The Guardian has published a short film profiling Hackney Wick showing some familiar faces and places.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/video/2009/nov/19/2012-olympics-hackney-wick
The Guardian has published a short film profiling Hackney Wick showing some familiar faces and places.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/video/2009/nov/19/2012-olympics-hackney-wick
The Art of Regeneration: creating an artistic and community legacy for London 2012
Hilary Powell will be taking part in what looks to be an interesting event on 24th November 2009 - 5-8pm. The event, taking place at Goldsmith's College (Lecture Theatre RHB 309) where the Centre for Urban and Community Research's focus is on the cultural and visual exploration of the built and social fabric of cities will centre on the artistic, cultural and community legacy of Olympic Regeneration stratagies.
Speakers include: Sarah Weir (Head of Arts and Cultural Strategy for the Olympic Delivery Authority), Emma Wheelhouse (Senior Stakeholder and Community Engagement Manager, Olympic Legacy Company), Professor Graeme Evans, Director of the Cities Institute London Metropolitan University, Gesche Wuerfel (photographer), Dr Hilary Powell (artist).
The panel will be chaired by the director of the Centre (Professor Caroline Knowles). A photographic exhibition will supplement the event.
You can register for the event at the Legacy Now website (look up events, calendar) or write direct to legacynow@lda.gov.uk
Hilary Powell's article 'Olympic Sports Spirits and Stories' highlighting the range of artistic activities happening around the the London 2012 Olympic site and including the Wick Curiosity Shop is available to read in the new publication 'Critical Cities: Ideas, Knowledge and Agitation from Emerging Urbanists'. It is the first in a series of books produced by urban platform This Is Not A Gateway, in association with independent publisher Myrdle Court Press. It brings together a collection of critical papers, visual essays, transcripts of recorded conversations and actions by emerging urbanists.
The Wick Curiosity Shop made it into The New Statesman:
.... There has, however, already been a prolific response to the London Olympics from artists in east London. For an "alternative cultural Olympiad", visit the Wick Curiosity Shop.
to read the full article click here
The Wick Curiosity Shop returns for another year at the Hackney Wick Festival, come and explore and contribute to the curiosities of Hackney Wick, take part in a local WICK quiz, listen to some Hackney Wick tunes and view the shops latest products and photo booth! Over the summer The Wick Curiosity Shop has been working closely with the 'East London Lives 2012' digital archive project. It will have one of its first public outings at the festival with the Wick Curiosity Shop,giving you an opportunity to look at some of the research with local people about the area- come meet the people behind the project and find out more!
On Sunday 12th July the Wick Curiosity Shop takes trip down to Leabank Square in the heart of the wick!
It joins Leabank Clean up day orgaised by local resident Sona, the porch invites local residents to stop by the shop for a rest and an opportunity to listen to songs about the Wick, have a chance to win a LTD edition calender made by Wick shop keepers all about the Wick, residents will also have the chance to make a contribtion to the shop by making a Leabnank poster and having their photographs taken!
It's also an opportunity to find out about the project ‘East London Lives 2012’ digital archive’ that the Wick Curiosity Shop is involved with which launches this summer!
Please join us from 1PM on Leabank Square!
The Wick Curiosity Shop was introduced to a new audience and we sold a few more calendars at the 'Salon de Refuses Olympique - Alternative Legacies' held at Elevator Gallery in Hackney Wick. A pdf of the programme of presentations at the event will soon be available to download here.
October 2008’s ‘ Salon de Refuses Olympique’ as part of TINAG Festival proved to be a very interesting affair and Hilary Powell was invited by MUF architects to reconvene and expand the session to enable visiting architecture students from Yale a chance to enter into both the official and unofficial attitudes to the Olympic development.
This event was the latest manifestation of what began as the [space] initiated ‘Olympic Artist Forum’ - an evening of presentations and discussion exploring creative responses to the changing London 2012 Olympic site and surrounding regeneration zone. The salon gives voice to those operating alongside official cultural programming and offering a more critical stance - from outright rejection of the ‘Olympic story’ to ironic critique and adaptive actions. Primarily this salon aims to address practices that attempt to engage audiences and participants with the Olympic-led regeneration and changes happening in East London in the run-up to 2012 in a thought provoking way and creative way. The event featured short presentations of work by participants using their vision and visuals as prompts to engage with key questions raised within the salon, most specifically in this case, alternative legacies and what this could mean.
Short presentations of work by:
Hilary Powell
Emma Dwyer MOLAS
Stephen Cornford
Tessa Garland
Gesche Wuerfel
Wick Curiosity Shop
Julika Gittner and Jon Purnell with their project ‘From the Picturesque to the Demolished’ centred on the demolition of Angel Cottage, Stratford.
Jean-Francois Prost with Adaptive Actions
Thomas Pausz working on a project with Manor Garden Allotments
We were really happy to meet Simon and Cherie of Elevator Gallery and build new and exciting links in Hackney Wick
Thanks to Joanna Hughes from Mother Studios for taking the photographs of Hilary Powell's film 'The Games' screening and Jean-Francois Prost's presentation.
The Wick Curiosity Shop 2009 Calendar is a limited edition of collages based on Hackney Wick’s past, present and future. It was made by Polly Brannan from public works and Hilary Powell from Optimistic Productions. You can see more of it in the shop.
You can purchase a copy for £10 by e-mailing us (postage not included)
We had a great outing with the shop at the Hackney Wick 2012 Community meeting. Peter Marshall kindly brought along some wonderful photographs of the lea valley in the 1980's which we'll be putting in the shop. Our Hackney Wick Song went down a treat and will is available here now. We'll be doing more songs and hope for one to include from the local police community officers! James Robertshaw came and showed his local photographs and we met Penny Clift whose project 'The Big Blue Fence' we'll also be linking to in the shop. Steve Dowding from Hackney Marshes users group and Games Monitor donated some 'no homes, no games' badges and people enjoyed sampling the traditional 'clarnico' cream mints that the shop is constantly supplied with.
The Wick Curiosity Shop will be havning another local outing as part of the Hackney Wick 2012 Community Meeting 3-7 (meeting goes on until 8.30pm) thursday 22nd January 2009 in the Hackney Wick Community Centre, The Old Baths, 80 Eastway, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5JH
We'll be showcasing shop contents including film screening and are keen to hear and collect more local stories, objects and songs. We 'll be launching and selling the Wick Curiosity Shop 2009 calendar and also a new Hackney Wick Song!