then spent the next six years deep in the heart of Somerset where she painted passionately, her work dedicated to her love of wildlife and the countryside.

In 2001 Antonia moved her studio to Southern Spain where she lived on a self-sufficient small-holding. This allowed her the time to learn her lessons, to paint freely and perfect her own style of painting. Her dreamlike pictures reflect her diverse lifestyle and her vivid appreciation of colour and light owe a lot to her early years spent in Oman and her extensive travels since.

Antonia now has her main studio in London and has exhibited her work most recently at Somerset Arts Week, at the Penzance Arts Club and the Anita Gallery in Shoreditch, London. She has recently spent some time painting in Norway and her next major exhibition in Oslo, in the spring will show her impressions of this beautiful, rugged coastline and their beloved Norwegian flag.

Antonia also illustrates and photographs for Patricia Lim’s successful series of books published by the Oxford University Press which include “Hong Kong’s Cultural Heritage – The New Territories” and “Hong Kong & Kowloon”. Her work has been featured in the business magazine “going Public” in addition
to several national newspapers.

 

TOOTING TALES: A CELEBRATION OF VOICES AND STORIES, 23RD-26TH FEB 2012

Stories, words, books, poems, shouts, whispers – Tooting Tales will rejoice in them all. In collaboration with the Construction Gallery, we present a veritable cavalcade of all that we love about literature including a library installation, amazing story telling, author readings, interactive word play, human scrabble & the Tooting Tales Terribly Terrific Tour of Tooting!

As night falls, the market will be open again for revelry, exploration & late-night bimbling. Expect 1-1 story telling, performances from Blackshaw’s Gormenghast: Titus Groan, spoken word-smithery, and love limericks and cabaret. Plus music from the inimitable Alphabet Soup! More information and a full programme HERE

Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th, 1-5pm, Free. Saturday 25th, 9pm-2am, £5 or £3 in advance.

BEATNIK EVENTS & THE BRICK BOX PRESENT LABYRINTH, 18TH FEB 2012

Can you unravel the dark secrets buried in Tooting market? Beatnik at The Brick Box presents a Labyrinthian mystery adventure – an evening of interactive theatre, games, comedy & dance interspersed with live music, short film and DJ’s. Be outside the market at 8:30pm to be given your instructions.

Featuring Beatnik artists! The People Pile! The Wonder Club! Jayde Adams! Karaoke Fortune Teller!Bitter Aunty Betty & Born Again Gran Betsy! Vor Sprung Dork! The Queen of hearts and The Cleaner!

More information HERE

Tickets: £5 on the door, £4 in advance – http://www.wegottickets.com/event/154866

PSB’S NIGHTS AT THE MARKET, 28TH JAN 2012

2012 at The Brick Box Tooting starts as we mean to go on – with quality music, delicious food and drink, and a beautiful atmosphere. This is the second night brought to you by the talented lads of Public Service Broadcasting and if it’s anything like the first, we’re in for an absolute treat.

Line-up features the resident audio-visual entertainers Public Service Broadcasting, the local Bear Response Team, Professor Penguin with their intricate, astonishing alt-pop, and DJ Robin the Fog.

Doors at 8.45pm, £5 entry, more info here http://nightsatthemarket.com/

TOOTING MIDWINTER FESTIVAL, 22ND DEC 2011

Many thanks and film credits to Mark Joyce www.markjoycefilms.com

 

TOOTING SPRING FESTIVAL, APRIL 2011

Many thanks and film credits to Nosa Eke